Chemists in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$80,587
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$21,413
21.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$88,705
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
$102,000
Kept after tax
$80,587
Worth in national money
$88,705
State rank
9
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for chemists is strong here. Wyoming's middle earner gets $102,000, putting the state 9 of 51 — about 11.79% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Wyoming. It ranks 40 out of 433 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $102,000 you keep $80,587 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $88,705 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $99,310.
- For chemists, Wyoming sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $102,000, ranking 9 of 51 and running about 11.79% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Within Wyoming, chemists ranks 40 of 433 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Retained pay in Wyoming is $80,587 after the full tax stack, from $102,000. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $88,705 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $99,310 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Chemists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $52,150 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $102,000 |
| Top tenth earn over | $127,120 |
| This salary | $102,000 |
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 | $80,587 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $80,587 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$5,776 |
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 | $102,000 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$7,978 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Wyoming earn less than $102,000. The published range is $52,150 up to $127,120, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Wyoming the take-home figure of $80,587, from $102,000, 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 40 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 $88,705 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 40.
- Reported values are medians; for chemists in Wyoming the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $52,150 to $127,120. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Wyoming is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $80,587 from $102,000. 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 40 of 433 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $88,705, worked from $102,000, 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 40 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $52,150, the highest tenth $127,120, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $88,705.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $80,587 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?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($52,150) and the ninetieth ($127,120) 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 $88,705 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 $80,587 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.