First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers in Wyoming

A protective helmet, radio and safety vest at an emergency response station.

May 2025 wages · tax year 2026

You keep

$43,753

after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax

Tax takes

$7,987

15.4% of the whole

Worth, in national money

$48,161

Wyoming costs less than average

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

$51,740

Kept after tax

$43,753

Worth in national money

$48,161

State rank

34

of 51 states

What this pays, and what it is worth

  • Wyoming sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $51,740, ranking 34 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
  • Middle of the local pack. Of 433 occupations Wyoming reports figures for, this is number 258.
  • Wyoming is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $51,740 the take-home is $43,753; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $48,161 would nationally. The average comes to $54,940, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
  • Wyoming occupies the middle band for first-line supervisors of security workers: a median of $51,740, ranking 34 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.
  • In Wyoming's occupational distribution, first-line supervisors of security workers sits at 258 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.
  • Post-tax income for first-line supervisors of security workers in Wyoming, on $51,740, is $43,753 — equivalent to $48,161 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 $54,940 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.

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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers

The state median for this job

50thpercentile, roughly
Lowest tenth earn under$35,740
Half earn under$51,740
Top tenth earn over$89,840
This salary$51,740

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

Compare with
$0take-home per year in Texas
Take-home in Wyoming$43,753
Take-home in Texas$43,753
Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity−$3,136

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

Moving to
$0$55,532
$55,532in Texas, for the same life
To match take-home only$51,740
Raise you would need+$3,792
Prices in Texas97 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 $51,740. The published range is $35,740 up to $89,840, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
  • That $43,753 take-home in Wyoming comes from $51,740. 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 258 of 433.
  • Two cautions on $48,161, the adjusted value of that $51,740 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 258 of 433 locally.
  • Reported values are medians; for first-line supervisors of security workers in Wyoming the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $35,740 to $89,840. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
  • Retained pay of $43,753, from $51,740, 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 258 of 433 locally, and the state ranks 34 of 51 for it.
  • This $48,161 adjusted figure, worked from $51,740, 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 258 of 433 in the state. The occupation ranks 258 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 $54,940, 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 $35,740 at the bottom tenth to $89,840 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.

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 $48,161.

Is most of this wage taxed away?

Most of it arrives. $43,753 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?

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.

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 $54,940. 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 ($35,740) and the ninetieth ($89,840) 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 $48,161 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 $43,753 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.