Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,768
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$10,192
16.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$58,084
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
$62,960
Kept after tax
$52,768
Worth in national money
$58,084
State rank
18
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Wyoming is 18 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $62,960. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Wyoming, this sits in the middle: 170 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 $62,960 the take-home is $52,768; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $58,084 would nationally. The average comes to $67,010, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Wyoming ranks 18 of 51 for operating engineers and other construction equipment operators at $62,960. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators ranks 170 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 operating engineers and other construction equipment operators in Wyoming, on $62,960, is $52,768 — equivalent to $58,084 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 $67,010 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,370 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,960 |
| Top tenth earn over | $85,630 |
| This salary | $62,960 |
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 | $52,768 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,768 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,782 |
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 | $62,960 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,721 |
| 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 operating engineers and other construction equipment operators in Wyoming earn under $62,960 and half over. The published range runs $48,370 at the tenth percentile to $85,630 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Wyoming the take-home figure of $52,768, from $62,960, 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 170 of 433 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $58,084 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 170.
- Figures are distribution medians for operating engineers and other construction equipment operators in Wyoming, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $48,370 to $85,630; 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 $52,768 from $62,960. 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 170 of 433 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $58,084, worked from $62,960, 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 170 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $67,010, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $48,370 and the top tenth $85,630, so most people doing this work in Wyoming sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $58,084.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $52,768 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.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Wyoming is $67,010. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($48,370 to $85,630) 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 $58,084 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 $52,768 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.