Sheet Metal Workers in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,378
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$9,362
15.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$54,352
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
$58,740
Kept after tax
$49,378
Worth in national money
$54,352
State rank
33
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Wyoming is 33 of 50 states for sheet metal workers, with a middle wage of $58,740. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Wyoming, this sits in the middle: 220 of 433 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Here is where Wyoming does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $58,740 you keep $49,378, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $54,352 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $60,080, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Wyoming ranks 33 of 50 for sheet metal workers at $58,740. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Sheet metal workers ranks 220 of 433 occupations in Wyoming by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- After federal, FICA and Wyoming income tax, retained pay for sheet metal workers on $58,740 is $49,378. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $54,352 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 $60,080 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Sheet Metal Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $42,350 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,740 |
| Top tenth earn over | $72,400 |
| This salary | $58,740 |
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 | $49,378 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,378 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,539 |
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 | $58,740 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,280 |
| 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 sheet metal workers in Wyoming earn under $58,740 and half over. The published range runs $42,350 at the tenth percentile to $72,400 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Wyoming's $49,378, worked from $58,740. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 220 of 433.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $54,352 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 220.
- Figures are distribution medians for sheet metal workers in Wyoming, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $42,350 to $72,400; 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.
- The Wyoming take-home of $49,378, on $58,740 for work ranking 220 of 433 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 220 of 433 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $54,352, worked from $58,740, 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 220 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $42,350 at the tenth percentile, $72,400 at the ninetieth.
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 $54,352.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $49,378 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?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($42,350 to $72,400) 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 $54,352 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 $49,378 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.