Dental Hygienists in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$68,719
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$16,411
19.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$75,642
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
$85,130
Kept after tax
$68,719
Worth in national money
$75,642
State rank
41
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wyoming is among the lower-paying states for dental hygienists. The middle earner takes $85,130, ranking 41 of 50 states — about 13.22% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Within Wyoming this is well-paid work. Of 433 occupations with published figures in the state, dental hygienists ranks 80 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Wyoming is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $85,130 the take-home is $68,719; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $75,642 would nationally. The average lands at $82,320, below the middle of the range.
- Wyoming ranks 41 of 50 for dental hygienists, with a median of $85,130 — about 13.22% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Ranked against every occupation Wyoming publishes a median for, dental hygienists sits 80 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 dental hygienists in Wyoming, on $85,130, is $68,719 — equivalent to $75,642 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 $82,320 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Dental Hygienists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $61,020 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $85,130 |
| Top tenth earn over | $99,350 |
| This salary | $85,130 |
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 | $68,719 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $68,719 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,925 |
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 | $85,130 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,803 |
| 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 hygienists in Wyoming earn under $85,130 and half over. The published range runs $61,020 at the tenth percentile to $99,350 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Wyoming's $68,719, worked from $85,130. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 80 of 433.
- Two cautions on $75,642, the adjusted value of that $85,130 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 80 of 433 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for dental hygienists in Wyoming, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $61,020 to $99,350; 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.
- The Wyoming take-home of $68,719, on $85,130 for work ranking 80 of 433 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 80 of 433 in the state.
- This $75,642 adjusted figure, worked from $85,130, 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 80 of 433 in the state. The occupation ranks 80 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $82,320, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $61,020 and the top tenth $99,350, so most people doing this work in Wyoming sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $75,642 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $68,719 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?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Wyoming is $82,320. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($61,020 to $99,350) 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 $75,642 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 $68,719 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.