Electrical Engineers in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$87,439
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$24,301
21.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$96,248
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
$111,740
Kept after tax
$87,439
Worth in national money
$96,248
State rank
22
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Wyoming is 22 of 49 states for electrical engineers, with a middle wage of $111,740. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Wyoming. It ranks 28 out of 433 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Wyoming is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $111,740 the take-home is $87,439; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $96,248 would nationally. The average lands at $111,490, below the middle of the range.
- Wyoming ranks 22 of 49 for electrical engineers at $111,740. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Within Wyoming, electrical engineers ranks 28 of 433 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Post-tax income for electrical engineers in Wyoming, on $111,740, is $87,439 — equivalent to $96,248 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 $111,490 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Electrical Engineers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $60,760 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $111,740 |
| Top tenth earn over | $146,990 |
| This salary | $111,740 |
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 | $87,439 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $87,439 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$6,267 |
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 | $111,740 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$8,656 |
| 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 $111,740. The published range is $60,760 up to $146,990, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Wyoming's $87,439, worked from $111,740. 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 28 of 433.
- One number stands for prices across all of Wyoming, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $96,248, the adjusted value of that $111,740 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 28 of 433 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for electrical engineers in Wyoming the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $60,760 to $146,990. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Wyoming take-home of $87,439, on $111,740 for work ranking 28 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 28 of 433 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wyoming, so $96,248 — the adjusted value of that $111,740 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 28 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $60,760, the highest tenth $146,990, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $96,248.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $87,439 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
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 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($60,760) and the ninetieth ($146,990) 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 $96,248 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 $87,439 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.