Wyoming Paycheck Calculator & Income Tax Rates (2026)

Wyoming does not levy a personal income tax, so there are no brackets, no standard deduction and no state withholding from your paycheck. Federal income tax, Social Security (6.2% up to $184,500) and Medicare (1.45%, plus 0.9% above $200,000) are the only payroll taxes you pay.

With no state tax, the effective rate in Wyoming rises only because federal brackets are progressive and the 0.9% additional Medicare tax kicks in above $200,000.

Filing status only changes the federal side in Wyoming. A married couple filing jointly on $100,000 keeps $84,710 versus $79,125 for a single filer — the difference comes entirely from the doubled federal standard deduction ($32,200 vs $16,100) and wider federal brackets.

Wyoming has never had a personal income tax and, since a 1974 constitutional amendment, cannot adopt one without granting offsetting credits for sales and property taxes paid — a provision that makes an income tax politically and fiscally impractical. There is no corporate income tax either. The state instead runs on minerals: severance taxes on coal, oil, natural gas and trona, federal mineral royalties, and investment earnings from the Permanent Wyoming Mineral Trust Fund, a sovereign wealth fund built from severance revenue since 1974 that now exceeds $10 billion. Sales and property taxes cover the balance. The result is a tax system the Tax Foundation has ranked first in the nation for business climate every year for over a decade, and one in which a resident's only recurring state-level taxes are on purchases and property. Wage earners, retirees and investors file no state return at all.

There is no state income tax return, so there are no deductions, exemptions or credits to claim; residents file federal returns only. The only state-level relief programs are the property tax refund for income-qualified seniors and homeowners, the veterans' property tax exemption, and the 2025–26 residential exemption applied automatically at assessment.

No Wyoming city, county or district levies an income or wage tax. Local governments fund themselves through property tax and voter-approved optional sales taxes — the general-purpose fifth penny and specific-purpose sixth penny — that residents renew at the ballot every few years.

The state sales tax is 4%, and counties may add up to 2% through voter-approved optional pennies, so most residents pay 5% or 6%; Teton County (Jackson) sits at 6% plus a lodging tax. Groceries have been exempt since 2006 and prescription drugs are exempt, leaving Wyoming with one of the lowest combined sales tax burdens in the country. A statewide 5% lodging tax, added in 2021, is aimed at tourists.

Residential property is assessed at 9.5% of market value, producing an effective rate around 0.55% — among the lowest nationally — while minerals, assessed at 100%, pay the bulk of the levy. After sharp appreciation in Teton, Sheridan and Lincoln counties, the legislature capped annual residential assessment growth at 4% in 2024 and, for tax years 2025 and 2026, exempted 25% of the first $1 million of a home's value. Veterans and long-tenured homeowners over 65 qualify for additional relief.

Nothing is taxed: Social Security, pensions, military retirement, 401(k) and IRA withdrawals, annuities and capital gains are all free of state tax, and Wyoming has no estate or inheritance tax. A refund program returns part of the property tax paid by seniors and low-income homeowners, and the grocery exemption keeps sales tax off essentials. Retirees who keep a home in a high-tax state should mind that state's domicile rules — California, Minnesota and New York audit residency changes aggressively — because Wyoming's benefit depends on being a genuine resident for more than half the year.

Everyone who earns or draws income wins on paper: a $500,000 earner keeps roughly $45,000 a year more than in California, a retiree pays nothing on any source of income, and an investor realizing large gains avoids even Washington's 7% capital gains tax. Remote workers employed by out-of-state firms owe Wyoming nothing, though a handful of employer states — New York, Delaware, Nebraska, Pennsylvania — may still claim tax under convenience-of-the-employer rules. The trade-offs are a small job market, long winters, and Jackson-area housing costs; lower-income households pay a larger share of income in sales tax, though the grocery exemption blunts it.

The median household income in Wyoming is $60,000, which is $50,390 a year ($4,199 a month) after all taxes. That is close to the national median. After adjusting for cost of living, the purchasing power of that take-home is equivalent to $53,606 in an average-cost area.

Wyoming ranks #9 of 50 for raw take-home pay and #13 for cost-adjusted purchasing power at $100,000. The 4-place gap between the two reflects a below-average cost of living that boosts real purchasing power. The best state (Alaska) leaves $79,125; the worst (Oregon) leaves $70,932. Wyoming is $0 behind the leader.

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