Occupational Health and Safety Specialists in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,980
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$19,050
20.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$82,534
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
$94,030
Kept after tax
$74,980
Worth in national money
$82,534
State rank
17
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Wyoming's middle earner gets $94,030, putting the state 17 of 51 — about 4.3% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 433 occupations Wyoming reports, this job comes in at 60 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $94,030 you keep $74,980 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $82,534 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $95,520, since top earners drag the number up.
- For occupational health and safety specialists, Wyoming sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $94,030, ranking 17 of 51 and running about 4.3% 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.
- Occupational health and safety specialists ranks 60 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.
- Retained pay in Wyoming is $74,980 after the full tax stack, from $94,030. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $82,534 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $95,520 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Occupational Health and Safety Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $61,820 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $94,030 |
| Top tenth earn over | $133,900 |
| This salary | $94,030 |
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 | $74,980 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $74,980 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$5,374 |
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 | $94,030 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$7,423 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $94,030 as a midpoint for Wyoming, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $61,820 and the ninetieth is $133,900 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $74,980 take-home in Wyoming comes from $94,030. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 60 of 433.
- One number stands for prices across all of Wyoming, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $82,534, the adjusted value of that $94,030 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 60 of 433 in the state.
- The Wyoming median of $94,030 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $61,820 to $133,900. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $74,980, from $94,030, assumes a single Wyoming filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 60 of 433 locally, and the state ranks 17 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wyoming, so $82,534 — the adjusted value of that $94,030 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 60 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $61,820 at the bottom tenth to $133,900 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $82,534.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $74,980 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?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($61,820) and the ninetieth ($133,900) 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 $82,534 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 $74,980 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.