Hazardous Materials Removal Workers in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$41,206
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$7,364
15.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,357
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
$48,570
Kept after tax
$41,206
Worth in national money
$45,357
State rank
27
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Wyoming is 27 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $48,570. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Wyoming, this sits in the middle: 278 of 433 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Wyoming is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $48,570 the take-home is $41,206; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $45,357 would nationally. The average comes to $51,590, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Wyoming ranks 27 of 51 for hazardous materials removal workers at $48,570. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Hazardous materials removal workers ranks 278 of 433 occupations in Wyoming by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for hazardous materials removal workers in Wyoming, on $48,570, is $41,206 — equivalent to $45,357 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 $51,590 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Hazardous Materials Removal Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $46,110 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,570 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,240 |
| This salary | $48,570 |
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 | $41,206 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,206 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,953 |
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 | $48,570 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,572 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $48,570 as a midpoint for Wyoming, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $46,110 and the ninetieth is $58,240 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Wyoming's $41,206, worked from $48,570. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 278 of 433.
- One number stands for prices across all of Wyoming, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $45,357, the adjusted value of that $48,570 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 278 of 433 in the state.
- The Wyoming median of $48,570 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $46,110 to $58,240. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Wyoming take-home of $41,206, on $48,570 for work ranking 278 of 433 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 278 of 433 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wyoming, so $45,357 — the adjusted value of that $48,570 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 278 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $51,590, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $46,110 and the top tenth $58,240, so most people doing this work in Wyoming sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $45,357 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $41,206 survives, because Wyoming levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
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 $51,590. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($46,110 to $58,240) 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 $45,357 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 $41,206 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.