Recreation Workers in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$26,864
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$3,856
12.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$29,570
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
$30,720
Kept after tax
$26,864
Worth in national money
$29,570
State rank
43
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for recreation workers is on the low side in Wyoming. The middle earner gets $30,720. That is 43 of 51 states, and about 15.97% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 433 occupations Wyoming publishes, recreation workers lands at 415. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Here is where Wyoming does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $30,720 you keep $26,864, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $29,570 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $34,060, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For recreation workers, Wyoming sits in the lower band at $30,720, ranking 43 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 15.97%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Wyoming, this work ranks 415 of 433 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- After federal, FICA and Wyoming income tax, retained pay for recreation workers on $30,720 is $26,864. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $29,570 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 $34,060 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Recreation Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $25,720 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $30,720 |
| Top tenth earn over | $49,300 |
| This salary | $30,720 |
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 | $26,864 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $26,864 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,925 |
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 | $30,720 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,328 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $30,720 as a midpoint for Wyoming, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $25,720 and the ninetieth is $49,300 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $26,864 take-home in Wyoming comes from $30,720. 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 415 of 433.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $29,570 uses one figure for the whole of Wyoming. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 433 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 415.
- The Wyoming median of $30,720 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $25,720 to $49,300. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $26,864, from $30,720, 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 415 of 433 locally, and the state ranks 43 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $29,570, worked from $30,720, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Wyoming address, on work sitting at 415 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 $34,060, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $25,720 and the top tenth $49,300 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $29,570.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $26,864 of this wage reaches your account, because Wyoming takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $34,060. 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 ($25,720) and the ninetieth ($49,300) 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 $29,570 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 $26,864 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.