First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$73,130
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$18,270
20.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$80,497
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
$91,400
Kept after tax
$73,130
Worth in national money
$80,497
State rank
36
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Wyoming. The middle earner gets $91,400. That is 36 of 51 states, and about 13.81% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 433 occupations Wyoming reports, this job comes in at 66 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where Wyoming does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $91,400 you keep $73,130, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $80,497 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $92,510, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For first-line supervisors of police and detectives, Wyoming sits in the lower band at $91,400, ranking 36 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 13.81%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- First-line supervisors of police and detectives ranks 66 of 433 occupations by median in Wyoming, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- After federal, FICA and Wyoming income tax, retained pay for first-line supervisors of police and detectives on $91,400 is $73,130. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $80,497 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 $92,510 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $66,890 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $91,400 |
| Top tenth earn over | $113,360 |
| This salary | $91,400 |
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 | $73,130 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $73,130 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$5,241 |
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 | $91,400 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$7,240 |
| 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 $91,400. The published range is $66,890 up to $113,360, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $73,130 take-home in Wyoming comes from $91,400. 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 66 of 433.
- Two cautions on $80,497, the adjusted value of that $91,400 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 66 of 433 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for first-line supervisors of police and detectives in Wyoming the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $66,890 to $113,360. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $73,130, from $91,400, 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 66 of 433 locally, and the state ranks 36 of 51 for it.
- This $80,497 adjusted figure, worked from $91,400, 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 66 of 433 in the state. The occupation ranks 66 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $66,890 at the bottom tenth to $113,360 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 $80,497 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $73,130 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 ($66,890 to $113,360) 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 $80,497 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 $73,130 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.