Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$42,082
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$7,578
15.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$46,321
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
$49,660
Kept after tax
$42,082
Worth in national money
$46,321
State rank
23
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wyoming sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $49,660, ranking 23 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 269 among 433 occupations Wyoming publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $49,660 you keep $42,082 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $46,321 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $49,730, since top earners drag the number up.
- Wyoming occupies the middle band for human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping: a median of $49,660, ranking 23 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Position 269 of 433 in Wyoming places human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay in Wyoming is $42,082 after the full tax stack, from $49,660. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $46,321 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $49,730 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,230 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,660 |
| Top tenth earn over | $64,940 |
| This salary | $49,660 |
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 | $42,082 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,082 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,016 |
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 | $49,660 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,647 |
| 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 $49,660. The published range is $36,230 up to $64,940, 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 $42,082, worked from $49,660. 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 269 of 433.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $46,321 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 269.
- Reported values are medians; for human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping in Wyoming the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $36,230 to $64,940. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Wyoming take-home of $42,082, on $49,660 for work ranking 269 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 269 of 433 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $46,321, worked from $49,660, 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 269 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $36,230 and the top tenth $64,940, so most people doing this work in Wyoming sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $46,321 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $42,082 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.
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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,230 to $64,940) 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 $46,321 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 $42,082 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.