Emergency Medical Technicians in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,001
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$7,069
15.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,030
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
$47,070
Kept after tax
$40,001
Worth in national money
$44,030
State rank
12
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Wyoming's middle earner gets $47,070, putting the state 12 of 51 — about 5.85% ahead of the national figure.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 433 occupations Wyoming reports figures for, this is number 296.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $47,070 you keep $40,001 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $44,030 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $45,090.
- For emergency medical technicians, Wyoming sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $47,070, ranking 12 of 51 and running about 5.85% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- In Wyoming's occupational distribution, emergency medical technicians sits at 296 of 433 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Retained pay in Wyoming is $40,001 after the full tax stack, from $47,070. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $44,030 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $45,090 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Emergency Medical Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,480 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,070 |
| Top tenth earn over | $53,930 |
| This salary | $47,070 |
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 | $40,001 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,001 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,867 |
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 | $47,070 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,467 |
| 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 emergency medical technicians in Wyoming earn under $47,070 and half over. The published range runs $30,480 at the tenth percentile to $53,930 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Wyoming the take-home figure of $40,001, from $47,070, 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 296 of 433 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Wyoming, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $44,030, the adjusted value of that $47,070 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 296 of 433 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for emergency medical technicians in Wyoming, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $30,480 to $53,930; 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.
- Take-home for Wyoming is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $40,001 from $47,070. 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 296 of 433 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wyoming, so $44,030 — the adjusted value of that $47,070 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 296 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $45,090, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $30,480 at the bottom tenth to $53,930 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 $44,030 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $40,001 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?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $45,090. 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 ($30,480 to $53,930) 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 $44,030 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 $40,001 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.