Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$20,271
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$2,389
10.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$22,313
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
$22,660
Kept after tax
$20,271
Worth in national money
$22,313
State rank
49
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wyoming is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $22,660, ranking 49 of 51 states — about 27.37% 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: 432 of 433 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Here is where Wyoming does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $22,660 you keep $20,271, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $22,313 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $25,430, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Wyoming ranks 49 of 51 for hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop, with a median of $22,660 — about 27.37% 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.
- Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop occupies position 432 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 hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop on $22,660 is $20,271. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $22,313 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 $25,430 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $17,280 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $22,660 |
| Top tenth earn over | $33,800 |
| This salary | $22,660 |
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 | $20,271 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $20,271 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,453 |
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 | $22,660 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$1,714 |
| 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 $22,660. The published range is $17,280 up to $33,800, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Wyoming's $20,271, worked from $22,660. 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 432 of 433.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $22,313 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 432.
- Reported values are medians; for hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop in Wyoming the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $17,280 to $33,800. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Wyoming take-home of $20,271, on $22,660 for work ranking 432 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 432 of 433 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $22,313, worked from $22,660, 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 432 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 $25,430, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $17,280, the highest tenth $33,800, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $22,313.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $20,271 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?
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 $25,430. 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 ($17,280) and the ninetieth ($33,800) 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 $22,313 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 $20,271 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.