Mechanical Engineers in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$91,667
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$26,083
22.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$100,902
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
$117,750
Kept after tax
$91,667
Worth in national money
$100,902
State rank
10
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for mechanical engineers is strong here. Wyoming's middle earner gets $117,750, putting the state 10 of 51 — about 13.1% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 433 occupations Wyoming reports, mechanical engineers comes in at 22 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Wyoming is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $117,750 the take-home is $91,667; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $100,902 would nationally. The average lands at $117,060, below the middle of the range.
- For mechanical engineers, Wyoming sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $117,750, ranking 10 of 51 and running about 13.1% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Mechanical engineers ranks 22 of 433 occupations by median in Wyoming, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Post-tax income for mechanical engineers in Wyoming, on $117,750, is $91,667 — equivalent to $100,902 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 $117,060 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Mechanical Engineers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $71,730 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $117,750 |
| Top tenth earn over | $151,810 |
| This salary | $117,750 |
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 | $91,667 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $91,667 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$6,570 |
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 | $117,750 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$9,222 |
| 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 $117,750. The published range is $71,730 up to $151,810, 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 $91,667, worked from $117,750. 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 22 of 433.
- Two cautions on $100,902, the adjusted value of that $117,750 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 22 of 433 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for mechanical engineers in Wyoming the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $71,730 to $151,810. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Wyoming take-home of $91,667, on $117,750 for work ranking 22 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 22 of 433 in the state.
- This $100,902 adjusted figure, worked from $117,750, 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 22 of 433 in the state. The occupation ranks 22 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $71,730 at the bottom tenth to $151,810 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $100,902 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $91,667 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?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($71,730 to $151,810) 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 $100,902 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 $91,667 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.