Surveyors in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$65,989
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$15,261
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$72,637
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
$81,250
Kept after tax
$65,989
Worth in national money
$72,637
State rank
12
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wyoming is one of the better-paying states for surveyors. The middle earner takes $81,250, which ranks 12 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 7.7% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 433 occupations Wyoming reports, surveyors comes in at 95 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where Wyoming does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $81,250 you keep $65,989, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $72,637 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $87,190, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Wyoming ranks 12 of 50 states publishing a median for surveyors, at $81,250 — about 7.7% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Surveyors ranks 95 of 433 occupations by median in Wyoming, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- After federal, FICA and Wyoming income tax, retained pay for surveyors on $81,250 is $65,989. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $72,637 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 $87,190 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Surveyors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $53,500 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $81,250 |
| Top tenth earn over | $116,770 |
| This salary | $81,250 |
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 | $65,989 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,989 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,729 |
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 | $81,250 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,533 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $81,250 as a midpoint for Wyoming, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $53,500 and the ninetieth is $116,770 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Wyoming the take-home figure of $65,989, from $81,250, 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 95 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 $72,637, the adjusted value of that $81,250 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 95 of 433 in the state.
- The Wyoming median of $81,250 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $53,500 to $116,770. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Wyoming is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $65,989 from $81,250. 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 95 of 433 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wyoming, so $72,637 — the adjusted value of that $81,250 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 95 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 $87,190, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $53,500 at the bottom tenth to $116,770 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $72,637.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $65,989 survives, because Wyoming levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $87,190. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($53,500) and the ninetieth ($116,770) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $72,637 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 $65,989 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.