Carpenters in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,859
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$8,991
15.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,680
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
$56,850
Kept after tax
$47,859
Worth in national money
$52,680
State rank
33
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wyoming sits in the middle of the pack for carpenters. The median is $56,850, ranking 33 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Against other work in Wyoming, this sits in the middle: 228 of 433 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Wyoming is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $56,850 the take-home is $47,859; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $52,680 would nationally. The average comes to $59,350, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Wyoming occupies the middle band for carpenters: a median of $56,850, ranking 33 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.
- Carpenters ranks 228 of 433 occupations in Wyoming by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for carpenters in Wyoming, on $56,850, is $47,859 — equivalent to $52,680 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 $59,350 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Carpenters
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,710 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $56,850 |
| Top tenth earn over | $80,800 |
| This salary | $56,850 |
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 | $47,859 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,859 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,430 |
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 | $56,850 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,148 |
| 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 carpenters in Wyoming earn under $56,850 and half over. The published range runs $44,710 at the tenth percentile to $80,800 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Wyoming the take-home figure of $47,859, from $56,850, 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 228 of 433 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $52,680, the adjusted value of that $56,850 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 228 of 433 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for carpenters in Wyoming, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $44,710 to $80,800; 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.
- Take-home for Wyoming is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $47,859 from $56,850. 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 228 of 433 locally.
- This $52,680 adjusted figure, worked from $56,850, 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 228 of 433 in the state. The occupation ranks 228 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $59,350, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $44,710 and the top tenth $80,800, 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 $52,680.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $47,859 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?
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 $59,350. 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 ($44,710 to $80,800) 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 $52,680 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 $47,859 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.