Cashiers in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$26,936
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$3,874
12.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$29,649
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
$30,810
Kept after tax
$26,936
Worth in national money
$29,649
State rank
25
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Wyoming is 25 of 51 states for cashiers, with a middle wage of $30,810. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Wyoming this is lower-paid work. Of 433 occupations the state publishes figures for, cashiers ranks 414. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Here is where Wyoming does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $30,810 you keep $26,936, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $29,649 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $31,810, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Wyoming ranks 25 of 51 for cashiers at $30,810. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation Wyoming reports, cashiers ranks 414 of 433, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- After federal, FICA and Wyoming income tax, retained pay for cashiers on $30,810 is $26,936. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $29,649 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 $31,810 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Cashiers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $24,820 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $30,810 |
| Top tenth earn over | $38,530 |
| This salary | $30,810 |
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 | $26,936 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $26,936 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,930 |
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 | $30,810 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,335 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $30,810 as a midpoint for Wyoming, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $24,820 and the ninetieth is $38,530 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Wyoming the take-home figure of $26,936, from $30,810, 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 414 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 $29,649 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 414.
- The Wyoming median of $30,810 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $24,820 to $38,530. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Wyoming is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $26,936 from $30,810. 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 414 of 433 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $29,649, worked from $30,810, 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 414 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 $31,810, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $24,820 at the bottom tenth to $38,530 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Wyoming sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $29,649 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $26,936 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?
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 $31,810. 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 ($24,820 to $38,530) 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 $29,649 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 $26,936 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.