Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,529
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$13,381
17.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$67,728
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
$74,910
Kept after tax
$61,529
Worth in national money
$67,728
State rank
44
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Wyoming. The middle earner gets $74,910. That is 44 of 50 states, and about 26.5% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 119 among 433 occupations Wyoming publishes pay for.
- Here is where Wyoming does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $74,910 you keep $61,529, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $67,728 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $80,550, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers, Wyoming sits in the lower band at $74,910, ranking 44 of 50 and trailing the national median by about 26.5%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 119 of 433 in Wyoming places geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After federal, FICA and Wyoming income tax, retained pay for geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers on $74,910 is $61,529. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $67,728 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 $80,550 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $55,130 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $74,910 |
| Top tenth earn over | $116,650 |
| This salary | $74,910 |
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 | $61,529 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $61,529 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,410 |
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 | $74,910 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,091 |
| 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 $74,910. The published range is $55,130 up to $116,650, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Wyoming the take-home figure of $61,529, from $74,910, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 119 of 433 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $67,728, the adjusted value of that $74,910 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 119 of 433 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for geoscientists, except hydrologists and geographers in Wyoming the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $55,130 to $116,650. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Wyoming is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $61,529 from $74,910. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 119 of 433 locally.
- This $67,728 adjusted figure, worked from $74,910, 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 119 of 433 in the state. The occupation ranks 119 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $80,550 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $55,130 and the top tenth $116,650 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $67,728 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $61,529 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.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $80,550. 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 ($55,130) and the ninetieth ($116,650) 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 $67,728 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 $61,529 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.