Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$33,894
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$5,576
14.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$37,309
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
$39,470
Kept after tax
$33,894
Worth in national money
$37,309
State rank
29
of 46 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Wyoming is 29 of 46 states for this job, with a middle wage of $39,470. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Wyoming this is lower-paid work. Of 433 occupations the state publishes figures for, this job ranks 356. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- Here is where Wyoming does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $39,470 you keep $33,894, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $37,309 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $40,310, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Wyoming ranks 29 of 46 for sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood at $39,470. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Against every occupation Wyoming reports, sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood ranks 356 of 433, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- After federal, FICA and Wyoming income tax, retained pay for sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood on $39,470 is $33,894. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $37,309 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 $40,310 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $30,780 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $39,470 |
| Top tenth earn over | $47,890 |
| This salary | $39,470 |
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 | $33,894 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,894 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,429 |
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 | $39,470 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,938 |
| 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 sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood in Wyoming earn under $39,470 and half over. The published range runs $30,780 at the tenth percentile to $47,890 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Wyoming the take-home figure of $33,894, from $39,470, 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 356 of 433 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $37,309 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 356.
- Figures are distribution medians for sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood in Wyoming, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $30,780 to $47,890; 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 $33,894 from $39,470. 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 356 of 433 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $37,309, worked from $39,470, 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 356 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $30,780 at the bottom tenth to $47,890 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 $37,309.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $33,894 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.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 46 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($30,780 to $47,890) 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 $37,309 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 $33,894 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.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 46 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.