State salary profile · Wyoming

Wyoming Salaries

Largest Wyoming OEWS employment footprints with published wages, from BLS May 2025. Published local OEWS areas include Casper, WY, Cheyenne, WY, Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area.

$137,032
Mean of top 50 medians
504
Occupations
4
Local wage areas
12,910
Estimated jobs (top tier)

The equal-weighted mean of the top 50 published occupation medians in Wyoming is $137,032.

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS survey, The May 2025 release has a published median for 504 occupations in Wyoming; percentile boundaries and local-area rows are available only where BLS publishes them. The highest-paying reported occupation, Surgeons, All Other, earns $387,880, versus $22,030 for Bartenders at the bottom of the range. Detail is available for 2 metro areas and 2 nonmetropolitan areas. Published local OEWS areas include Casper, WY, Cheyenne, WY, Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area.

Wyoming · employment ≠ wage

In Wyoming, Retail Salespersons lead by published employment (8,770 jobs, #1 of 492) but rank #458 of 492 on median wage ($34,310), while Surgeons, All Other top the wage list at $387,880 (#1 of 492) with 60 jobs (#412 of 492). The largest payroll is not the highest published median.

8,770
Retail Salespersons employment #1
$387,880
Surgeons wage #1
#412
Employment rank of wage leader
#458
Wage rank of employment leader

Employment is OEWS tot_emp inside this state; pay is the occupation median. Same detailed-occupation pool, two rankings.

Employment of Wyoming's #1 occupations by headcount vs median wage

Same unit (published jobs) for both named leaders. BLS OEWS May 2025.

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What this shows Retail Salespersons lead Wyoming by employment; Surgeons, All Other lead on median wage at $387,880.

Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS As of May 2025

Wyoming, the picture in one line

Wyoming ranks #36 of 54 states and territories by BLS-published All Occupations annual mean wage; its highest published occupation median is Surgeons, All Other at $387,880. Published local OEWS areas include Casper, WY, Cheyenne, WY, Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area.

#36
of 54 states by published mean wage
$387,880
top-paying: Surgeons, All Other
33rd
percentile among all states
Casper, WY
local OEWS: Casper, WY and Cheyenne, WY

The state rank uses BLS's All Occupations mean. Occupation rows below use occupation-specific medians; the two statistics are not interchangeable. Start local checks in Casper, WY.

Largest published OEWS footprints in Wyoming

Software Developers and Medical and Health Services Managers lead Wyoming's published employment inside this top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.

  1. 1. Software Developers 1,510 jobs · $115,170
  2. 2. Medical and Health Services Managers 1,180 jobs · $108,030
  3. 3. Managers, All Other 850 jobs · $113,420
  4. 4. Financial Managers 730 jobs · $124,910
  5. 5. Pharmacists 510 jobs · $139,550
  6. 6. Physicians, All Other 440 jobs · $342,800
  7. 7. Nurse Practitioners 440 jobs · $132,200
  8. 8. Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 410 jobs · $108,900
  9. 9. Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 410 jobs · $105,480
  10. 10. Industrial Production Managers 390 jobs · $151,490
  11. 11. Physician Assistants 330 jobs · $136,080
  12. 12. Computer and Information Systems Managers 330 jobs · $120,850
  13. 13. Computer Systems Analysts 310 jobs · $109,780
  14. 14. Sales Managers 300 jobs · $129,840
  15. 15. Chemical Plant and System Operators 300 jobs · $107,810
  16. 16. Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders 290 jobs · $101,590
  17. 17. Electrical Engineers 280 jobs · $111,740
  18. 18. Dentists, General 240 jobs · $123,830
  19. 19. Industrial Engineers 240 jobs · $122,070
  20. 20. Mechanical Engineers 230 jobs · $117,750

Local BLS wage areas inside Wyoming

Published local OEWS areas include Casper, WY, Cheyenne, WY, Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area.

Casper, WY Cheyenne, WY Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area

Observed statewide pay change

What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025

May 2024 → May 2025
  • BLS's published All Occupations median in Wyoming moved from $49,160 in May 2024 to $50,270 in May 2025 (+2.3%).
  • Across the 54 states and territories priced in both releases, the median place changed +2.7%.
  • Wyoming sits -0.5 pp near that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.

Registered Nurses shows the widest statewide vs national median gap in Wyoming

Registered Nurses publishes $83,760 here versus $97,550 nationally (-14.1%; 5,330statewide jobs). Next is Fast Food and Counter Workers at $27,860 locally versus $31,200 nationally (-10.7%).

  1. Registered Nurses$83,760 in Wyoming sits 14.1% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (5,330 published local jobs).
  2. Fast Food and Counter Workers$27,860 in Wyoming sits 10.7% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (7,060 published local jobs).
  3. Cashiers$30,810 in Wyoming sits 6.3% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (5,840 published local jobs).
  4. General and Operations Managers$99,700 in Wyoming sits 5.7% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (7,470 published local jobs).

Registered Nurses and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Wyoming; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.

