Chefs and Head Cooks in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$60,305
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$12,865
17.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$66,380
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
$73,170
Kept after tax
$60,305
Worth in national money
$66,380
State rank
7
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wyoming is one of the better-paying states for chefs and head cooks. The middle earner takes $73,170, which ranks 7 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 17.13% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Wyoming, this sits in the middle: 126 of 433 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $73,170 you keep $60,305 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $66,380 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $74,570, since top earners drag the number up.
- Wyoming ranks 7 of 51 states publishing a median for chefs and head cooks, at $73,170 — about 17.13% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Chefs and head cooks ranks 126 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.
- Retained pay in Wyoming is $60,305 after the full tax stack, from $73,170. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $66,380 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $74,570 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Chefs and Head Cooks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,460 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $73,170 |
| Top tenth earn over | $98,580 |
| This salary | $73,170 |
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 | $60,305 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $60,305 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,322 |
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 | $73,170 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,970 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $73,170 as a midpoint for Wyoming, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $48,460 and the ninetieth is $98,580 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Wyoming the take-home figure of $60,305, from $73,170, 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 126 of 433 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $66,380, the adjusted value of that $73,170 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 126 of 433 locally.
- The Wyoming median of $73,170 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $48,460 to $98,580. 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 $60,305 from $73,170. 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 126 of 433 locally.
- This $66,380 adjusted figure, worked from $73,170, 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 126 of 433 in the state. The occupation ranks 126 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $48,460 and the top tenth $98,580, so most people doing this work in Wyoming sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Wyoming is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $66,380 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $60,305 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($48,460 to $98,580) 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 $66,380 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 $60,305 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.