Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,844
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$6,786
14.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,757
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
$45,630
Kept after tax
$38,844
Worth in national money
$42,757
State rank
40
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Wyoming. The middle earner gets $45,630. That is 40 of 51 states, and about 22.73% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 319 among 433 occupations Wyoming publishes pay for.
- Here is where Wyoming does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $45,630 you keep $38,844, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $42,757 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $51,050, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For bus drivers, transit and intercity, Wyoming sits in the lower band at $45,630, ranking 40 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 22.73%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 319 of 433 in Wyoming places bus drivers, transit and intercity in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After federal, FICA and Wyoming income tax, retained pay for bus drivers, transit and intercity on $45,630 is $38,844. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $42,757 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 $51,050 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,740 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,630 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,940 |
| This salary | $45,630 |
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 | $38,844 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,844 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,784 |
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 | $45,630 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,367 |
| 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 $45,630. The published range is $39,740 up to $62,940, 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 $38,844, worked from $45,630. 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 319 of 433.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $42,757 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 319.
- Reported values are medians; for bus drivers, transit and intercity in Wyoming the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $39,740 to $62,940. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Wyoming take-home of $38,844, on $45,630 for work ranking 319 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 319 of 433 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $42,757, worked from $45,630, 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 319 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $51,050 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $39,740 at the tenth percentile, $62,940 at the ninetieth.
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 $42,757.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $38,844 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
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 $51,050. 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 ($39,740 to $62,940) 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 $42,757 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 $38,844 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.