Laramie County · Wyoming
Cheyenne, WY jobs and wages
Who works here, what they earn, and which industries carry the local economy — Census ACS estimates for the city itself, not the wider metro.
Quick answer
Workers in Cheyenne, WY earn a median of $46,959 a year, 5% above the national median of $44,587. Unemployment is 3.1% against 5.2% nationally, and education, health care & social assistance is the largest employer at 23.5% of jobs.
- Median earnings
- $46,959#26 of 94 metros
- Unemployment rate
- 3.1%US 5.2%
- Labor force participation
- 67.4%US 63.5%
- People employed
- 33,109Civilian employed, age 16+
What Cheyenne does for a living
Share of the civilian employed population by industry, largest first.
- Education, health care & social assistance23.5%
- Retail trade15.5%
- Public administration10.9%
- Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food10%
- Professional, scientific & management7.7%
- Transportation, warehousing & utilities6.8%
- Construction6.3%
- Finance, insurance & real estate5.9%
- Other services, except public administration4.4%
- Manufacturing3.3%
- Information2.2%
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting & mining2%
- Wholesale trade1.5%
Related data for Cheyenne
Earnings only mean something next to what things cost.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates
Tables B23025, B20002 and C24030, 2019-2023 ACS 5-year. Industry shares combine the male and female columns of C24030 and are rounded, so they may not total exactly 100%.