Construction Laborers in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,165
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$6,865
14.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,111
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
$46,030
Kept after tax
$39,165
Worth in national money
$43,111
State rank
33
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wyoming sits in the middle of the pack for construction laborers. The median is $46,030, ranking 33 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Construction laborers ranks 312 among 433 occupations Wyoming publishes pay for.
- Wyoming is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $46,030 the take-home is $39,165; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $43,111 would nationally. The average lands at $45,420, below the middle of the range.
- Wyoming occupies the middle band for construction laborers: a median of $46,030, ranking 33 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.
- Position 312 of 433 in Wyoming places construction laborers 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.
- Post-tax income for construction laborers in Wyoming, on $46,030, is $39,165 — equivalent to $43,111 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $45,420 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Construction Laborers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,640 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,030 |
| Top tenth earn over | $57,590 |
| This salary | $46,030 |
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 | $39,165 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,165 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,807 |
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 | $46,030 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,395 |
| 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 construction laborers in Wyoming earn under $46,030 and half over. The published range runs $35,640 at the tenth percentile to $57,590 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $39,165 take-home in Wyoming comes from $46,030. 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 312 of 433.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $43,111 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 312.
- Figures are distribution medians for construction laborers in Wyoming, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $35,640 to $57,590; 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 $39,165, from $46,030, 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 312 of 433 locally, and the state ranks 33 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $43,111, worked from $46,030, 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 312 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $35,640 at the tenth percentile, $57,590 at the ninetieth.
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 $43,111.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $39,165 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?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($35,640 to $57,590) 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 $43,111 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 $39,165 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.