Roofers in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,860
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$6,790
14.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,774
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
$45,650
Kept after tax
$38,860
Worth in national money
$42,774
State rank
48
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Wyoming pays roofers a middle wage of $45,650, 48 of 51 states and about 17.66% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Roofers ranks 318 among 433 occupations Wyoming publishes pay for.
- Here is where Wyoming does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $45,650 you keep $38,860, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $42,774 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $49,680, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Wyoming's $45,650 median for roofers places it 48 of 51 states, about 17.66% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Position 318 of 433 in Wyoming places roofers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After federal, FICA and Wyoming income tax, retained pay for roofers on $45,650 is $38,860. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $42,774 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 $49,680 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Roofers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,110 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,650 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,490 |
| This salary | $45,650 |
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 | $38,860 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,860 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,785 |
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 | $45,650 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,368 |
| 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 roofers in Wyoming earn under $45,650 and half over. The published range runs $37,110 at the tenth percentile to $62,490 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $38,860 take-home in Wyoming comes from $45,650. 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 318 of 433.
- One number stands for prices across all of Wyoming, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $42,774, the adjusted value of that $45,650 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 318 of 433 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for roofers in Wyoming, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $37,110 to $62,490; 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.
- Retained pay of $38,860, from $45,650, 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 318 of 433 locally, and the state ranks 48 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wyoming, so $42,774 — the adjusted value of that $45,650 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 318 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 $49,680, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $37,110 and the top tenth $62,490, so most people doing this work in Wyoming sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $42,774 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $38,860 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?
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 $49,680. 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 ($37,110 to $62,490) 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 $42,774 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 $38,860 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.