Budget Analysts in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$65,884
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$15,216
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$72,521
Wyoming costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Wyoming — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$81,100
Kept after tax
$65,884
Worth in national money
$72,521
State rank
41
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wyoming is among the lower-paying states for budget analysts. The middle earner takes $81,100, ranking 41 of 51 states — about 11.5% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 433 occupations Wyoming reports, budget analysts comes in at 96 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where Wyoming does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $81,100 you keep $65,884, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $72,521 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $83,020, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Wyoming ranks 41 of 51 for budget analysts, with a median of $81,100 — about 11.5% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Budget analysts ranks 96 of 433 occupations by median in Wyoming, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- After federal, FICA and Wyoming income tax, retained pay for budget analysts on $81,100 is $65,884. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $72,521 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $83,020 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Budget Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $63,480 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $81,100 |
| Top tenth earn over | $106,330 |
| This salary | $81,100 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Wyoming | $65,884 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,884 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,722 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $81,100 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,522 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Wyoming earn less than $81,100. The published range is $63,480 up to $106,330, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Wyoming's $65,884, worked from $81,100. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 96 of 433.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $72,521 uses one figure for the whole of Wyoming. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 433 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 96.
- Reported values are medians; for budget analysts in Wyoming the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $63,480 to $106,330. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Wyoming take-home of $65,884, on $81,100 for work ranking 96 of 433 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 96 of 433 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $72,521, worked from $81,100, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Wyoming address, on work sitting at 96 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $63,480 at the bottom tenth to $106,330 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $72,521.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $65,884 of this wage reaches your account, because Wyoming takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($63,480 to $106,330) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Wyoming rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Wyoming's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $72,521 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Wyoming levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $65,884 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.