Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,880
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$6,551
14.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$41,695
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
$44,430
Kept after tax
$37,880
Worth in national money
$41,695
State rank
29
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Wyoming pays this job around $44,430 at the midpoint, 29 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 433 occupations Wyoming publishes, this job lands at 333. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $44,430 you keep $37,880 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $41,695 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $45,260, since top earners drag the number up.
- For medical secretaries and administrative assistants the Wyoming median is $44,430, ranking 29 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Wyoming, this work ranks 333 of 433 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Retained pay in Wyoming is $37,880 after the full tax stack, from $44,430. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $41,695 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $45,260 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,400 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,430 |
| Top tenth earn over | $59,440 |
| This salary | $44,430 |
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 | $37,880 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $37,880 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,715 |
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 | $44,430 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,283 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $44,430 as a midpoint for Wyoming, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $36,400 and the ninetieth is $59,440 — 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 $37,880, worked from $44,430. 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 333 of 433.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $41,695 uses one figure for the whole of Wyoming. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 433 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 333.
- The Wyoming median of $44,430 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $36,400 to $59,440. 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 $37,880, on $44,430 for work ranking 333 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 333 of 433 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $41,695, worked from $44,430, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Wyoming address, on work sitting at 333 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $36,400 at the tenth percentile, $59,440 at the ninetieth.
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 $41,695 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $37,880 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?
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 ($36,400 to $59,440) 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 $41,695 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 $37,880 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.