Police officer pay in Wyoming after taxes: what you keep (2026)

The median police officer in Wyoming earned $65,180 a year in May 2024, which is $31 an hour for a full-time year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Half of the 1,300 police officers the BLS counts in Wyoming earned more than that and half earned less; the middle half of them sat between $57,810 and $75,210. That is the gross figure, before anyone takes anything. What you keep depends on Wyoming's tax, and Wyoming has no state income tax on wages.

What the median police officer keeps in Wyoming

For a single filer on the median $65,180, taking the standard deduction and no other adjustments:

Wyoming takes nothing from wages, so the only deductions are federal. That is worth $3,259 a year against a state with a flat 5% tax on the same salary. Health insurance, retirement contributions and local taxes are not in it either; they vary by employer and by city.

Where Wyoming ranks for police officer pay

Of the 50 states, Wyoming ranks 33 of 50 on the gross median for police officers. The highest-paying state is California at $115,400 and the lowest is Mississippi at $45,610. Gross rank is not take-home rank: a state with no income tax climbs several places once the state line is applied, and a high-tax state drops.

Across the border

The same job in the states next to Wyoming, gross median and estimated take-home for a single filer:

Colorado, Utah, Nebraska and Montana leave a police officer with more at the end of the year than Wyoming does; Colorado by about $17,524. Idaho and South Dakota pay less once tax is counted. Pay is one line; rent is the other, and a higher median in a metro with higher rent can leave you with less.

Where the police officer jobs are in Wyoming

The BLS count of 1,300 police officers is statewide. The metros with the most of that work are Cheyenne, Casper, Laramie and Gillette, which is where the median is set and where the upper quartile ($75,210 and above) is most often paid. Employers who could not hire locally and have filed with the Department of Labor are listed on the Wyoming openings page; those filings are the ones already paying to bring people in, and housing or transport is often part of the offer.

What people get wrong about police officer pay in Wyoming

• Quoting the mean. The BLS mean for Wyoming is $32 an hour, pulled up by the top earners. The median ($31) is what the typical police officer makes.
• Comparing gross across states. Wyoming's zero state tax means its gross understates it against taxed states.
• Forgetting the employer's share of insurance. A job that pays $63,180 with full health coverage can beat one that pays $68,180 without it.
• Treating the statewide median as the metro median. Cheyenne pays differently from a rural county; ask for the figure for the place you are actually going.

Everything about Wyoming, on one page

The Wyoming page has the licence registries and boards, the state tax at three salaries, the programs that pay you to come, and the openings filed in Wyoming this month. If you know which state you are leaving, the move pages compare the two directly. Creating a free Workmerica profile with your trade and your destination puts you in front of Wyoming employers hiring from out of state.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2024 state estimates for Police officer. Tax lines are a single filer with the standard deduction, 2024 federal brackets, and the state rate in lib/us-states.ts; progressive states are approximated. Not tax advice.