Healthcare Social Workers in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,206
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$10,054
16.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$57,465
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
$62,260
Kept after tax
$52,206
Worth in national money
$57,465
State rank
38
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wyoming is among the lower-paying states for healthcare social workers. The middle earner takes $62,260, ranking 38 of 51 states — about 8.28% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 433 occupations Wyoming reports figures for, this is number 185.
- Here is where Wyoming does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $62,260 you keep $52,206, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $57,465 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $67,410, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Wyoming ranks 38 of 51 for healthcare social workers, with a median of $62,260 — about 8.28% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- In Wyoming's occupational distribution, healthcare social workers sits at 185 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.
- After federal, FICA and Wyoming income tax, retained pay for healthcare social workers on $62,260 is $52,206. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $57,465 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 $67,410 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Healthcare Social Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,380 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,260 |
| Top tenth earn over | $93,150 |
| This salary | $62,260 |
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 | $52,206 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,206 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,742 |
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 | $62,260 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,565 |
| 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 $62,260. The published range is $42,380 up to $93,150, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Wyoming the take-home figure of $52,206, from $62,260, 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 185 of 433 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $57,465 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 185.
- Reported values are medians; for healthcare social workers in Wyoming the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $42,380 to $93,150. 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 $52,206 from $62,260. 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 185 of 433 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $57,465, worked from $62,260, 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 185 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 $67,410, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $42,380 at the bottom tenth to $93,150 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 $57,465.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $52,206 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?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $67,410. 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 ($42,380) and the ninetieth ($93,150) 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 $57,465 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 $52,206 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.