Medical Equipment Preparers in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,917
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$7,293
15.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,039
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
$48,210
Kept after tax
$40,917
Worth in national money
$45,039
State rank
16
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for medical equipment preparers is strong here. Wyoming's middle earner gets $48,210, putting the state 16 of 51 — about 1.07% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Medical equipment preparers ranks 283 among 433 occupations Wyoming publishes pay for.
- Wyoming is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $48,210 the take-home is $40,917; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $45,039 would nationally. The average comes to $48,780, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For medical equipment preparers, Wyoming sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $48,210, ranking 16 of 51 and running about 1.07% 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.
- Position 283 of 433 in Wyoming places medical equipment preparers 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.
- Post-tax income for medical equipment preparers in Wyoming, on $48,210, is $40,917 — equivalent to $45,039 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 $48,780 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Medical Equipment Preparers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,590 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,210 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,220 |
| This salary | $48,210 |
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 | $40,917 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,917 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,932 |
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 | $48,210 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,546 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of medical equipment preparers in Wyoming earn under $48,210 and half over. The published range runs $37,590 at the tenth percentile to $60,220 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Wyoming's $40,917, worked from $48,210. 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 283 of 433.
- One number stands for prices across all of Wyoming, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $45,039, the adjusted value of that $48,210 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 283 of 433 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for medical equipment preparers in Wyoming, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $37,590 to $60,220; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Wyoming take-home of $40,917, on $48,210 for work ranking 283 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 283 of 433 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wyoming, so $45,039 — the adjusted value of that $48,210 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 283 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $37,590 at the tenth percentile, $60,220 at the ninetieth.
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 $45,039.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $40,917 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?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,590 to $60,220) 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 $45,039 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 $40,917 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.