Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,905
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$7,535
15.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,127
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
$49,440
Kept after tax
$41,905
Worth in national money
$46,127
State rank
36
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wyoming is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $49,440, ranking 36 of 49 states — about 10.26% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 433 occupations Wyoming reports figures for, this is number 271.
- Here is where Wyoming does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $49,440 you keep $41,905, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $46,127 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $55,950, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Wyoming ranks 36 of 49 for environmental science and protection technicians, including health, with a median of $49,440 — about 10.26% 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.
- In Wyoming's occupational distribution, environmental science and protection technicians, including health sits at 271 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.
- After federal, FICA and Wyoming income tax, retained pay for environmental science and protection technicians, including health on $49,440 is $41,905. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $46,127 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 $55,950 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,970 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,440 |
| Top tenth earn over | $79,510 |
| This salary | $49,440 |
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 | $41,905 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,905 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,003 |
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 | $49,440 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,632 |
| 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 $49,440. The published range is $42,970 up to $79,510, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $41,905 take-home in Wyoming comes from $49,440. 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 271 of 433.
- Two cautions on $46,127, the adjusted value of that $49,440 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 271 of 433 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for environmental science and protection technicians, including health in Wyoming the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $42,970 to $79,510. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $41,905, from $49,440, 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 271 of 433 locally, and the state ranks 36 of 49 for it.
- This $46,127 adjusted figure, worked from $49,440, 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 271 of 433 in the state. The occupation ranks 271 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 $55,950, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $42,970 at the bottom tenth to $79,510 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $46,127 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $41,905 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.
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 $55,950. 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 ($42,970) and the ninetieth ($79,510) 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 $46,127 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 $41,905 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.