Public Safety Telecommunicators in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$42,837
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$7,763
15.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,152
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
$50,600
Kept after tax
$42,837
Worth in national money
$47,152
State rank
29
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Wyoming is 29 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $50,600. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 433 occupations Wyoming reports figures for, this is number 261.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $50,600 you keep $42,837 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $47,152 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $54,590, since top earners drag the number up.
- Wyoming ranks 29 of 51 for public safety telecommunicators at $50,600. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- In Wyoming's occupational distribution, public safety telecommunicators sits at 261 of 433 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Retained pay in Wyoming is $42,837 after the full tax stack, from $50,600. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $47,152 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $54,590 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Public Safety Telecommunicators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,100 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $50,600 |
| Top tenth earn over | $69,720 |
| This salary | $50,600 |
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 | $42,837 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $42,837 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,070 |
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 | $50,600 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,713 |
| 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 $50,600. The published range is $45,100 up to $69,720, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $42,837 take-home in Wyoming comes from $50,600. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 261 of 433.
- One number stands for prices across all of Wyoming, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $47,152, the adjusted value of that $50,600 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 261 of 433 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for public safety telecommunicators in Wyoming the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $45,100 to $69,720. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $42,837, from $50,600, assumes a single Wyoming filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 261 of 433 locally, and the state ranks 29 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wyoming, so $47,152 — the adjusted value of that $50,600 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 261 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 $54,590, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $45,100 at the tenth percentile, $69,720 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $47,152.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $42,837 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?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $54,590. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($45,100 to $69,720) 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 $47,152 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 $42,837 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.