Project Management Specialists in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$75,015
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$19,065
20.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$82,572
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
$94,080
Kept after tax
$75,015
Worth in national money
$82,572
State rank
38
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for project management specialists is on the low side in Wyoming. The middle earner gets $94,080. That is 38 of 51 states, and about 8.05% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 433 occupations Wyoming reports, project management specialists comes in at 59 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Wyoming is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $94,080 the take-home is $75,015; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $82,572 would nationally. The average comes to $98,200, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For project management specialists, Wyoming sits in the lower band at $94,080, ranking 38 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 8.05%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Project management specialists ranks 59 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 project management specialists in Wyoming, on $94,080, is $75,015 — equivalent to $82,572 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 $98,200 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Project Management Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $54,750 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $94,080 |
| Top tenth earn over | $151,500 |
| This salary | $94,080 |
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 | $75,015 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $75,015 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$5,376 |
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 | $94,080 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$7,426 |
| 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 $94,080. The published range is $54,750 up to $151,500, 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 $75,015, worked from $94,080. 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 59 of 433.
- One number stands for prices across all of Wyoming, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $82,572, the adjusted value of that $94,080 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 59 of 433 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for project management specialists in Wyoming the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $54,750 to $151,500. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Wyoming take-home of $75,015, on $94,080 for work ranking 59 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 59 of 433 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wyoming, so $82,572 — the adjusted value of that $94,080 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 59 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 $98,200, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $54,750 at the bottom tenth to $151,500 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $82,572 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $75,015 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 $98,200. 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 ($54,750) and the ninetieth ($151,500) 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 $82,572 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 $75,015 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.