Pharmacy Technicians in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,957
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$7,303
15.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,083
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
$48,260
Kept after tax
$40,957
Worth in national money
$45,083
State rank
8
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Wyoming pays pharmacy technicians a middle wage of $48,260, ranking 8 of 51 states and sitting about 5.49% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Pharmacy technicians ranks 281 among 433 occupations Wyoming publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $48,260 you keep $40,957 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $45,083 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $49,520, since top earners drag the number up.
- Wyoming's median for pharmacy technicians is $48,260, about 5.49% above the national figure and 8 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 281 of 433 in Wyoming places pharmacy technicians in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay in Wyoming is $40,957 after the full tax stack, from $48,260. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $45,083 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $49,520 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Pharmacy Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,360 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $48,260 |
| Top tenth earn over | $63,950 |
| This salary | $48,260 |
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 | $40,957 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $40,957 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,935 |
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 | $48,260 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,550 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $48,260 as a midpoint for Wyoming, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $37,360 and the ninetieth is $63,950 — 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 $40,957, worked from $48,260. 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 281 of 433.
- Two cautions on $45,083, the adjusted value of that $48,260 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Wyoming. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 281 of 433 locally.
- The Wyoming median of $48,260 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $37,360 to $63,950. 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 $40,957, on $48,260 for work ranking 281 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 281 of 433 in the state.
- This $45,083 adjusted figure, worked from $48,260, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 281 of 433 in the state. The occupation ranks 281 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $37,360 at the bottom tenth to $63,950 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $45,083 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $40,957 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,360 to $63,950) 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 $45,083 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 $40,957 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.