Highest Paying Jobs in Wyoming

Top 100 occupations ranked by median annual salary — Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025

Highest Salary

$387,880

Surgeons, All Other

Top 25 Average

$164,518

median salary

$100K+ Jobs

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Occupations

100

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This ranking surfaces the 100 highest-paying occupations in Wyoming by BLS OEWS state median salary, drawn from the May 2025 release. At the top, Surgeons, All Other pays a state median of $387,880, 6% below the national median of $414,010 for the same role. Of the 100 tracked positions, 58 pay above $100,000 per year in Wyoming — a useful threshold for separating specialist professional roles from mid-tier employment. The top-10 average sits at $222,392, giving a sense of what elite specialists inside this state actually clear.

The "Difference" column compares each state median to the corresponding national median for the same SOC code, making pay premiums and discounts immediately visible. In this list, 43 of 100 occupations pay above the national median in Wyoming, which usually signals one of three things: a local concentration of specialized employers (finance hubs, tech clusters, research universities, federal agencies), a cost-of-living adjustment baked into state-wide wage scales, or scarce in-state talent supply bidding up competitive roles. Occupations paying below the national median are not necessarily bad news — they often reflect lower cost of living in the state or industries where Wyoming is not a concentrated employer.

Rankings like this show ceiling-potential by specialty, but they don't tell you the odds of landing one of those roles. Pair this table with the employment column (how many workers the state actually employs in each occupation) and the growth projections on each occupation's national page to see whether the field is expanding or contracting. BLS wages exclude benefits, bonuses, and overtime — especially distorting for top-paying roles where equity and performance compensation can represent 30-50% of total pay. Use this leaderboard to shortlist careers worth exploring in Wyoming, then drill into each row's linked profile to check percentile spread, typical education, metro-level variation, and whether projected openings match your timeline.

