Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$38,699
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$6,751
14.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$42,598
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
$45,450
Kept after tax
$38,699
Worth in national money
$42,598
State rank
34
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Wyoming is 34 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $45,450. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 323 among 433 occupations Wyoming publishes pay for.
- Here is where Wyoming does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $45,450 you keep $38,699, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $42,598 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $45,890, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Wyoming ranks 34 of 51 for secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive at $45,450. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 323 of 433 in Wyoming places secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive 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 secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive on $45,450 is $38,699. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $42,598 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 $45,890 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,140 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,450 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,150 |
| This salary | $45,450 |
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 | $38,699 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,699 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,774 |
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 | $45,450 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,354 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $45,450 as a midpoint for Wyoming, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $35,140 and the ninetieth is $61,150 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $38,699 take-home in Wyoming comes from $45,450. 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 323 of 433.
- One number stands for prices across all of Wyoming, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $42,598, the adjusted value of that $45,450 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 323 of 433 in the state.
- The Wyoming median of $45,450 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $35,140 to $61,150. 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 $38,699, from $45,450, 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 323 of 433 locally, and the state ranks 34 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wyoming, so $42,598 — the adjusted value of that $45,450 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 323 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $35,140 at the tenth percentile, $61,150 at the ninetieth.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Wyoming sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $42,598 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $38,699 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?
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 ($35,140 to $61,150) 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 $42,598 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 $38,699 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.