Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$87,566
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$24,354
21.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$96,387
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
$111,920
Kept after tax
$87,566
Worth in national money
$96,387
State rank
2
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Wyoming's middle earner gets $111,920, putting the state 2 of 51 — about 42.36% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Wyoming this is well-paid work. Of 433 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 27 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Here is where Wyoming does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $111,920 you keep $87,566, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $96,387 would elsewhere. The average is lower, $102,500, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- For stationary engineers and boiler operators, Wyoming sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $111,920, ranking 2 of 51 and running about 42.36% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Ranked against every occupation Wyoming publishes a median for, stationary engineers and boiler operators sits 27 of 433 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- After federal, FICA and Wyoming income tax, retained pay for stationary engineers and boiler operators on $111,920 is $87,566. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $96,387 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 $102,500 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $62,940 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $111,920 |
| Top tenth earn over | $116,180 |
| This salary | $111,920 |
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 | $87,566 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $87,566 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$6,276 |
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 | $111,920 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$8,669 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Wyoming earn less than $111,920. The published range is $62,940 up to $116,180, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Wyoming the take-home figure of $87,566, from $111,920, 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 27 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 $96,387, the adjusted value of that $111,920 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 27 of 433 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for stationary engineers and boiler operators in Wyoming the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $62,940 to $116,180. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Wyoming is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $87,566 from $111,920. 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 27 of 433 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wyoming, so $96,387 — the adjusted value of that $111,920 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 27 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 $102,500, 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 $62,940 and the top tenth $116,180, so most people doing this work in Wyoming sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $96,387.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $87,566 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.
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 $102,500. 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 ($62,940 to $116,180) 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 $96,387 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 $87,566 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.