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Salary data from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Average Mechanical Engineers Salary in Wyoming

Mechanical Engineers in Wyoming earn a median annual salary of $116,910, which is +14.3% compared to the national median. There are 300 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).

$116,910
Wyoming median annual wage
$56/hour median
+14.3%
Difference vs national median
National median is $102,320
300
Local employment
1.1 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.58
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$67,550
25th
$97,320
Median
$116,910
75th
$119,560
90th
$150,050

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
$126,129
Goods: 95.4%
Services: 78.4%
Rents: 71.1%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
New Mexico$141,490Compare1,690
District of Columbia$130,000Compare590
Alaska$129,990Compare530
California$126,370Compare27,090
Massachusetts$122,670Compare9,430
Rhode Island$115,270Compare1,400

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 Mechanical Engineers in Wyoming

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

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Mechanical Engineers are projected to change by +9.1% from 2024 to 2034, with 18,100 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.