Veterinary Technologists and Technicians in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$33,235
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$5,415
14.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,583
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
$38,650
Kept after tax
$33,235
Worth in national money
$36,583
State rank
46
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wyoming is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $38,650, ranking 46 of 51 states — about 18.43% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Measured against other jobs in Wyoming, this one sits low: 364 of 433 occupations with published pay, in the bottom quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $38,650 you keep $33,235 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $36,583 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $39,170, since top earners drag the number up.
- Wyoming ranks 46 of 51 for veterinary technologists and technicians, with a median of $38,650 — about 18.43% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Veterinary technologists and technicians occupies position 364 of 433 in Wyoming's occupational wage distribution, in the bottom quartile. National ranking and local ranking answer different questions and frequently disagree; this is the one a resident experiences.
- Retained pay in Wyoming is $33,235 after the full tax stack, from $38,650. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $36,583 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $39,170 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Veterinary Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $28,630 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $38,650 |
| Top tenth earn over | $49,260 |
| This salary | $38,650 |
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 | $33,235 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $33,235 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,382 |
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 | $38,650 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,881 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $38,650 as a midpoint for Wyoming, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $28,630 and the ninetieth is $49,260 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $33,235 take-home in Wyoming comes from $38,650. 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 364 of 433.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $36,583 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 364.
- The Wyoming median of $38,650 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $28,630 to $49,260. 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 $33,235, from $38,650, 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 364 of 433 locally, and the state ranks 46 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $36,583, worked from $38,650, 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 364 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $28,630 at the tenth percentile, $49,260 at the ninetieth.
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 $36,583 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $33,235 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($28,630 to $49,260) 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 $36,583 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 $33,235 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.