Wyoming · BLS May 2025

Home Health or Personal Care Aide Salary in Wyoming

Also called home health aide, caregiver. SOC 31-1120.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 3,410 home health and personal care aides working in Wyoming. Here is what they are paid, what the median leaves after federal and FICA tax, and what that is worth against local prices.

Median pay · Wyoming

$33,190A year, or $15.96 an hour.
Take-home a month$2,404After federal and FICA tax at 13.1%
Worth at national prices$35,807Prices here sit at 92.7 against 100
Against the nation7.3% belowNational median $35,800
What home health and personal care aides earn in Wyoming, May 2025
PercentileAnnualHourly
10th percentileEntry and lowest-paid$27,700$13.32
25th percentile$30,210$14.53
MedianHalf earn more, half less$33,190$15.96
75th percentile$37,290$17.93
90th percentileMost experienced and senior$47,000$22.60
MeanThe average, pulled up by the top$35,810$17.22
How we got this
  1. Median wage in WyomingBLS OEWS May 2025. Half of home health and personal care aides earned more than this, half less.$33,190
  2. Median hourly wagePublished separately by BLS, not divided out of the annual figure.$15.96
  3. Take-home after federal and FICA tax$2,404 a month at an effective rate of 13.1%.$28,848 a year
  4. Worth at national average pricesPrices in Wyoming sit at 92.7 against a national 100 (BEA, 2024).$35,807
  5. Against the national medianThe national median is $35,800.7.3% below
  6. Jobs countedA concentration of 0.44 against the nation's 1.00.3,410
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

A $33,190 salary in Wyoming, for one single filer taking the standard deduction in 2026.

  • Federal income tax. $1,803 a year.
  • State income tax. Wyoming levies no state income tax on wages.
  • Social Security and Medicare. $2,539 a year.
  • Left over. $28,848 a year, $2,404 a month, an effective rate of 13.1%.

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What $33,190 is worth in Wyoming

Prices in Wyoming sit at 92.7 against a national average of 100, so $33,190 earned here buys what $35,807 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 0.44 times that, on one income.
  • How common the job is here. 56% less concentrated in Wyoming than in the country as a whole.

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Common questions

Home Health or Personal Care Aide pay in Wyoming, answered

How much does a home health or personal care aide make in Wyoming?

The median wage for home health or personal care aides in Wyoming is $33,190 a year, or $15.96 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 take-home pay for a home health or personal care aide in Wyoming?

On the median wage of $33,190, one filer taking the standard deduction keeps about $28,848 a year, or roughly $2,404 a month.

That is after federal and FICA tax, an effective rate of 13.1%.

Wyoming levies no state income tax on wages, so nothing is withheld for it.

Do home health or personal care aides earn more in Wyoming than in the rest of the country?

No. The median in Wyoming is 7.3% below the national median of $35,800.

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 $33,190 a good salary in Wyoming?

It is 0.44 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 $33,190 here buys about what $35,807 buys at national average prices.

What do the highest-paid home health or personal care aides earn in Wyoming?

The top tenth earn $47,000 a year or more, against $27,700 at the bottom tenth.

Experience, specialism, 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 home health or personal care aides are there in Wyoming?

The survey counted 3,410 of these jobs in Wyoming for May 2025.

That makes the occupation 56% less concentrated here than in the country as a whole. It counts wage and salary jobs, so the self-employed are outside it.

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