Food Servers, Nonrestaurant in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$28,768
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$4,322
13.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$31,666
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
$33,090
Kept after tax
$28,768
Worth in national money
$31,666
State rank
29
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wyoming sits in the middle of the pack for food servers, nonrestaurant. The median is $33,090, ranking 29 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Measured against other jobs in Wyoming, this one sits low: 406 of 433 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Wyoming is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $33,090 the take-home is $28,768; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $31,666 would nationally. The average lands at $32,470, below the middle of the range.
- Wyoming occupies the middle band for food servers, nonrestaurant: a median of $33,090, ranking 29 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.
- Food servers, nonrestaurant occupies position 406 of 433 in Wyoming's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Post-tax income for food servers, nonrestaurant in Wyoming, on $33,090, is $28,768 — equivalent to $31,666 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 $32,470 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Food Servers, Nonrestaurant
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $21,840 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $33,090 |
| Top tenth earn over | $42,740 |
| This salary | $33,090 |
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 | $28,768 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $28,768 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,062 |
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 | $33,090 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,493 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $33,090 as a midpoint for Wyoming, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $21,840 and the ninetieth is $42,740 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $28,768 take-home in Wyoming comes from $33,090. 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 406 of 433.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $31,666 uses one figure for the whole of Wyoming. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 433 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 406.
- The Wyoming median of $33,090 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $21,840 to $42,740. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $28,768, from $33,090, 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 406 of 433 locally, and the state ranks 29 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $31,666, worked from $33,090, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Wyoming address, on work sitting at 406 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $21,840 at the bottom tenth to $42,740 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $31,666.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $28,768 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?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($21,840 to $42,740) 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 $31,666 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 $28,768 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.