Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$54,817
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$10,693
16.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$60,340
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
$65,510
Kept after tax
$54,817
Worth in national money
$60,340
State rank
17
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wyoming is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $65,510, which ranks 17 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 4.1% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 149 among 433 occupations Wyoming publishes pay for.
- Here is where Wyoming does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $65,510 you keep $54,817, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $60,340 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $65,610, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Wyoming ranks 17 of 51 states publishing a median for clinical laboratory technologists and technicians, at $65,510 — about 4.1% 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.
- Position 149 of 433 in Wyoming places clinical laboratory technologists and technicians in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After federal, FICA and Wyoming income tax, retained pay for clinical laboratory technologists and technicians on $65,510 is $54,817. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $60,340 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 $65,610 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,270 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $65,510 |
| Top tenth earn over | $99,440 |
| This salary | $65,510 |
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 | $54,817 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $54,817 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,929 |
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 | $65,510 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,286 |
| 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 clinical laboratory technologists and technicians in Wyoming earn under $65,510 and half over. The published range runs $34,270 at the tenth percentile to $99,440 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $54,817 take-home in Wyoming comes from $65,510. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 149 of 433.
- One number stands for prices across all of Wyoming, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $60,340, the adjusted value of that $65,510 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 149 of 433 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for clinical laboratory technologists and technicians in Wyoming, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $34,270 to $99,440; 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.
- Retained pay of $54,817, from $65,510, assumes a single Wyoming filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 149 of 433 locally, and the state ranks 17 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wyoming, so $60,340 — the adjusted value of that $65,510 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 149 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $34,270 and the top tenth $99,440 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $60,340 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $54,817 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?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($34,270) and the ninetieth ($99,440) 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 $60,340 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 $54,817 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.