Animal Caretakers · SOC 39-2021
Animal Caretakers Salary in the Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Animal Caretakers in the Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $27,790 per year ($13.36 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $20,960 at the 10th percentile to $59,450 at the 90th. BLS estimates 140 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Animal Caretakers in the Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area earn more than $27,790 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $24,130 and $34,750.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $20,960 | $24,130 | $27,790 | $34,750 | $59,450 |
| Hourly | $10.08 | $11.60 | $13.36 | $16.71 | $28.58 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$27,790 median for Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $24,130 to $34,750
- Wyomingstate$29,080 median for Wyoming; middle half earns $25,480 to $36,570
- United Statesnational$35,360 median for United States; middle half earns $29,820 to $40,050
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −4% vs Wyoming overall and −21% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Wyoming
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for animal caretakers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan areathis page$27,790 median for Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $24,130 to $34,750
- $29,790 median for Casper metro area; middle half earns $27,740 to $30,810
- $28,230 median for Cheyenne metro area; middle half earns $26,810 to $36,450
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for animal caretakerss · Highest-paying occupations in Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.