Median pay · Wyoming
$83,760A year, or $40 an hour.| Percentile | Annual | Hourly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile1 in 10 earn less | $65,770 | $32 |
| 25th percentile | $77,890 | $37 |
| MedianHalf earn more, half less | $83,760 | $40 |
| 75th percentile | $101,100 | $49 |
| 90th percentile1 in 10 earn more | $107,350 | $52 |
| MeanAll pay divided by all jobs | $88,600 | $43 |
Wage survey · BLS May 2025
How we got this
- Median wage in WyomingBLS OEWS May 2025. Half of the people in this job were paid more than this, half less.$83,760
- Median hourly wagePublished separately by BLS, not divided out of the annual figure.$40.27
- Take-home after federal and FICA tax$5,646 a month at an effective rate of 19.1%.$67,755 a year
- Worth at national average pricesPrices in Wyoming sit at 92.7 against a national 100 (BEA, 2024).$90,365
- Against the national medianThe national median is $97,550.14.1% below
- Jobs countedA concentration of 0.87 against the nation's 1.00.5,330
What we assumed
- Wages are BLS OEWS survey estimates for May 2025, not job postings or offers.
- OEWS surveys wage and salary workers. The self-employed and business owners are outside it.
- Take-home assumes one 2026 filer, filing single, taking the standard deduction, with no dependents, pre-tax retirement contributions or local income tax.
- Regional price parities compare price levels between places in one year. They are not inflation, and they do not adjust for what a household actually buys.
Technical details
Method occupation-wage-v1Data bls-oews-2025-05-v1, us-tax-2026-v1, bea-rpp-2024-v1, census-acs5-2024-v1
What lands in the bank
Tax year 2026 · InteractiveEstimated on the median salary of $83,760 in Wyoming, for a single filer taking the standard deduction in 2026. Explore other wage levels and filing statuses below.
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What $83,760 is worth in Wyoming
Prices in Wyoming sit at 92.7 against a national average of 100, so $83,760 earned here buys what $90,365 buys at national average prices.
- Rents. 71.1 against 100, the component that moves most between states.
- Against local households. The median household in Wyoming takes in $76,176, so this occupation's median is 1.1 times that, on one income.
- How common the job is here. 13% less concentrated in Wyoming than in the country as a whole.
Reading the numbers
What stands out for registered nurses in Wyoming
Rents in Wyoming index at 71.1 (U.S. = 100) while prices overall index at 92.7, a gap of -21.6 pts. For a renter, housing moves the local cost of living more than anything else.
Wyoming does not tax wages, so the take-home figure above loses only federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare.
Even the lowest-paid 10% of registered nurses in Wyoming make at least $65,770 a year.
Pay is tightly grouped: the 90th percentile ($107,350) is only 1.6 times the 10th ($65,770), so most registered nurses here earn within a narrow band.
Common questions
Registered Nurse pay in Wyoming, answered
How much does a registered nurse make in Wyoming?
The median wage for registered nurses in Wyoming is $83,760 a year, or $40.27 an hour.
Half earn more than that and half earn less. The figure comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational wage survey for May 2025.
What is the average registered nurse salary in Wyoming?
BLS’s mean (average) wage for registered nurses in Wyoming is $88,600 a year. The median is $83,760.
The mean sits higher when a smaller group of high earners pulls the average up. For a typical paycheck, the median is the better middle.
What is the hourly pay for a registered nurse in Wyoming?
The median hourly wage is $40.27. At a full-time year that lines up with about $83,760 a year.
BLS May 2025; hourly and annual figures come from the same survey.
What is the starting salary for a registered nurse in Wyoming?
BLS does not publish starting pay. The closest figure it does publish is the low end of the range: in Wyoming, the lowest-paid 10% of registered nurses earn under $65,770 a year and a quarter earn under $77,890 ($31.62 and $37.45 an hour).
New hires often start somewhere in that band, but the May 2025 survey does not record experience, so read it as a floor to compare an offer against rather than a typical first salary.
What is the salary range for a registered nurse in Wyoming?
The overall salary range for registered nurses in Wyoming spans from $65,770 for the bottom 10% to $107,350 for top earners.
The middle 50% earn between $77,890 and $101,100 a year, with the overall median at $83,760.
What is the take-home pay for a registered nurse in Wyoming?
On the median wage of $83,760, a single filer taking the 2026 standard deduction keeps an estimated $67,755 a year, or roughly $5,646 a month.
That is after federal and FICA tax, an effective rate of 19.1%.
Wyoming levies no state income tax on wages, so nothing is withheld for it.
How much does a registered nurse make a month in Wyoming?
On the median annual salary of $83,760, estimated take-home pay is roughly $5,646 a month after federal, state, and FICA taxes.
For workers paid on a standard biweekly schedule (26 pay periods per year), each paycheck is approximately $2,606 net.
Do registered nurses earn more in Wyoming than in the rest of the country?
No. The median in Wyoming is 14.1% below the national median of $97,550.
Nominal pay is only half the comparison: prices in Wyoming sit at 92.7 against a national 100, so the gap in what the money buys is different from the gap in the salary.
Is $83,760 a good salary in Wyoming?
It is 1.1 times the median household income of $76,176. A household often has more than one earner, so a single salary at this level goes further than the ratio alone suggests.
Prices in Wyoming run at 92.7 against a national average of 100, with rents at 71.1, so $83,760 here buys about what $90,365 buys at national average prices.
What do the highest-paid registered nurses earn in Wyoming?
The top tenth earn $107,350 a year or more. The 10th-percentile wage is $65,770.
Experience, specialty, employer and the part of Wyoming someone works in all move a wage inside that range; the survey reports the spread, not the reason for it.
How many registered nurses are there in Wyoming?
The survey counted 5,330 of these jobs in Wyoming for May 2025.
That makes the occupation 13% less concentrated here than in the country as a whole. It counts wage and salary jobs, so the self-employed are outside it.