Business Operations Specialists, All Other in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,931
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$13,129
17.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$67,069
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
$74,060
Kept after tax
$60,931
Worth in national money
$67,069
State rank
45
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 $74,060. That is 45 of 51 states, and about 10.82% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 122 among 433 occupations Wyoming publishes pay for.
- Wyoming is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $74,060 the take-home is $60,931; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $67,069 would nationally. The average comes to $83,090, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For business operations specialists, all other, Wyoming sits in the lower band at $74,060, ranking 45 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 10.82%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 122 of 433 in Wyoming places business operations specialists, all other 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.
- Post-tax income for business operations specialists, all other in Wyoming, on $74,060, is $60,931 — equivalent to $67,069 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $83,090 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Business Operations Specialists, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,260 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $74,060 |
| Top tenth earn over | $126,440 |
| This salary | $74,060 |
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 | $60,931 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $60,931 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,367 |
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 | $74,060 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,032 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of business operations specialists, all other in Wyoming earn under $74,060 and half over. The published range runs $51,260 at the tenth percentile to $126,440 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $60,931 take-home in Wyoming comes from $74,060. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 122 of 433.
- Two cautions on $67,069, the adjusted value of that $74,060 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Wyoming. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 122 of 433 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for business operations specialists, all other in Wyoming, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $51,260 to $126,440; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $60,931, from $74,060, assumes a single Wyoming filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 122 of 433 locally, and the state ranks 45 of 51 for it.
- This $67,069 adjusted figure, worked from $74,060, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 122 of 433 in the state. The occupation ranks 122 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 $83,090 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $51,260 at the bottom tenth to $126,440 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $67,069.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $60,931 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?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $83,090. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($51,260) and the ninetieth ($126,440) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $67,069 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 $60,931 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.