$55,000 After Taxes in Wyoming (2026)

A single filer paid $55,000 in Wyoming has $38,900 of federal taxable income after the $16,100 standard deduction. The top slice of that income falls in the 12% federal bracket, which starts at $12,400 of taxable income, and federal income tax comes to $4,420, or 8.04% of the salary.

Payroll tax is federal and the same in Wyoming as everywhere else: on $55,000 of wages it is $4,208, made up of $3,410 of Social Security at 6.2% of every dollar and $798 of Medicare at 1.45%.

Wyoming levies no individual income tax, so nothing is withheld for the state and the $55,000 salary loses only federal income tax and payroll tax. Wyoming levies no individual income tax on wages, investment income or capital gains. The former income tax chapter of the Wyoming statutes, W.S. 39-7-101, was repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 5, s 4.

Altogether $8,628 of a $55,000 Wyoming salary goes to tax, an effective total rate of 15.69%, which leaves $46,373 a year: $3,864 a month, $1,784 every two weeks, $892 a week, or $22 an hour over 2,080 hours.

At $55,000, Wyoming ranks 1st, tied with 9 others, of 51 jurisdictions for take-home pay, highest first. That is the most any state leaves at this salary, $1,655 a year more than the median state. The lowest take-home at $55,000 is $42,783, in Oregon, $3,589 less than in Wyoming.

Across the state line the same $55,000 leaves a single filer: Montana $44,544, $1,828 less; South Dakota the same $46,373; Nebraska $44,750, $1,623 less; Colorado $44,661, $1,712 less; Utah $44,419, $1,953 less; Idaho $44,311, $2,062 less.

These Wyoming figures treat the whole $55,000 as wages, take the standard deduction, claim no dependents and include no federal credits. A pre-tax 401(k) contribution or health premium would lower taxable income and raise take-home; a second income or itemized deductions would change it again.