Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
Fast Food and Counter Workers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area
Fast Food and Counter Workers publishes $26,100 here versus $31,200 nationally (-16.3%; 2,480metro-area jobs). Next is Office Clerks, General at $41,720 locally versus $45,010 nationally (-7.3%).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$26,100 in Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area sits 16.3% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (2,480 published local jobs).
- Office Clerks, General$41,720 in Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area sits 7.3% below the national Office Clerks, General median of $45,010 (2,280 published local jobs).
- Cashiers$30,670 in Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area sits 6.7% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (2,260 published local jobs).
- General and Operations Managers$98,710 in Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area sits 6.7% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (2,800 published local jobs).
Fast Food and Counter Workers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 5600006 · Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area $60K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MID #198/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MID 349 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $380K
- EMP-MIX Software Dev…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH Billings, MT
- BOOK-FULL 338 rows · May 2025
Read with Billings, MT (+$3 on published-row mean) · Understanding BLS wage data
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 Western Wyoming nonmetropol…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
Software Developers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Software Developers 540 jobs · $115,170
- 2. Financial Managers 260 jobs · $132,440
- 3. Pharmacists 170 jobs · $140,770
- 4. Industrial Production Managers 160 jobs · $165,260
- 5. Nurse Practitioners 130 jobs · $136,030
- 6. Physicians, All Other 120 jobs · $379,700
- 7. Financial and Investment Analysts 120 jobs · $220,230
- 8. Physician Assistants 120 jobs · $140,160
- 9. Industrial Engineers 120 jobs · $136,280
- 10. Sales Managers 100 jobs · $138,810
- 11. Petroleum Engineers 100 jobs · $131,480
- 12. Roof Bolters, Mining 100 jobs · $116,570
- 13. Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 90 jobs · $120,540
- 14. Financial Risk Specialists 90 jobs · $119,550
- 15. Architectural and Engineering Managers 70 jobs · $160,810
- 16. Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers 60 jobs · $127,970
- 17. Mechanical Engineers 50 jobs · $139,320
- 18. Human Resources Managers 50 jobs · $133,290
Occupations Tracked
349
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$59,985
employment-weighted, 338 complete rows
Top Salary
$379,700
Physicians, All Other
Top-pay occupations in Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Software Developers | $115,170 |
| 2 | Financial Managers | $132,440 |
| 3 | Pharmacists | $140,770 |
| 4 | Industrial Production Managers | $165,260 |
| 5 | Nurse Practitioners | $136,030 |
| 6 | Physicians, All Other | $379,700 |
| 7 | Financial and Investment Analysts | $220,230 |
| 8 | Physician Assistants | $140,160 |
| 9 | Industrial Engineers | $136,280 |
| 10 | Sales Managers | $138,810 |
| 11 | Petroleum Engineers | $131,480 |
| 12 | Roof Bolters, Mining | $116,570 |
| 13 | Architects, Except Landscape and Naval | $120,540 |
| 14 | Financial Risk Specialists | $119,550 |
| 15 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $160,810 |
| 16 | Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers | $127,970 |
| 17 | Mechanical Engineers | $139,320 |
| 18 | Human Resources Managers | $133,290 |
| 19 | Family Medicine Physicians | $264,580 |
| 20 | Nurse Anesthetists | $253,390 |
| 21 | Chief Executives | $144,460 |
| 22 | Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers | $136,340 |
| 23 | Marketing Managers | $135,620 |
| 24 | Optometrists | $129,250 |
| 25 | Chemists | $127,120 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Bartenders | $22,380 |
| Waiters and Waitresses | $22,780 |
| Driver/Sales Workers | $23,530 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $23,820 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $25,470 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $26,050 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $26,100 |
| Library Technicians | $26,470 |
| Cargo and Freight Agents | $28,240 |
| Packers and Packagers, Hand | $29,210 |
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 ($59,985 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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