Cheyenne, WY Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Cheyenne, WY - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Cheyenne, WY moved from $50,100 in May 2024 to $51,540 in May 2025 (+2.9%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Cheyenne, WY sits -0.2 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Transparent derived index from BLS and BEA data, not an official government rating. Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability. See the exact dimensions, weights, and formula.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 16940 · Cheyenne, WY $61K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-MID · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-MID #164/528
- RPP-MID 96.5
- OCC-MID 219 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $343K
- EMP-MIX Software Dev…
- TREND-INLINE -0.2 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Sheboygan, WI
- BOOK-MOST 216 rows · May 2025
Read with Sheboygan, WI (+$5 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer, not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Cheyenne, WY
Employment scale inside Cheyenne, WY's top-pay list
Software Developers and Medical and Health Services Managers lead published employment inside Cheyenne, WY's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Software Developers 540 jobs · $121,990
- 2. Medical and Health Services Managers 320 jobs · $117,160
- 3. Managers, All Other 270 jobs · $118,720
- 4. Financial Managers 180 jobs · $116,770
- 5. Construction Managers 170 jobs · $106,460
- 6. Physicians, All Other 140 jobs · $342,800
- 7. Computer and Information Systems Managers 130 jobs · $128,610
- 8. Pharmacists 120 jobs · $139,900
- 9. Nurse Practitioners 110 jobs · $134,890
- 10. Physical Therapists 100 jobs · $101,760
- 11. Mechanical Engineers 60 jobs · $122,500
- 12. Physician Assistants 50 jobs · $127,790
- 13. Architectural and Engineering Managers 50 jobs · $126,610
- 14. Natural Sciences Managers 50 jobs · $108,520
- 15. Sales Managers 50 jobs · $108,110
- 16. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products 50 jobs · $104,600
- 17. Engineers, All Other 40 jobs · $107,810
- 18. Commercial Pilots 40 jobs · $106,860
Occupations Tracked
219
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$61,315
employment-weighted, 216 complete rows
Top Salary
$342,800
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
96.5
4% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Cheyenne, WY
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physicians, All Other | $342,800 |
| 2 | Marketing Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $183,540 |
| 3 | Dentists, General Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $173,080 |
| 4 | Pharmacists | $139,900 |
| 5 | Nurse Practitioners | $134,890 |
| 6 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $128,610 |
| 7 | Physician Assistants Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $127,790 |
| 8 | Architectural and Engineering Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $126,610 |
| 9 | Mechanical Engineers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $122,500 |
| 10 | Software Developers | $121,990 |
| 11 | Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $118,900 |
| 12 | Managers, All Other | $118,720 |
| 13 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $117,160 |
| 14 | Financial Managers | $116,770 |
| 15 | Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $116,550 |
| 16 | Natural Sciences Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $108,520 |
| 17 | Information Security Analysts | $108,260 |
| 18 | Sales Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $108,110 |
| 19 | Engineers, All Other Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $107,810 |
| 20 | Commercial Pilots Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $106,860 |
| 21 | Construction Managers | $106,460 |
| 22 | Human Resources Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $105,170 |
| 23 | Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $104,600 |
| 24 | Environmental Engineers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $103,230 |
| 25 | Physical Therapists | $101,760 |
Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.
Lowest Paying Jobs in Cheyenne, WY
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Bartenders | $21,690 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $22,460 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $26,790 |
| Driver/Sales Workers | $26,940 |
| Childcare Workers | $28,070 |
| Animal Caretakers | $28,230 |
| Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education | $28,290 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $28,720 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $29,090 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). | $29,090 |
Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.
Other BLS Wage Areas in WY
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside WY. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($61,315 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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How to use Cheyenne, WY wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Cheyenne, WY at $342,800/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $61,315 adjusts to about $63,545 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 96.5. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for WY before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.