Casper, WY

Across all occupations in the Casper, WY metropolitan area, the median wage is $48,880 a year ($23.50 an hour) and the mean $60,180, May 2025. That median is −4% against the US median of $50,980 and −3% against Wyoming's $50,270. BLS counts 40,020 jobs in the area. The highest-paying occupation is physicians, all other; the largest is retail salespersons.

All occupations: Casper, WY vs Wyoming and the United States

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the Casper, WY area, Wyoming and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
Casper, WY	Hourly	$13.77	$17.56	$23.50	$34.94	$49.36	$28.93	40,020
Casper, WY	Annual	$28,630	$36,520	$48,880	$72,680	$102,660	$60,180	40,020
Wyoming	Hourly	$13.88	$17.84	$24.17	$35.94	$50.09	$29.60	280,740
Wyoming	Annual	$28,870	$37,110	$50,270	$74,760	$104,190	$61,560	280,740
United States	Hourly	$15.00	$18.07	$24.51	$38.71	$61.81	$33.54	155,495,730
United States	Annual	$31,200	$37,590	$50,980	$80,520	$128,560	$69,770	155,495,730

Annual wage at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles across all occupations in the metro; the line marks the US median. The same numbers are in the table above.

192 detailed occupations publish a median in this area. State profile: Wyoming. Compare any occupation across every area in the wage explorer.

20 highest-paying occupations in Casper, WY

Rank	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Physicians, All Other	$315,050	$151.47	50
2	Pharmacists	$136,020	$65.39	70
3	Industrial Production Managers	$135,350	$65.07	60
4	Managers, All Other	$132,320	$63.61	80
5	Sales Managers	$129,670	$62.34	50
6	Financial Managers	$129,430	$62.23	80
7	Dentists, General	$129,030	$62.04	40
8	Physician Assistants	$127,640	$61.37	40
9	Petroleum Engineers	$125,640	$60.40	80
10	Nurse Practitioners	$121,810	$58.56	80
11	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$114,170	$54.89	60
12	Speech-Language Pathologists	$109,540	$52.66	40
13	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$108,060	*	50
14	Tutors	$103,420	$49.72	100
15	Medical and Health Services Managers	$103,160	$49.60	170
16	Software Developers in Wyoming	$103,000	$49.52	150
17	Lawyers	$102,890	$49.47	140
18	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	$102,660	$49.36	50
19	General and Operations Managers in Wyoming	$101,450	$48.78	1,190
20	Mechanical Engineers	$101,010	$48.56	60

Ranked by median; an occupation whose median BLS withholds or top-codes in this area cannot appear here, however well it pays.

20 largest occupations in Casper, WY

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Retail Salespersons in Wyoming	1,370	34.12	1.36	$32,660
2	General and Operations Managers in Wyoming	1,190	29.79	1.32	$101,450
3	Fast Food and Counter Workers in Wyoming	1,110	27.80	1.12	$28,070
4	Office Clerks, General in Wyoming	1,040	25.87	1.63	$42,810
5	Registered Nurses in Wyoming	870	21.79	1.00	$83,760
5	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Wyoming	870	21.71	1.64	$58,710
7	Cashiers in Wyoming	750	18.85	0.95	$30,180
8	Stockers and Order Fillers in Wyoming	630	15.82	0.87	$38,770
9	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Wyoming	600	15.09	1.06	$35,950
10	Waiters and Waitresses in Wyoming	590	14.62	1.00	$26,870
11	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Wyoming	560	13.96	0.74	$39,760
12	Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Wyoming	500	12.43	0.45	$31,110
13	Nursing Assistants in Wyoming	490	12.34	1.32	$38,730
14	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	480	12.06	4.51	$62,660
15	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers in Wyoming	460	11.45	1.59	$47,270
15	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks in Wyoming	460	11.55	1.31	$48,170
15	Construction Laborers in Wyoming	460	11.38	1.61	$44,410
18	Electricians in Wyoming	450	11.25	2.31	$69,640
19	Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary in Wyoming	440	10.98	1.20	$31,000
20	Bartenders in Wyoming	430	10.83	2.23	$21,490

Most concentrated occupations in Casper, WY

The 10 occupations with the highest location quotient among those employing at least 100 people in the area. A quotient of 2.00 means the occupation's share of local jobs is twice its national share.

Rank	Occupation	Location quotient	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Median annual
1	Extraction Workers, All Other	74.92	110	2.67	$51,160
2	Insulation Workers, Mechanical	20.97	140	3.46	$46,190
3	Roustabouts, Oil and Gas	19.90	230	5.76	$47,270
4	Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas	16.57	180	4.60	$64,680
5	Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers	13.88	120	2.96	$99,500
6	Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	4.51	480	12.06	$62,660
7	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	4.26	190	4.84	$61,960
8	Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	3.21	120	2.90	$94,890
9	Industrial Machinery Mechanics	3.05	340	8.62	$65,130
10	Electricians in Wyoming	2.31	450	11.25	$69,640

Occupation groups in Casper, WY

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Management	$103,570	$117,470	2,320	57.94	0.81
Architecture and Engineering	$95,730	$100,040	630	15.78	0.94
Computer and Mathematical	$85,900	$93,410	450	11.29	0.33
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$83,140	$99,220	2,450	61.23	0.97
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$76,310	$79,030	480	11.89	1.26
Business and Financial Operations	$76,270	$84,590	1,740	43.36	0.64
Legal	$70,000	$93,430	250	6.31	0.75
Community and Social Service	$59,360	$64,770	620	15.42	0.90
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$59,150	$63,960	2,450	61.27	1.57
Construction and Extraction	$57,450	$60,280	3,250	81.13	1.96
Protective Service	$56,410	$57,970	790	19.73	0.81
Production	$55,990	$60,150	2,340	58.44	1.06
Educational Instruction and Library	$51,290	$53,800	2,320	58.05	0.99
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$50,150	$51,940	60	1.51	0.54
Transportation and Material Moving	$45,950	$51,670	3,780	94.38	1.07
Office and Administrative Support	$44,980	$47,500	4,250	106.12	0.93
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$44,730	$52,340	320	8.02	0.61
Healthcare Support	$38,400	$39,260	1,530	38.32	0.75
Sales and Related	$37,080	$49,890	3,830	95.65	1.11
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$35,950	$37,230	1,310	32.85	1.12
Personal Care and Service	$30,470	$37,030	940	23.42	1.12
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$29,030	$31,630	3,920	97.88	1.11

Every occupation in Wyoming, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profile. All 192 published occupations for this area are in the wage explorer; other metros are on the metros hub.

Source and notes

Data: BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-05-15. Cross-industry estimates, all ownerships. BLS page: OEWS Casper, WY estimates (area 16220).

*: Wage estimate not available.

Annual wages assume 2,080 hours a year at the hourly rate; occupations BLS publishes on one basis only show an en dash (–) on the other.
Employment is rounded to the nearest 10 by BLS. Where BLS withholds a cell, nothing is estimated in its place.
Jobs per 1,000 is the occupation's employment per 1,000 jobs in the Casper, WY area; the location quotient is that share divided by the national share.
The concentration table keeps only occupations with employment of 100 or more in the area, so a quotient built on a handful of rounded jobs cannot top it.