Maintenance and Repair Workers, General Salary

Yes — at the median salary of $48K, rent takes 29.8% of take-home pay. A 2-bedroom at the HUD Fair Market Rent runs $1,008/month. That stays under the 30% guideline most financial planners use.

The 10th-percentile wage — what new maintenance and repair workers, generals typically earn — is $31K/year. Take-home on that works out to about $1,864/month. At HUD’s $1,008/month FMR, rent would take 54% of that take-home — above the 30% guideline, so a 1-bedroom or shared housing is likely necessary starting out.

Pay here is roughly in line with the national average — $48K locally vs. $50K nationally, a 3% difference.

Wyoming pays $48K median vs. the U.S. average of $50K — that’s -3%. After adjusting for local cost of living (RPP 95.16), the purchasing-power equivalent is $50K — still ahead of the national median.

The median is $47,900 a year, that works out to about $23 an hour. But the range is wide: entry-level workers start around $31,070, and experienced maintenance and repair workers, generals can clear $80,100. These are BLS numbers, based on employer-reported data, not self-reported surveys.

On that salary, you'd take home roughly $3,377/month after taxes. A 2-bedroom here rents for about $1,008/month, which eats 29.8% of your paycheck. That's under the 30% guideline most financial planners use, so the numbers work.

Wyoming has a Regional Price Parity of 95.16 (100 is the national average). That's below average, your money stretches further here than the raw salary number suggests. After cost-of-living adjustment, the median maintenance and repair workers, general salary is worth about $50,336 in national-average purchasing power.

The table above ranks every state by median pay for this role. Keep in mind that the highest-paying states tend to have the highest costs of living, so the top salary doesn't always mean the most money in your pocket.