Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,660
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$9,920
16.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$56,864
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
$61,580
Kept after tax
$51,660
Worth in national money
$56,864
State rank
24
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wyoming sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $61,580, ranking 24 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 433 occupations Wyoming reports figures for, this is number 194.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $61,580 you keep $51,660 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $56,864 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $63,740, since top earners drag the number up.
- Wyoming occupies the middle band for bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists: a median of $61,580, ranking 24 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- In Wyoming's occupational distribution, bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists sits at 194 of 433 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Retained pay in Wyoming is $51,660 after the full tax stack, from $61,580. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $56,864 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $63,740 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,140 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,580 |
| Top tenth earn over | $80,400 |
| This salary | $61,580 |
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 | $51,660 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,660 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,702 |
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 | $61,580 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,478 |
| 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 $61,580. The published range is $45,140 up to $80,400, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Wyoming the take-home figure of $51,660, from $61,580, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 194 of 433 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $56,864 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 194.
- Reported values are medians; for bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists in Wyoming the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $45,140 to $80,400. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Wyoming is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $51,660 from $61,580. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 194 of 433 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $56,864, worked from $61,580, 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 194 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $63,740, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $45,140 and the top tenth $80,400, so most people doing this work in Wyoming sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $56,864.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $51,660 survives, because Wyoming levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Wyoming is $63,740. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($45,140 to $80,400) 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 $56,864 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 $51,660 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.