Helpers--Production Workers in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$34,481
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$5,719
14.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$37,954
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
$40,200
Kept after tax
$34,481
Worth in national money
$37,954
State rank
26
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Wyoming is 26 of 49 states for helpers--production workers, with a middle wage of $40,200. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Wyoming this is lower-paid work. Of 433 occupations the state publishes figures for, helpers--production workers ranks 348. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $40,200 you keep $34,481 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $37,954 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $46,500, since top earners drag the number up.
- Wyoming ranks 26 of 49 for helpers--production workers at $40,200. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation Wyoming reports, helpers--production workers ranks 348 of 433, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Retained pay in Wyoming is $34,481 after the full tax stack, from $40,200. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $37,954 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $46,500 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Helpers--Production Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,060 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $40,200 |
| Top tenth earn over | $63,840 |
| This salary | $40,200 |
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 | $34,481 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $34,481 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,471 |
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 | $40,200 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,989 |
| 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 $40,200. The published range is $30,060 up to $63,840, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $34,481 take-home in Wyoming comes from $40,200. 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 348 of 433.
- One number stands for prices across all of Wyoming, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $37,954, the adjusted value of that $40,200 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 348 of 433 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for helpers--production workers in Wyoming the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $30,060 to $63,840. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $34,481, from $40,200, 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 348 of 433 locally, and the state ranks 26 of 49 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wyoming, so $37,954 — the adjusted value of that $40,200 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 348 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 $46,500 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?
The label is broader than the work. From $30,060 at the bottom tenth to $63,840 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Wyoming sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $37,954 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $34,481 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 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 $46,500. 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 ($30,060) and the ninetieth ($63,840) 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 $37,954 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 $34,481 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.