Residential Advisors in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,901
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$4,599
13.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$32,913
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
$34,500
Kept after tax
$29,901
Worth in national money
$32,913
State rank
46
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for residential advisors is on the low side in Wyoming. The middle earner gets $34,500. That is 46 of 51 states, and about 18.32% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 433 occupations Wyoming publishes, residential advisors lands at 400. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Wyoming is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $34,500 the take-home is $29,901; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $32,913 would nationally. The average comes to $36,440, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For residential advisors, Wyoming sits in the lower band at $34,500, ranking 46 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 18.32%. 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 400 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.
- Post-tax income for residential advisors in Wyoming, on $34,500, is $29,901 — equivalent to $32,913 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 $36,440 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Residential Advisors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,260 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $34,500 |
| Top tenth earn over | $42,870 |
| This salary | $34,500 |
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 | $29,901 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $29,901 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,143 |
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 | $34,500 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,592 |
| 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 $34,500. The published range is $34,260 up to $42,870, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $29,901 take-home in Wyoming comes from $34,500. 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 400 of 433.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $32,913 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 400.
- Reported values are medians; for residential advisors in Wyoming the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $34,260 to $42,870. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $29,901, from $34,500, 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 400 of 433 locally, and the state ranks 46 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $32,913, worked from $34,500, 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 400 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 $36,440, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $34,260 at the bottom tenth to $42,870 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $32,913.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $29,901 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.
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 $36,440. 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 ($34,260 to $42,870) 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 $32,913 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 $29,901 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.