Dental Assistants in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,329
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$6,661
14.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,191
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
$44,990
Kept after tax
$38,329
Worth in national money
$42,191
State rank
42
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for dental assistants is on the low side in Wyoming. The middle earner gets $44,990. That is 42 of 50 states, and about 6.41% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Measured against other jobs in Wyoming, this one sits low: 328 of 433 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Wyoming is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $44,990 the take-home is $38,329; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $42,191 would nationally. The average lands at $44,100, below the middle of the range.
- For dental assistants, Wyoming sits in the lower band at $44,990, ranking 42 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 6.41%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Dental assistants occupies position 328 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.
- Post-tax income for dental assistants in Wyoming, on $44,990, is $38,329 — equivalent to $42,191 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 $44,100 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Dental Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,530 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $57,110 |
| This salary | $44,990 |
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 | $38,329 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,329 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,747 |
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 | $44,990 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,322 |
| 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 dental assistants in Wyoming earn under $44,990 and half over. The published range runs $35,530 at the tenth percentile to $57,110 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $38,329 take-home in Wyoming comes from $44,990. 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 328 of 433.
- Two cautions on $42,191, the adjusted value of that $44,990 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 328 of 433 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for dental assistants in Wyoming, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $35,530 to $57,110; 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 $38,329, from $44,990, 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 328 of 433 locally, and the state ranks 42 of 50 for it.
- This $42,191 adjusted figure, worked from $44,990, 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 328 of 433 in the state. The occupation ranks 328 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $35,530 at the tenth percentile, $57,110 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Wyoming sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $42,191 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $38,329 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 50 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 ($35,530 to $57,110) 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 $42,191 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 $38,329 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.