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Average Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, And Blasters Salary in Wyoming

Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, And Blasters in Wyoming earn a median annual salary of $86,740, which is +46.7% compared to the national median. There are 30 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Wyoming (state).

$86,740
Wyoming median annual wage
$42/hour median
+46.7%
Difference vs national median
National median is $59,110
30
Local employment
0.1 jobs per 1,000 workers
3.38
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$76,440
25th
$86,740
Median
$86,740
75th
$88,850
90th
$90,160

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Wyoming, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
92.7%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$93,580
Goods: 95.4%
Services: 78.4%
Rents: 71.1%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
New York$104,320Compare60
Tennessee$102,060Compare120
Connecticut$101,020CompareN/A
Maryland$93,550Compare770
California$87,110Compare180
Florida$84,520Compare90

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Wyoming

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Financial And Investment Analysts$213,9400.35
Nurse Anesthetists$181,4700.90
Industrial Production Managers$155,6700.84
Petroleum Engineers$152,7709.48
Architectural And Engineering Managers$141,9900.54
Chief Executives$140,0000.17
Engineers, All Other$139,0100.71
Pharmacists$137,4700.87

Wyoming has salary data for 513 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Financial And Investment Analysts.

Historical series

Trend for Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, And Blasters in Wyoming

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, And Blasters are projected to change by -0.9% from 2024 to 2034, with 500 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.