Wyoming Minimum Wage Calculator

What Is the Wyoming Minimum Wage Calculator?

Wyoming's general state minimum wage is $7.25/hr (as of September 17, 2026, per the Tax Foundation and U.S. Department of Labor). This tool projects weekly and annual earnings from an hourly rate and hours worked, pre-filled with Wyoming's current minimum wage -- editable for your own actual rate.

How to Use This Tool

Enter an hourly rate (pre-filled with Wyoming's minimum wage), hours worked per week, and weeks worked per year. Your projected weekly and annual pay appear instantly.

How Wyoming Compares

Wyoming's headline rate is $7.25, the same as the $7.25 federal minimum wage, so federal law is what effectively sets the floor for most covered employees. 20 jurisdictions in this data set sit at the federal figure.

Ranked against all 51 jurisdictions in this data set, Wyoming comes in at number 32 from the top, tied with Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa and others. The jurisdictions with headline rates closest to Wyoming's are Alabama ($7.25), Georgia ($7.25), Idaho ($7.25).

For context, Wyoming also charges a 4% state sales tax -- see the Wyoming sales tax calculator for how that adds up at the register.

What the Minimum Wage Adds Up To

These figures multiply Wyoming's $7.25 rate across common schedules, over 52 weeks, before any taxes or deductions:

• 40 hours a week: $290.00 per week, about $15,080.00 per year ($1,256.67 per month) before taxes.
• 30 hours a week: $217.50 per week, about $11,310.00 per year ($942.50 per month) before taxes.
• 20 hours a week: $145.00 per week, about $7,540.00 per year ($628.33 per month) before taxes.

Every extra dollar per hour is worth $40.00 a week and $2,080.00 over a full-time year at 40 hours. Put differently, a full-time worker paid exactly $7.25 earns about $15,080.00 a year before tax, which is roughly 38% of a $40,000 salary.

Overtime and Extra Hours

Under the federal rule for covered, non-exempt employees, hours beyond 40 in a week are generally paid at one and a half times the regular rate. At Wyoming's headline minimum, ten overtime hours would be worth $108.75 for those hours alone ($10.88 per hour). This calculator multiplies rate by hours and weeks as entered and does not apply overtime automatically, so add overtime pay separately. Some states add their own daily-overtime or premium-pay rules, so check Wyoming's labor department for the rules that apply to your job.

Hours Needed for a Target Income

Working backwards is often more useful than forwards. To earn $2,000.00 a month before tax at Wyoming's $7.25 rate you would need about 63.7 hours a week, and to reach $3,000.00 a month about 95.5 hours a week. A $30,000.00 annual target works out to about 4138 paid hours in the year at that rate (roughly 79.6 hours per week), and $50,000.00 to about 6897 paid hours. Numbers like these show how sharply the hourly figure limits earning power, which is why people often compare the local minimum wage against a rough local cost of living before deciding whether a job's pay is workable. They also show why many workers seek hours above the minimum or a raise once they have some experience.

Reading the Rate Carefully

$7.25 is Wyoming's general, most-cited rate, but several real exceptions sit underneath it: tipped employees, minors, students, and seasonal or agricultural workers can be paid differently, and a larger employer or a local city/county ordinance can push the floor higher still. Whatever hourly rate you type in, the result is only a projection from that number -- for a rate you can rely on, check the Wyoming labor department or the U.S. Department of Labor directly.

What the Numbers Mean

The calculator does two multiplications. Weekly pay is the hourly rate times hours per week. Annual pay is that weekly figure times the number of weeks you expect to work in the year. Both results are gross amounts: they are what you earn before any federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare withholding, or deductions for benefits are taken out. Wyoming does not have a state income tax on wages, so for most workers the main gap between gross and take-home pay is federal withholding and payroll tax, but you should confirm your own situation with your payroll department or a tax professional.

A Worked Example With Hypothetical Numbers

Suppose a part-time retail worker is paid the pre-filled rate and is scheduled for 25 hours a week. Weekly pay is 25 times the hourly rate. If she expects to work all 52 weeks, multiply that weekly figure by 52. Now suppose she takes a two-week unpaid break and the store closes for one more week; entering 49 in the weeks field shows how much the unpaid weeks reduce the annual total. This is the most useful adjustment the tool offers, because a full-time-equivalent 52-week assumption often overstates what seasonal or hourly workers actually collect.

Adjusting the Inputs for Real Schedules

• Hours per week: use your average paid hours, not scheduled hours. If your shifts vary, add up four to eight recent pay periods and divide by the number of weeks.
• Weeks per year: subtract unpaid holidays, seasonal layoffs, and any stretch between jobs. Paid vacation and paid holidays still count as paid weeks.
• Hourly rate: the field is pre-filled with the general state figure, but you can type any rate. That is helpful for comparing a job offer above the minimum, or for checking what a raise of a specific amount would add up to over a year.
• Overtime: the tool does not apply an overtime premium. If you regularly work more than 40 hours, calculate the overtime hours separately at the higher rate under the rules that apply to you, or use an overtime calculator alongside this one.

Situations Where the Pre-Filled Rate May Not Apply

The general state minimum wage is a starting point, not a guarantee about every job. Federal law and state law can both apply to the same worker, and when they differ the employee is generally entitled to whichever is higher, so the state and federal rates should be compared rather than assumed. Some job categories have special rules: tipped employees, workers under a certain age in their first months of employment, full-time students in certain arrangements, and some agricultural or seasonal jobs may be treated differently, and certain small employers or specific occupations can fall outside the standard coverage. If any of these describe you, do not rely on the pre-filled figure alone; check the current rules on the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services website and the U.S. Department of Labor site.

Common Mistakes

• Treating the annual figure as take-home pay. It is a gross estimate.
• Assuming 52 paid weeks when the job has unpaid gaps.
• Forgetting that a rate posted years ago may have changed. Minimum wage figures can be updated, and the tool's default is a dated reference point rather than a live feed.
• Using this tool for salaried, exempt positions. Those roles are paid per period rather than per hour, and the hourly framing may not reflect how your pay actually works.

Useful Ways to Use the Result

The annual projection helps with budgeting, comparing part-time and full-time schedules, and testing how much an extra weekly shift adds over a year. Because the arithmetic is simple, you can also run it in reverse: choose a target annual income, then adjust hours until the tool shows a figure close to it. Bear in mind that a projection is only as good as its inputs, and it does not reflect taxes, benefit deductions, tips, bonuses or unpaid time you have not entered.

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