Occupational Therapy Assistants in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,600
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$10,150
16.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$57,898
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
$62,750
Kept after tax
$52,600
Worth in national money
$57,898
State rank
41
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wyoming is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $62,750, ranking 41 of 50 states — about 13.21% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Against other work in Wyoming, this sits in the middle: 176 of 433 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Wyoming is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $62,750 the take-home is $52,600; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $57,898 would nationally. The average lands at $60,890, below the middle of the range.
- Wyoming ranks 41 of 50 for occupational therapy assistants, with a median of $62,750 — about 13.21% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Occupational therapy assistants ranks 176 of 433 occupations in Wyoming by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Post-tax income for occupational therapy assistants in Wyoming, on $62,750, is $52,600 — equivalent to $57,898 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 $60,890 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Occupational Therapy Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,680 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,750 |
| Top tenth earn over | $74,430 |
| This salary | $62,750 |
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 | $52,600 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,600 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,770 |
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 | $62,750 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,674 |
| 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 occupational therapy assistants in Wyoming earn under $62,750 and half over. The published range runs $37,680 at the tenth percentile to $74,430 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Wyoming the take-home figure of $52,600, from $62,750, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 176 of 433 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Wyoming, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $57,898, the adjusted value of that $62,750 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 176 of 433 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for occupational therapy assistants in Wyoming, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $37,680 to $74,430; 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.
- Take-home for Wyoming is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $52,600 from $62,750. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 176 of 433 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wyoming, so $57,898 — the adjusted value of that $62,750 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 176 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $37,680 and the top tenth $74,430, so most people doing this work in Wyoming sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $57,898 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $52,600 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?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,680 to $74,430) 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 $57,898 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 $52,600 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.