Engineers, All Other in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$88,361
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$24,689
21.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$97,262
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
$113,050
Kept after tax
$88,361
Worth in national money
$97,262
State rank
27
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wyoming sits in the middle of the pack for engineers, all other. The median is $113,050, ranking 27 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Wyoming. It ranks 25 out of 433 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $113,050 you keep $88,361 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $97,262 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $113,140, since top earners drag the number up.
- Wyoming occupies the middle band for engineers, all other: a median of $113,050, ranking 27 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.
- Within Wyoming, engineers, all other ranks 25 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.
- Retained pay in Wyoming is $88,361 after the full tax stack, from $113,050. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $97,262 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $113,140 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Engineers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $76,500 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $113,050 |
| Top tenth earn over | $144,040 |
| This salary | $113,050 |
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 | $88,361 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $88,361 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$6,333 |
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 | $113,050 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$8,747 |
| 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 engineers, all other in Wyoming earn under $113,050 and half over. The published range runs $76,500 at the tenth percentile to $144,040 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $88,361 take-home in Wyoming comes from $113,050. 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 25 of 433.
- One number stands for prices across all of Wyoming, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $97,262, the adjusted value of that $113,050 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 25 of 433 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for engineers, all other in Wyoming, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $76,500 to $144,040; 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.
- Retained pay of $88,361, from $113,050, 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 25 of 433 locally, and the state ranks 27 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wyoming, so $97,262 — the adjusted value of that $113,050 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 25 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $76,500 at the tenth percentile, $144,040 at the ninetieth.
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 $97,262 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $88,361 of this wage reaches your account, because Wyoming takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($76,500 to $144,040) 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 $97,262 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 $88,361 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.