Counter and Rental Clerks in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,422
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$6,438
14.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,191
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
$43,860
Kept after tax
$37,422
Worth in national money
$41,191
State rank
19
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wyoming sits in the middle of the pack for counter and rental clerks. The median is $43,860, ranking 19 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Measured against other jobs in Wyoming, this one sits low: 335 of 433 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Here is where Wyoming does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $43,860 you keep $37,422, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $41,191 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $45,030, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Wyoming occupies the middle band for counter and rental clerks: a median of $43,860, ranking 19 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.
- Counter and rental clerks occupies position 335 of 433 in Wyoming's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- After federal, FICA and Wyoming income tax, retained pay for counter and rental clerks on $43,860 is $37,422. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $41,191 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 $45,030 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Counter and Rental Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,050 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $43,860 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,640 |
| This salary | $43,860 |
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 | $37,422 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,422 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,682 |
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 | $43,860 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,244 |
| 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 $43,860. The published range is $30,050 up to $61,640, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $37,422 take-home in Wyoming comes from $43,860. 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 335 of 433.
- One number stands for prices across all of Wyoming, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $41,191, the adjusted value of that $43,860 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 335 of 433 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for counter and rental clerks in Wyoming the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $30,050 to $61,640. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $37,422, from $43,860, 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 335 of 433 locally, and the state ranks 19 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wyoming, so $41,191 — the adjusted value of that $43,860 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 335 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $30,050, the highest tenth $61,640, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $41,191 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $37,422 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.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($30,050) and the ninetieth ($61,640) 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 $41,191 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 $37,422 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.