Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,856
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$7,034
15.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,871
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
$46,890
Kept after tax
$39,856
Worth in national money
$43,871
State rank
23
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Wyoming is 23 of 49 states for this job, with a middle wage of $46,890. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 433 occupations Wyoming reports figures for, this is number 300.
- Wyoming is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $46,890 the take-home is $39,856; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $43,871 would nationally. The average comes to $48,060, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Wyoming ranks 23 of 49 for cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic at $46,890. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- In Wyoming's occupational distribution, cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic sits at 300 of 433 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Post-tax income for cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Wyoming, on $46,890, is $39,856 — equivalent to $43,871 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 $48,060 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,160 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,890 |
| Top tenth earn over | $57,370 |
| This salary | $46,890 |
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 | $39,856 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,856 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,856 |
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 | $46,890 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,455 |
| 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 cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Wyoming earn under $46,890 and half over. The published range runs $40,160 at the tenth percentile to $57,370 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Wyoming the take-home figure of $39,856, from $46,890, 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 300 of 433 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Wyoming, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $43,871, the adjusted value of that $46,890 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 300 of 433 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic in Wyoming, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $40,160 to $57,370; 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.
- Take-home for Wyoming is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $39,856 from $46,890. 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 300 of 433 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wyoming, so $43,871 — the adjusted value of that $46,890 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 300 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $40,160 at the tenth percentile, $57,370 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 $43,871.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $39,856 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.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($40,160 to $57,370) 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 $43,871 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 $39,856 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.