Dishwashers in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$25,964
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$3,636
12.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$28,579
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
$29,600
Kept after tax
$25,964
Worth in national money
$28,579
State rank
37
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wyoming is among the lower-paying states for dishwashers. The middle earner takes $29,600, ranking 37 of 51 states — about 14.97% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Measured against other jobs in Wyoming, this one sits low: 418 of 433 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Here is where Wyoming does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $29,600 you keep $25,964, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $28,579 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $31,200, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Wyoming ranks 37 of 51 for dishwashers, with a median of $29,600 — about 14.97% 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.
- Dishwashers occupies position 418 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 dishwashers on $29,600 is $25,964. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $28,579 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 $31,200 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Dishwashers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $22,660 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $29,600 |
| Top tenth earn over | $39,120 |
| This salary | $29,600 |
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 | $25,964 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $25,964 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,861 |
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 | $29,600 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,250 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $29,600 as a midpoint for Wyoming, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $22,660 and the ninetieth is $39,120 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $25,964 take-home in Wyoming comes from $29,600. 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 418 of 433.
- Two cautions on $28,579, the adjusted value of that $29,600 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 418 of 433 locally.
- The Wyoming median of $29,600 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $22,660 to $39,120. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $25,964, from $29,600, 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 418 of 433 locally, and the state ranks 37 of 51 for it.
- This $28,579 adjusted figure, worked from $29,600, 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 418 of 433 in the state. The occupation ranks 418 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $31,200 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $22,660 at the bottom tenth to $39,120 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 $28,579 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $25,964 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $31,200. 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 ($22,660 to $39,120) 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 $28,579 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 $25,964 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.