Best jobs in Wyoming
The 25 best-scoring occupations in Wyoming, ranked on local pay plus national growth and opportunity.
Wages here are local to Wyoming (OEWS May 2025). Projected growth and openings are national BLS projections — not a local forecast.
How this ranking is scored
score = .40·pay + .30·growth + .20·employment + .10·openings
Each factor is scaled to the strongest occupation on this list, then weighted and summed. Weights differ by list type. Full methodology.
Wages — OEWS May 2025 (local)
Growth & openings — EP 2024–34 (national)
How Wyoming pay compares to the nation
Median vs U.S. median · scale ±10%
$387,880 vs $414,010 · -6.3%
$132,200 vs $132,300 · -0.1%
$342,800 vs $265,930 · +28.9%
$62,830 vs $64,120 · -2.0%
$99,700 vs $105,770 · -5.7%
$27,860 vs $31,200 · -10.7%
−10%U.S. MEDIAN+10%
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Occupation
MEDIAN, LOCAL
P25–P75
Growth
Employed
Open/yr
Score
Showing top 25 of 504 scored occupations — show all 504show top 25
#
Occupation
MEDIAN, LOCAL
Growth
Score
106
$70,590
+3.7%
32
135
$100,850
+1.9%
29
139
$72,530
+0.3%
29
144
$108,900
-4.3%
29
150
$45,450
-1.6%
28
178
$58,970
+3.1%
26
216
$53,580
+6.3%
23
327
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
$45,520
+4.6%
19
334
$56,230
+2.3%
19
447
$45,950
+1.2%
13
450
$52,060
-13.7%
13
470
$46,890
-12.1%
12
478
$46,800
-12.0%
12
490
$38,160
-3.8%
10
Live jobs in Wyoming
Air Force Global Strike CommandVerified from company ATS
MAINTENANCE MECHANIC
$72,189–$84,210/yr View job →
Veterans Health AdministrationVerified from company ATS
Nursing Assistant
$41,562–$67,859/yr View job →
Veterans Health AdministrationVerified from company ATS
Supervisory Medical Support Assistant
$66,833–$86,880/yr View job →
Growth and openings are national (BLS EP 2024–34) — state-level projections are not in this data pull, so the same national figure is used for every place and we say so rather than guess.