Respiratory Therapists in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$64,639
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$14,691
18.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$71,150
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
$79,330
Kept after tax
$64,639
Worth in national money
$71,150
State rank
35
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wyoming is among the lower-paying states for respiratory therapists. The middle earner takes $79,330, ranking 35 of 51 states — about 3.59% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 433 occupations Wyoming reports, respiratory therapists comes in at 103 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $79,330 you keep $64,639 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $71,150 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $76,980.
- Wyoming ranks 35 of 51 for respiratory therapists, with a median of $79,330 — about 3.59% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Respiratory therapists ranks 103 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.
- Retained pay in Wyoming is $64,639 after the full tax stack, from $79,330. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $71,150 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $76,980 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Respiratory Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $64,300 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,330 |
| Top tenth earn over | $91,840 |
| This salary | $79,330 |
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 | $64,639 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,639 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,633 |
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 | $79,330 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,399 |
| 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 respiratory therapists in Wyoming earn under $79,330 and half over. The published range runs $64,300 at the tenth percentile to $91,840 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Wyoming the take-home figure of $64,639, from $79,330, 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 103 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 $71,150, the adjusted value of that $79,330 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 103 of 433 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for respiratory therapists in Wyoming, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $64,300 to $91,840; 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 $64,639 from $79,330. 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 103 of 433 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wyoming, so $71,150 — the adjusted value of that $79,330 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 103 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $64,300 at the tenth percentile, $91,840 at the ninetieth.
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 $71,150 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $64,639 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?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($64,300 to $91,840) 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 $71,150 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 $64,639 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.