· Source: BLS OEWS May 2025

The Wyoming OEWS table has a published median for 504 occupations. The displayed top 50 rows have summed published employment of approximately 12,910; that sum does not include the bottom table or rows whose employment is suppressed. BLS publishes means and percentile boundaries only where the corresponding estimate meets its publication standards. Averaging the medians of the top 50 highest-paying occupations gives $137,032 per year. That is only a mean of the displayed upper-tier occupation medians; it is not the BLS All Occupations mean or median and does not describe a typical worker. Published local OEWS areas include Casper, WY, Cheyenne, WY, Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area. Local OEWS areas in this extract include Casper, WY, Cheyenne, WY, Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area.

At the top of the ranking, Surgeons, All Other pays a Wyoming median of $387,880, the highest-paying reported occupation in the state. The number-two spot goes to Physicians, All Other at $342,800, followed by Family Medicine Physicians at $264,580. At the bottom of the published range, Bartenders has a median of $22,030, making the displayed endpoint ratio 17.6×. The endpoints do not establish a cause or career stage. WageDex has BLS occupation rows for 2 metro areas and 2 nonmetropolitan areas assigned to Wyoming, allowing comparisons below the statewide estimate without treating nonmetropolitan areas as MSAs.

The employment-ordered lead of Software Developers / Medical and Health Services Managers is the Wyoming mix signal in this sample; the salary-ordered top of Surgeons, All Other answers a different question. Neither row identifies why pay differs, open the occupation page for percentiles and local-area cells BLS actually releases.

Top-Tier Sample

75

occupations shown below

Avg. Median Salary

$137,032

top 50 occupations

Top Salary

$387,880

Surgeons, All Other

Where Wyoming ranks by published mean wage

BLS All Occupations annual mean vs. 54 states & territories; local OEWS includes Casper, WY and Cheyenne, WY, Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area

$61,560 Bottom 33% higher than 33% of 54 states & territories

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Each bar is a $5K-wide band; taller bars hold more states & territories. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

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$50,000–$55,000 3 states & territories 6%
$55,000–$60,000 8 states & territories 15%
$60,000–$65,000 (this entry) 16 states & territories 30%
$65,000–$70,000 8 states & territories 15%
$70,000–$75,000 8 states & territories 15%
$75,000–$80,000 4 states & territories 7%
$80,000–$85,000 3 states & territories 6%
$85,000–$90,000 1 states & territories 2%
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$110,000–$115,000 1 states & territories 2%

$61,560 · 33rd percentile of 54 states & territories

Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · May 2025

Wyoming ranks #36 of 54 by BLS-published All Occupations annual mean wage ($61,560). It is not the median wage or a prediction for a particular worker.

National-price-equivalent mean: dividing the $61,560 BLS All Occupations mean by the BEA state RPP gives $66,408. Inputs: BEA Regional Price Parity for Wyoming (RPP 92.7, 2024; 100 = national average, all items, table SARPP). The division is a WageDex calculation, not an after-tax or household-income measure.

Largest OEWS footprints in Wyoming

Published employment among the top-pay sample, top 15 by jobs

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Source U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS As of May 2025

BLS publishes wage data for 504 distinct occupations in Wyoming. The table below shows the top 50 by median annual wage, reordered by published employment for this reading. Drill into the full top-100 ranking or the fastest-growing list for deeper coverage.

Top-pay occupations in Wyoming, by employment

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Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published Wyoming jobs so the title sequence follows the local OEWS mix.

# Occupation Median Salary
1 Software Developers $115,170
2 Medical and Health Services Managers $108,030
3 Managers, All Other $113,420
4 Financial Managers $124,910
5 Pharmacists $139,550
6 Physicians, All Other $342,800
7 Nurse Practitioners $132,200
8 Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders $108,900
9 Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary $105,480
10 Industrial Production Managers $151,490
11 Physician Assistants $136,080
12 Computer and Information Systems Managers $120,850
13 Computer Systems Analysts $109,780
14 Sales Managers $129,840
15 Chemical Plant and System Operators $107,810
16 Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders $101,590
17 Electrical Engineers $111,740
18 Dentists, General $123,830
19 Industrial Engineers $122,070
20 Mechanical Engineers $117,750
21 Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers $119,010
22 Environmental Engineers $106,330
23 Financial and Investment Analysts $187,090
24 Facilities Managers $106,330
25 Commercial Pilots $102,990
26 Financial Risk Specialists $119,550
27 Natural Sciences Managers $109,300
28 Human Resources Managers $127,520
29 Architects, Except Landscape and Naval $120,580
30 Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers $112,310
31 Education Administrators, Postsecondary $127,960
32 Administrative Services Managers $120,510
33 Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary $103,380
34 Engineers, All Other $113,050
35 Family Medicine Physicians $264,580
36 Marketing Managers $161,580
37 Roof Bolters, Mining $116,570
38 Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators $111,920
39 Optometrists $111,400
40 Nurse Anesthetists $255,250
41 Chemists $102,000
42 Power Distributors and Dispatchers $120,210
43 Surgeons, All Other $387,880
44 Chief Executives $147,940
45 Purchasing Managers $123,380
46 Materials Engineers $110,970
47 Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other $101,280
48 Radiologists $161,750
49 Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining $112,110
50 Architectural and Engineering Managers $163,560

