Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$27,297
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$3,963
12.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$30,047
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
$31,260
Kept after tax
$27,297
Worth in national money
$30,047
State rank
50
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wyoming is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $31,260, ranking 50 of 50 states — about 21.12% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Measured against other jobs in Wyoming, this one sits low: 413 of 433 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Here is where Wyoming does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $31,260 you keep $27,297, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $30,047 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $34,370, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Wyoming ranks 50 of 50 for helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers, with a median of $31,260 — about 21.12% 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.
- Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers occupies position 413 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.
- After federal, FICA and Wyoming income tax, retained pay for helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers on $31,260 is $27,297. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $30,047 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 $34,370 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $15,450 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $31,260 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,410 |
| This salary | $31,260 |
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 | $27,297 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $27,297 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,956 |
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 | $31,260 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,366 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $31,260 as a midpoint for Wyoming, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $15,450 and the ninetieth is $61,410 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $27,297 take-home in Wyoming comes from $31,260. 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 413 of 433.
- One number stands for prices across all of Wyoming, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $30,047, the adjusted value of that $31,260 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 413 of 433 in the state.
- The Wyoming median of $31,260 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $15,450 to $61,410. 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 $27,297, from $31,260, 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 413 of 433 locally, and the state ranks 50 of 50 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wyoming, so $30,047 — the adjusted value of that $31,260 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 413 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 $34,370, 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $15,450 and the top tenth $61,410 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $30,047.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $27,297 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 $34,370. 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 ($15,450) and the ninetieth ($61,410) 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 $30,047 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 $27,297 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.