Massage Therapists in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,981
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$9,999
16.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$57,217
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
$61,980
Kept after tax
$51,981
Worth in national money
$57,217
State rank
20
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Wyoming is 20 of 50 states for massage therapists, with a middle wage of $61,980. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Massage therapists ranks 188 among 433 occupations Wyoming publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $61,980 you keep $51,981 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $57,217 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $60,190.
- Wyoming ranks 20 of 50 for massage therapists at $61,980. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 188 of 433 in Wyoming places massage therapists 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 $51,981 after the full tax stack, from $61,980. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $57,217 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $60,190 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Massage Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $18,570 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,980 |
| Top tenth earn over | $98,090 |
| This salary | $61,980 |
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 | $51,981 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,981 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,725 |
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 | $61,980 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,505 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $61,980 as a midpoint for Wyoming, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $18,570 and the ninetieth is $98,090 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Wyoming's $51,981, worked from $61,980. 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 188 of 433.
- Two cautions on $57,217, the adjusted value of that $61,980 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 188 of 433 locally.
- The Wyoming median of $61,980 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $18,570 to $98,090. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Wyoming take-home of $51,981, on $61,980 for work ranking 188 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 188 of 433 in the state.
- This $57,217 adjusted figure, worked from $61,980, 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 188 of 433 in the state. The occupation ranks 188 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $18,570 and the top tenth $98,090 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $57,217 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $51,981 survives, because Wyoming levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($18,570) and the ninetieth ($98,090) 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 $57,217 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 $51,981 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.