Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,245
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$9,575
16.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,307
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
$59,820
Kept after tax
$50,245
Worth in national money
$55,307
State rank
4
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wyoming is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $59,820, which ranks 4 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 28.87% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 433 occupations Wyoming reports figures for, this is number 213.
- Wyoming is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $59,820 the take-home is $50,245; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $55,307 would nationally. The average lands at $57,810, below the middle of the range.
- Wyoming ranks 4 of 51 states publishing a median for industrial truck and tractor operators, at $59,820 — about 28.87% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- In Wyoming's occupational distribution, industrial truck and tractor operators sits at 213 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.
- Post-tax income for industrial truck and tractor operators in Wyoming, on $59,820, is $50,245 — equivalent to $55,307 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $57,810 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $38,220 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,820 |
| Top tenth earn over | $74,160 |
| This salary | $59,820 |
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 | $50,245 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,245 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,601 |
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 | $59,820 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,355 |
| 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 $59,820. The published range is $38,220 up to $74,160, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $50,245 take-home in Wyoming comes from $59,820. 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 213 of 433.
- Two cautions on $55,307, the adjusted value of that $59,820 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Wyoming. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 213 of 433 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for industrial truck and tractor operators in Wyoming the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $38,220 to $74,160. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $50,245, from $59,820, 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 213 of 433 locally, and the state ranks 4 of 51 for it.
- This $55,307 adjusted figure, worked from $59,820, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 213 of 433 in the state. The occupation ranks 213 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 $57,810, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $38,220 and the top tenth $74,160, so most people doing this work in Wyoming sit within a fairly tight band.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Wyoming is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $55,307 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $50,245 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?
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.
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 $57,810. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($38,220 to $74,160) 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 $55,307 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 $50,245 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.