Lowest Paying Jobs in Wyoming

Occupation Median Salary
Bartenders $22,030
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop $22,660
Waiters and Waitresses $23,920
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers $24,600
Library Technicians $26,850
Driver/Sales Workers $26,940
Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers $27,800
Fast Food and Counter Workers $27,860
Childcare Workers $28,250
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers $28,630
Amusement and Recreation Attendants $28,660
Cooks, Fast Food $28,950
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers $29,030
Animal Caretakers $29,080
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists $29,170
Dishwashers $29,600
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education $29,930
Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials $30,460
Physical Therapist Aides $30,470
Recreation Workers $30,720
Cashiers $30,810
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers $31,260
Couriers and Messengers $31,680
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other $31,840
Sales and Related Workers, All Other $31,870

Fastest Growing Jobs

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See national growth projections alongside the published OEWS state employment estimates for each occupation in Wyoming. Based on BLS employment projections 2024-2034.

Metro and Nonmetropolitan Wage Areas in Wyoming

Casper, WY Cheyenne, WY Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area

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Nationwide states with similar All Occupations pay or employment scale

Two BLS OEWS peer sets outside Wyoming. Local metro cards below stay inside this state; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on published All Occupations mean wage ($61,560 here) and reported employment (280,740 jobs here).

Similar mean wage

Nearest other states by BLS All Occupations annual mean wage.

Similar employment scale

Nearest headcount peers (floor 250,000 All Occupations jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.

Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS All Occupations mean annual wage and reported employment. Employment peers exclude states already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct.

Local OEWS areas and related Wyoming pages

Published local OEWS areas include Casper, WY, Cheyenne, WY, Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area.

Casper, WY

Local OEWS wage area

Cheyenne, WY

Local OEWS wage area

Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area

Local OEWS wage area

Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area

Local OEWS wage area

Highest Paying in Wyoming

Top 100 by median salary

Fastest Growing in Wyoming

Projected 2024-2034 growth

Surgeons, All Other

National occupation profile

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the average of the top 50 occupation medians in Wyoming? ▼
The equal-weighted mean of the top 50 published occupation medians is $137,032/year (BLS OEWS May 2025). It is not the statewide mean or median and does not describe the wage of a typical worker.
What is the average salary in Wyoming? ▼
BLS publishes an All Occupations annual mean wage of $61,560/year for Wyoming in the May 2025 OEWS release, which ranks 36th among the 54 states and territories with a published mean. Published local OEWS areas include Casper, WY, Cheyenne, WY, Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area. This is an occupational wage estimate, not a household-income statistic or a prediction for one worker.
What is the highest paying job in Wyoming? ▼
The highest paying occupation in Wyoming is Surgeons, All Other with a median salary of $387,880/year according to BLS data. The second highest is Physicians, All Other at $342,800/year.
What jobs pay the least in Wyoming? ▼
The lowest published occupation median in this Wyoming ranking is Bartenders at $22,030/year. The table does not classify that occupation as entry-level or explain why its median is lowest.
How many local BLS wage areas are shown for Wyoming? ▼
WageDex has occupation-level wage rows for 2 metro areas and 2 nonmetropolitan areas assigned to Wyoming. Published local OEWS areas include Casper, WY, Cheyenne, WY, Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area. Nonmetropolitan reporting areas are not MSAs. Compare the same occupation and statistic across areas; published coverage can differ by occupation and geography.
How many occupations are shown for Wyoming? ▼
BLS publishes wage data for 504 distinct occupations in Wyoming. The 50 occupations in the displayed upper tier have a combined OEWS employment estimate of approximately 12,910 jobs in covered establishments.

Federal sources behind Wyoming wages

BLS OEWS state wage tables → BLS QCEW state series → BLS LAUS unemployment → BEA personal income by state →

What to do with this data

How to use Wyoming wage data in a real decision

  • Software Developers anchors the largest published OEWS footprint in Wyoming, ahead of Medical and Health Services Managers; hold that mix next to Casper, WY and Cheyenne, WY when the pay table alone does not describe the local mix. Software Developers
  • Inside Wyoming, re-check Surgeons, All Other in Casper, WY, Cheyenne, WY, Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area before treating the statewide median as a metro offer. Casper, WY
  • Open Surgeons, All Other for percentile bands and local-area rows; Wyoming's statewide median of $387,880 uses a different geography than any single metro estimate. Surgeons, All Other
  • The published Wyoming range runs from Bartenders at $22,030 to Surgeons, All Other at $387,880; an offer still depends on the exact role and employer. Salary calculator

BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period and exclude self-employed workers; some small occupation-area cells are suppressed.

Last updated: May 2025. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025.

State-level employment totals and local-area breakouts from BLS OEWS State and Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates, May 2025. Local areas can be metropolitan or nonmetropolitan.

Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. State wage figures are computed directly from BLS OEWS state-level data. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.

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