Tour and Travel Guides in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,961
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$7,059
15.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,986
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
$47,020
Kept after tax
$39,961
Worth in national money
$43,986
State rank
3
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wyoming is one of the better-paying states for tour and travel guides. The middle earner takes $47,020, which ranks 3 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 23.35% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 433 occupations Wyoming reports figures for, this is number 298.
- Wyoming is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $47,020 the take-home is $39,961; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $43,986 would nationally. The average lands at $46,880, below the middle of the range.
- Wyoming ranks 3 of 50 states publishing a median for tour and travel guides, at $47,020 — about 23.35% 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.
- In Wyoming's occupational distribution, tour and travel guides sits at 298 of 433 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Post-tax income for tour and travel guides in Wyoming, on $47,020, is $39,961 — equivalent to $43,986 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $46,880 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Tour and Travel Guides
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $23,580 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $47,020 |
| Top tenth earn over | $61,460 |
| This salary | $47,020 |
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 | $39,961 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,961 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,864 |
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 | $47,020 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,464 |
| 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 tour and travel guides in Wyoming earn under $47,020 and half over. The published range runs $23,580 at the tenth percentile to $61,460 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Wyoming the take-home figure of $39,961, from $47,020, 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 298 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 $43,986, the adjusted value of that $47,020 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 298 of 433 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for tour and travel guides in Wyoming, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $23,580 to $61,460; 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 $39,961 from $47,020. 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 298 of 433 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wyoming, so $43,986 — the adjusted value of that $47,020 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 298 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $23,580 at the bottom tenth to $61,460 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Wyoming is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $43,986 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $39,961 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
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.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($23,580) and the ninetieth ($61,460) 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 $43,986 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 $39,961 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.