Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$55,323
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$10,817
16.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$60,897
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
$66,140
Kept after tax
$55,323
Worth in national money
$60,897
State rank
36
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Wyoming. The middle earner gets $66,140. That is 36 of 51 states, and about 13.21% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 148 among 433 occupations Wyoming publishes pay for.
- Wyoming is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $66,140 the take-home is $55,323; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $60,897 would nationally. The average comes to $67,080, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For police and sheriff's patrol officers, Wyoming sits in the lower band at $66,140, ranking 36 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 13.21%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Position 148 of 433 in Wyoming places police and sheriff's patrol officers 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.
- Post-tax income for police and sheriff's patrol officers in Wyoming, on $66,140, is $55,323 — equivalent to $60,897 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 $67,080 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $57,130 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $66,140 |
| Top tenth earn over | $76,840 |
| This salary | $66,140 |
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 | $55,323 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $55,323 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,965 |
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 | $66,140 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,426 |
| 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 police and sheriff's patrol officers in Wyoming earn under $66,140 and half over. The published range runs $57,130 at the tenth percentile to $76,840 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Wyoming the take-home figure of $55,323, from $66,140, 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 148 of 433 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Wyoming, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $60,897, the adjusted value of that $66,140 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 148 of 433 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for police and sheriff's patrol officers in Wyoming, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $57,130 to $76,840; 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 $55,323 from $66,140. 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 148 of 433 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wyoming, so $60,897 — the adjusted value of that $66,140 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 148 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $57,130 and the top tenth $76,840, so most people doing this work in Wyoming sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $60,897 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $55,323 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?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($57,130 to $76,840) 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 $60,897 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 $55,323 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.