Crane and Tower Operators in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$63,682
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$14,288
18.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$70,097
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
$77,970
Kept after tax
$63,682
Worth in national money
$70,097
State rank
16
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Wyoming pays crane and tower operators a middle wage of $77,970, ranking 16 of 50 states and sitting about 14.53% above the national middle.
- Within Wyoming this is well-paid work. Of 433 occupations with published figures in the state, crane and tower operators ranks 107 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Wyoming is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $77,970 the take-home is $63,682; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $70,097 would nationally. The average comes to $79,180, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Wyoming's median for crane and tower operators is $77,970, about 14.53% above the national figure and 16 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Ranked against every occupation Wyoming publishes a median for, crane and tower operators sits 107 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.
- Post-tax income for crane and tower operators in Wyoming, on $77,970, is $63,682 — equivalent to $70,097 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 $79,180 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Crane and Tower Operators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $63,650 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $77,970 |
| Top tenth earn over | $94,580 |
| This salary | $77,970 |
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 | $63,682 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,682 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,564 |
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 | $77,970 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,304 |
| 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 $77,970. The published range is $63,650 up to $94,580, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Wyoming the take-home figure of $63,682, from $77,970, 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 107 of 433 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $70,097, the adjusted value of that $77,970 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Wyoming. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 107 of 433 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for crane and tower operators in Wyoming the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $63,650 to $94,580. 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 $63,682 from $77,970. 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 107 of 433 locally.
- This $70,097 adjusted figure, worked from $77,970, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 107 of 433 in the state. The occupation ranks 107 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $63,650 at the bottom tenth to $94,580 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $70,097 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $63,682 survives, because Wyoming levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($63,650 to $94,580) 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 $70,097 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 $63,682 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.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.