Tree Trimmers and Pruners in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,310
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$6,900
14.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,270
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
$46,210
Kept after tax
$39,310
Worth in national money
$43,270
State rank
37
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Wyoming pays tree trimmers and pruners a middle wage of $46,210, 37 of 49 states and about 9.32% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 433 occupations Wyoming reports figures for, this is number 310.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $46,210 you keep $39,310 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $43,270 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $50,310, since top earners drag the number up.
- Wyoming's $46,210 median for tree trimmers and pruners places it 37 of 49 states, about 9.32% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- In Wyoming's occupational distribution, tree trimmers and pruners sits at 310 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.
- Retained pay in Wyoming is $39,310 after the full tax stack, from $46,210. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $43,270 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $50,310 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Tree Trimmers and Pruners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,270 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,210 |
| Top tenth earn over | $74,050 |
| This salary | $46,210 |
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 | $39,310 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $39,310 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,817 |
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 | $46,210 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,407 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $46,210 as a midpoint for Wyoming, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $28,270 and the ninetieth is $74,050 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $39,310 take-home in Wyoming comes from $46,210. 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 310 of 433.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $43,270 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 310.
- The Wyoming median of $46,210 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $28,270 to $74,050. 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 $39,310, from $46,210, 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 310 of 433 locally, and the state ranks 37 of 49 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $43,270, worked from $46,210, 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 310 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 $50,310, 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 $28,270 at the bottom tenth to $74,050 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 $43,270.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $39,310 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?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 49 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $50,310. 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 ($28,270) and the ninetieth ($74,050) 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 $43,270 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 $39,310 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.