Phlebotomists in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$32,858
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$5,322
13.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,168
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
$38,180
Kept after tax
$32,858
Worth in national money
$36,168
State rank
47
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Wyoming pays phlebotomists a middle wage of $38,180, 47 of 51 states and about 15.59% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Within Wyoming this is lower-paid work. Of 433 occupations the state publishes figures for, phlebotomists ranks 370. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Here is where Wyoming does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $38,180 you keep $32,858, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $36,168 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $42,860, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Wyoming's $38,180 median for phlebotomists places it 47 of 51 states, about 15.59% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Against every occupation Wyoming reports, phlebotomists ranks 370 of 433, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- After federal, FICA and Wyoming income tax, retained pay for phlebotomists on $38,180 is $32,858. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $36,168 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $42,860 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Phlebotomists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,500 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $38,180 |
| Top tenth earn over | $60,590 |
| This salary | $38,180 |
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 | $32,858 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $32,858 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,355 |
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 | $38,180 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,848 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Wyoming earn less than $38,180. The published range is $31,500 up to $60,590, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Wyoming's $32,858, worked from $38,180. 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 370 of 433.
- Two cautions on $36,168, the adjusted value of that $38,180 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 370 of 433 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for phlebotomists in Wyoming the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $31,500 to $60,590. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Wyoming take-home of $32,858, on $38,180 for work ranking 370 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 370 of 433 in the state.
- This $36,168 adjusted figure, worked from $38,180, 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 370 of 433 in the state. The occupation ranks 370 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $42,860, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $31,500, the highest tenth $60,590, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Wyoming sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $36,168 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $32,858 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?
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.
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 $42,860. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($31,500) and the ninetieth ($60,590) 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 $36,168 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 $32,858 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.