Office Machine Operators, Except Computer in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,287
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$5,183
13.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$35,540
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
$37,470
Kept after tax
$32,287
Worth in national money
$35,540
State rank
33
of 47 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Wyoming. The middle earner gets $37,470. That is 33 of 47 states, and about 8.52% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 433 occupations Wyoming publishes, this job lands at 377. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Wyoming is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $37,470 the take-home is $32,287; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $35,540 would nationally. The average comes to $37,950, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For office machine operators, except computer, Wyoming sits in the lower band at $37,470, ranking 33 of 47 and trailing the national median by about 8.52%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Wyoming, this work ranks 377 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.
- Post-tax income for office machine operators, except computer in Wyoming, on $37,470, is $32,287 — equivalent to $35,540 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 $37,950 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Office Machine Operators, Except Computer
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $17,860 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $37,470 |
| Top tenth earn over | $52,960 |
| This salary | $37,470 |
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 | $32,287 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $32,287 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,314 |
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 | $37,470 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,799 |
| 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 office machine operators, except computer in Wyoming earn under $37,470 and half over. The published range runs $17,860 at the tenth percentile to $52,960 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $32,287 take-home in Wyoming comes from $37,470. 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 377 of 433.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $35,540 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 377.
- Figures are distribution medians for office machine operators, except computer in Wyoming, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $17,860 to $52,960; 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.
- Retained pay of $32,287, from $37,470, 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 377 of 433 locally, and the state ranks 33 of 47 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $35,540, worked from $37,470, 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 377 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $17,860 at the bottom tenth to $52,960 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $35,540 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $32,287 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?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 47 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($17,860) and the ninetieth ($52,960) 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 $35,540 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 $32,287 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 47 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.