Compliance Officers in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$65,033
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$14,857
18.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$71,584
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
$79,890
Kept after tax
$65,033
Worth in national money
$71,584
State rank
21
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wyoming sits in the middle of the pack for compliance officers. The median is $79,890, ranking 21 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Within Wyoming this is well-paid work. Of 433 occupations with published figures in the state, compliance officers ranks 100 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Wyoming does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $79,890 you keep $65,033, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $71,584 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $85,940, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Wyoming occupies the middle band for compliance officers: a median of $79,890, ranking 21 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Ranked against every occupation Wyoming publishes a median for, compliance officers sits 100 of 433 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After federal, FICA and Wyoming income tax, retained pay for compliance officers on $79,890 is $65,033. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $71,584 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 $85,940 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Compliance Officers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,110 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,890 |
| Top tenth earn over | $132,360 |
| This salary | $79,890 |
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 | $65,033 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,033 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,661 |
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 | $79,890 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,438 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $79,890 as a midpoint for Wyoming, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $51,110 and the ninetieth is $132,360 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $65,033 take-home in Wyoming comes from $79,890. 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 100 of 433.
- One number stands for prices across all of Wyoming, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $71,584, the adjusted value of that $79,890 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 100 of 433 in the state.
- The Wyoming median of $79,890 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $51,110 to $132,360. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $65,033, from $79,890, 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 100 of 433 locally, and the state ranks 21 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wyoming, so $71,584 — the adjusted value of that $79,890 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 100 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 $85,940 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $51,110 and the top tenth $132,360 — 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 $71,584 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $65,033 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?
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 $85,940. 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 ($51,110) and the ninetieth ($132,360) 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 $71,584 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 $65,033 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.