Overtime Pay Calculator — Wyoming (2026)
Overtime in Wyoming starts with the federal FLSA floor: 1.5× your regular rate for every hour beyond 40 in a workweek. Some states add daily overtime or double-time rules on top. This calculator shows gross overtime pay and what survives federal, FICA and state-free taxation in 2026. Wyoming does not levy a personal state income tax, so the only mandatory withholding on your earnings is federal income tax plus FICA (Social Security and Medicare).
Wyoming Overtime Pay Calculator
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Overtime rules that apply in Wyoming
Wyoming follows the federal weekly standard: overtime is owed after 40 hours in a workweek, with no general daily overtime requirement.
The "regular rate" is not just your base hourly wage — non-discretionary bonuses, shift differentials and commissions must be folded in before multiplying by 1.5, which raises the true overtime rate for many energy workers around Cheyenne.
Is overtime taxed more in Wyoming?
No — overtime is ordinary wages. It can feel over-taxed because per-period withholding tables annualize a big check as if every week looked like that, temporarily withholding at a higher rate that you recover at filing.
Since Wyoming has no income tax, overtime keeps a larger share than in most states — only federal tax and FICA apply.
Exempt vs non-exempt in Wyoming
Salaried does not mean exempt. To be exempt from overtime a worker must clear both a salary threshold and a duties test; misclassification is one of the most common wage claims filed in Wyoming.
Cost of living in Wyoming sits 4% below the national average (index 96), median household income is $72,495, and a one-bedroom apartment in Cheyenne rents for roughly $1,050 a month.
Local and payroll taxes Wyoming adds on top
Wyoming adds no state-mandated employee payroll deduction beyond FICA, so nothing extra is taken from your gross pay at the state level.
Wyoming has no state income tax. Revenue comes from mineral royalties, a 4% state sales tax (up to 6% with local), and property taxes.
Overtime hours carry exactly the same local withholding as regular Wyoming hours; the extra pay is taxed at your marginal rates, not at a special penalty rate, even though the deduction line looks bigger.
Working across a state line from Wyoming
Wyoming has no income-tax reciprocity agreements, so if you live here and work across a state line you generally file a nonresident return in the work state and claim a credit at home to avoid double taxation.
Remote and hybrid work complicates this further: most states tax income where the work is physically performed, so a Cheyenne resident spending part of the year at a client site in Colorado may owe a nonresident return there. Keep a day-count log if you split time between states.
The rest of your Wyoming tax bill
Wyoming charges a 4% state sales tax, homeowners pay an average effective property tax of 0.61% of market value, and the minimum wage in force during 2026 is $7.25 an hour.
County add-ons make about 5.4% the typical combined rate.
Income tax is only one part of a state's take. Wyoming recovers revenue through sales and property tax as well, which is why headline income tax rates alone are a poor guide to how far a salary really goes. With no state income tax, Social Security, pensions, 401(k) and IRA withdrawals are all free of state tax here.
Wyoming vs Colorado on the same salary
On a $75,000 salary, a single filer keeps about $61,593 a year in Wyoming against roughly $59,001 in Colorado — a difference of $2,592, or $216 a month.
Effective combined rates are 17.9% in Wyoming and 21.3% in Colorado. Set that gap against living costs: index 96 here versus 105 there, with property tax at 0.61% and 0.49% respectively.