Urban and Regional Planners in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$58,209
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$11,981
17.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$64,073
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
$70,190
Kept after tax
$58,209
Worth in national money
$64,073
State rank
46
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Wyoming pays urban and regional planners a middle wage of $70,190, 46 of 51 states and about 21.42% 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 135.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $70,190 you keep $58,209 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $64,073 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $76,070, since top earners drag the number up.
- Wyoming's $70,190 median for urban and regional planners places it 46 of 51 states, about 21.42% 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, urban and regional planners sits at 135 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 $58,209 after the full tax stack, from $70,190. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $64,073 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $76,070 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Urban and Regional Planners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $52,230 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $70,190 |
| Top tenth earn over | $110,170 |
| This salary | $70,190 |
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 | $58,209 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $58,209 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,172 |
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 | $70,190 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,762 |
| 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 $70,190. The published range is $52,230 up to $110,170, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Wyoming the take-home figure of $58,209, from $70,190, 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 135 of 433 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $64,073, the adjusted value of that $70,190 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Wyoming. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 135 of 433 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for urban and regional planners in Wyoming the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $52,230 to $110,170. 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 $58,209 from $70,190. 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 135 of 433 locally.
- This $64,073 adjusted figure, worked from $70,190, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 135 of 433 in the state. The occupation ranks 135 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 $76,070, 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 $52,230 at the bottom tenth to $110,170 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Wyoming sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $64,073 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $58,209 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?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $76,070. 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 ($52,230) and the ninetieth ($110,170) 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 $64,073 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 $58,209 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.