Physician Assistants in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$104,277
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$31,803
23.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$114,781
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
$136,080
Kept after tax
$104,277
Worth in national money
$114,781
State rank
19
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Wyoming is 19 of 51 states for physician assistants, with a middle wage of $136,080. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 433 occupations Wyoming reports, physician assistants comes in at 9 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Wyoming is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $136,080 the take-home is $104,277; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $114,781 would nationally. The average comes to $137,320, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Wyoming ranks 19 of 51 for physician assistants at $136,080. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Physician assistants ranks 9 of 433 occupations by median in Wyoming, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Post-tax income for physician assistants in Wyoming, on $136,080, is $104,277 — equivalent to $114,781 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 $137,320 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Physician Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $102,320 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $136,080 |
| Top tenth earn over | $177,900 |
| This salary | $136,080 |
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 | $104,277 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $104,277 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$7,473 |
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 | $136,080 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$10,625 |
| 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 $136,080. The published range is $102,320 up to $177,900, 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 $104,277, worked from $136,080. 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 9 of 433.
- One number stands for prices across all of Wyoming, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $114,781, the adjusted value of that $136,080 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 9 of 433 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for physician assistants in Wyoming the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $102,320 to $177,900. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Wyoming take-home of $104,277, on $136,080 for work ranking 9 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 9 of 433 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wyoming, so $114,781 — the adjusted value of that $136,080 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 9 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $102,320 at the bottom tenth to $177,900 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 $114,781 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $104,277 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($102,320 to $177,900) 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 $114,781 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 $104,277 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.