Chemical Technicians in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,433
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$8,887
15.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,212
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
$56,320
Kept after tax
$47,433
Worth in national money
$52,212
State rank
38
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Wyoming pays chemical technicians a middle wage of $56,320, 38 of 51 states and about 6.74% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 433 occupations Wyoming reports figures for, this is number 233.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $56,320 you keep $47,433 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $52,212 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $64,330, since top earners drag the number up.
- Wyoming's $56,320 median for chemical technicians places it 38 of 51 states, about 6.74% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- In Wyoming's occupational distribution, chemical technicians sits at 233 of 433 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Retained pay in Wyoming is $47,433 after the full tax stack, from $56,320. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $52,212 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $64,330 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Chemical Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $39,180 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $56,320 |
| Top tenth earn over | $106,290 |
| This salary | $56,320 |
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 | $47,433 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,433 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,399 |
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 | $56,320 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,111 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $56,320 as a midpoint for Wyoming, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $39,180 and the ninetieth is $106,290 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Wyoming the take-home figure of $47,433, from $56,320, 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 233 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 $52,212 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 233.
- The Wyoming median of $56,320 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $39,180 to $106,290. 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 $47,433 from $56,320. 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 233 of 433 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $52,212, worked from $56,320, 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 233 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 $64,330 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 $39,180 at the bottom tenth to $106,290 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 $52,212.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $47,433 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 $64,330. 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 ($39,180) and the ninetieth ($106,290) 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 $52,212 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 $47,433 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.