Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,302
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$7,388
15.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,463
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
$48,690
Kept after tax
$41,302
Worth in national money
$45,463
State rank
34
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wyoming sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $48,690, ranking 34 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 277 among 433 occupations Wyoming publishes pay for.
- Wyoming is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $48,690 the take-home is $41,302; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $45,463 would nationally. The average comes to $53,220, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Wyoming occupies the middle band for dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance: a median of $48,690, ranking 34 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Position 277 of 433 in Wyoming places dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Post-tax income for dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance in Wyoming, on $48,690, is $41,302 — equivalent to $45,463 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 $53,220 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,130 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,690 |
| Top tenth earn over | $82,330 |
| This salary | $48,690 |
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 | $41,302 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,302 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,960 |
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 | $48,690 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,580 |
| 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 $48,690. The published range is $32,130 up to $82,330, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Wyoming the take-home figure of $41,302, from $48,690, 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 277 of 433 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $45,463, the adjusted value of that $48,690 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 277 of 433 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance in Wyoming the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $32,130 to $82,330. 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 $41,302 from $48,690. 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 277 of 433 locally.
- This $45,463 adjusted figure, worked from $48,690, 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 277 of 433 in the state. The occupation ranks 277 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 $53,220, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $32,130 and the top tenth $82,330 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $45,463 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $41,302 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?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $53,220. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($32,130) and the ninetieth ($82,330) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $45,463 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 $41,302 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.