Library Assistants, Clerical in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,745
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$5,295
13.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,044
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
$38,040
Kept after tax
$32,745
Worth in national money
$36,044
State rank
15
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Wyoming pays library assistants, clerical a middle wage of $38,040, ranking 15 of 50 states and sitting about 3.06% above the national middle.
- Within Wyoming this is lower-paid work. Of 433 occupations the state publishes figures for, library assistants, clerical ranks 372. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $38,040 you keep $32,745 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $36,044 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $37,810.
- Wyoming's median for library assistants, clerical is $38,040, about 3.06% above the national figure and 15 of 50 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Against every occupation Wyoming reports, library assistants, clerical ranks 372 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 $32,745 after the full tax stack, from $38,040. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $36,044 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $37,810 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Library Assistants, Clerical
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,350 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $38,040 |
| Top tenth earn over | $42,590 |
| This salary | $38,040 |
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 | $32,745 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $32,745 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,347 |
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 | $38,040 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,838 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $38,040 as a midpoint for Wyoming, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $28,350 and the ninetieth is $42,590 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Wyoming the take-home figure of $32,745, from $38,040, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 372 of 433 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Wyoming, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $36,044, the adjusted value of that $38,040 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 372 of 433 in the state.
- The Wyoming median of $38,040 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $28,350 to $42,590. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Wyoming is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $32,745 from $38,040. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 372 of 433 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wyoming, so $36,044 — the adjusted value of that $38,040 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 372 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $28,350 and the top tenth $42,590, so most people doing this work in Wyoming sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $36,044.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $32,745 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?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($28,350 to $42,590) 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 $36,044 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 $32,745 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.