#	Occupation	State Median	National	Difference	Employment
1	Surgeons, All Other Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$387,880	$414,010	6% below	60
2	Physicians, All Other Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$342,800	$265,930	+29% above	440
3	Family Medicine Physicians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$264,580	$244,180	+8% above	100
4	Nurse Anesthetists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$255,250	$236,590	+8% above	80
5	Financial and Investment Analysts Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$187,090	$102,740	+82% above	190
6	Architectural and Engineering Managers Management Occupations	$163,560	$171,270	5% below	N/A
7	Radiologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$161,750	$420,860	62% below	30
8	Marketing Managers Management Occupations	$161,580	$166,790	3% below	100
9	Industrial Production Managers Management Occupations	$151,490	$126,060	+20% above	390
10	Chief Executives Management Occupations	$147,940	$213,990	31% below	60
11	Pharmacists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$139,550	$140,910	1% below	510
12	Physician Assistants Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$136,080	$135,880	same as	330
13	Nurse Practitioners Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$132,200	$132,300	same as	440
14	Sales Managers Management Occupations	$129,840	$148,270	12% below	300
15	Education Administrators, Postsecondary Management Occupations	$127,960	$104,590	+22% above	120
16	Human Resources Managers Management Occupations	$127,520	$149,280	15% below	140
17	Financial Managers Management Occupations	$124,910	$166,570	25% below	730
18	Dentists, General Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$123,830	$170,950	28% below	240
19	Purchasing Managers Management Occupations	$123,380	$148,080	17% below	40
20	Industrial Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$122,070	$102,440	+19% above	240
21	Computer and Information Systems Managers Management Occupations	$120,850	$175,140	31% below	330
22	Architects, Except Landscape and Naval Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$120,580	$99,280	+21% above	130
23	Administrative Services Managers Management Occupations	$120,510	$114,130	+6% above	120
24	Power Distributors and Dispatchers Production Occupations	$120,210	$106,730	+13% above	70
25	Financial Risk Specialists Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$119,550	$117,330	+2% above	170
26	Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$119,010	$106,220	+12% above	210
27	Mechanical Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$117,750	$104,110	+13% above	230
28	Roof Bolters, Mining Construction and Extraction Occupations	$116,570	$78,540	+48% above	100
29	Software Developers Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$115,170	$135,980	15% below	1,510
30	Managers, All Other Management Occupations	$113,420	$141,900	20% below	850
31	Engineers, All Other Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$113,050	$122,930	8% below	110
32	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers Management Occupations	$112,310	$107,230	+5% above	130
33	Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining Construction and Extraction Occupations	$112,110	$74,500	+50% above	30
34	Stationary Engineers and Boiler Operators Production Occupations	$111,920	$78,620	+42% above	100
35	Electrical Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$111,740	$120,630	7% below	280
36	Optometrists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$111,400	$136,570	18% below	90
37	Materials Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$110,970	$112,860	2% below	40
38	Computer Systems Analysts Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$109,780	$105,850	+4% above	310
39	Natural Sciences Managers Management Occupations	$109,300	$167,220	35% below	150
40	Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders Production Occupations	$108,900	$51,610	+111% above	410
41	Medical and Health Services Managers Management Occupations	$108,030	$123,860	13% below	1,180
42	Chemical Plant and System Operators Production Occupations	$107,810	$78,120	+38% above	300
43	Facilities Managers Management Occupations	$106,330	$106,660	same as	190
44	Environmental Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$106,330	$107,110	1% below	200
45	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary Management Occupations	$105,480	$105,870	same as	410
46	Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$103,380	$109,270	5% below	120
47	Commercial Pilots Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$102,990	$123,220	16% below	190
48	Chemists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$102,000	$91,240	+12% above	80
49	Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders Production Occupations	$101,590	$58,040	+75% above	290
50	Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$101,280	$115,210	12% below	40
51	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products Sales and Related Occupations	$100,850	$104,920	4% below	280
52	Diagnostic Medical Sonographers Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$100,650	$96,590	+4% above	90
53	Computer Network Architects Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$100,520	$134,050	25% below	50
54	Physical Therapists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$100,400	$102,760	2% below	560
55	Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers Production Occupations	$100,350	$96,710	+4% above	560
56	Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$100,240	$103,170	3% below	50
57	Lawyers Legal Occupations	$100,130	$159,670	37% below	900
58	Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	$100,030	$74,340	+35% above	290
59	Atmospheric and Space Scientists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$99,940	$99,070	+1% above	40
60	Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$99,840	$78,190	+28% above	200
61	General and Operations Managers Management Occupations	$99,700	$105,770	6% below	7,470
62	Power Plant Operators Production Occupations	$99,200	$102,040	3% below	230
63	Information Security Analysts Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$98,710	$129,180	24% below	140
64	Agricultural Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$98,660	$98,700	same as	90
65	Management Analysts Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$98,540	$101,860	3% below	390
66	Veterinarians Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$97,240	$130,100	25% below	140
67	Interior Designers Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media Occupations	$96,100	$67,190	+43% above	90
68	Electronics Engineers, Except Computer Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$95,910	$130,220	26% below	110
69	Education Administrators, All Other Management Occupations	$95,420	$95,200	same as	100
70	Computer Occupations, All Other Computer and Mathematical Occupations	$94,520	$116,580	19% below	170
71	Hydrologists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$94,520	$96,600	2% below	40
72	Project Management Specialists Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$94,080	$102,320	8% below	1,180
73	Occupational Health and Safety Specialists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$94,030	$90,150	+4% above	580
74	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	$93,860	$95,320	2% below	670
75	Air Traffic Controllers Transportation and Material Moving Occupations	$93,580	$148,080	37% below	40
76	Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$93,480	$107,310	13% below	230
77	Construction Managers Management Occupations	$92,320	$114,990	20% below	N/A
78	Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$92,010	$95,480	4% below	70
79	Biological Scientists, All Other Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$91,560	$98,920	7% below	170
80	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives Protective Service Occupations	$91,400	$106,040	14% below	430
81	Cost Estimators Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$90,790	$78,740	+15% above	440
82	Civil Engineers Architecture and Engineering Occupations	$90,590	$100,840	10% below	990
83	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers Production Occupations	$90,390	$74,450	+21% above	1,470
84	Clinical and Counseling Psychologists Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$89,890	$100,580	11% below	50
85	Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling Management Occupations	$88,790	$79,520	+12% above	70
86	Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$88,610	$101,110	12% below	40
87	Health Information Technologists and Medical Registrars Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$88,560	$68,020	+30% above	50
88	Postmasters and Mail Superintendents Management Occupations	$88,040	$96,660	9% below	80
89	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	$87,460	$79,860	+10% above	2,030
90	Labor Relations Specialists Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$87,310	$95,420	8% below	60
91	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	$86,880	$74,090	+17% above	100
92	Occupational Therapists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$86,170	$100,330	14% below	350
93	Logisticians Business and Financial Operations Occupations	$85,550	$82,320	+4% above	120
94	Continuous Mining Machine Operators Construction and Extraction Occupations	$85,260	$61,810	+38% above	330
95	Dental Hygienists Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations	$85,130	$98,100	13% below	500
96	Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters Construction and Extraction Occupations	$85,070	$61,390	+39% above	60
97	Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary Educational Instruction and Library Occupations	$84,750	$98,070	14% below	40
98	Maintenance Workers, Machinery Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	$84,620	$60,850	+39% above	280
99	Survey Researchers Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations	$84,360	$69,460	+21% above	40
100	Avionics Technicians Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations	$84,360	$82,280	+3% above	N/A

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About This Data

All salary data comes from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey, May 2025. State-level data reflects wages for workers employed in Wyoming. The "Difference" column shows how Wyoming pay compares to the national median for that occupation.

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Reviewed byWageDex Editorial, Occupational Wages Editorial Team · June 3, 2026

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