SOC 13-2011 · Business and Financial Operations Occupations · May 2025

How much do Accountants and Auditors make in Cheyenne, WY?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Accountants and Auditors in Cheyenne, WY is $74,050. The 10th percentile is $51,540 and the 90th percentile is $114,010. Employment is 700.

Median annual wage

$74,050

10th percentile
$51,540
25th percentile
$58,660
Median
$74,050
75th percentile
$95,050
90th percentile
$114,010
Mean
$78,670

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Senior Airman Stephen Czech, a firefighter at Spangdahlem Air Base, in 2021. Photograph by Staff Sgt. Susan Roberts, U.S. Air Force. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For Accountants and Auditors, the published 10th percentile is $51,540 and the 90th percentile is $114,010. The difference is $62,470, which is 84.4% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $58,660 to the 75th at $95,050, covers $36,390.

The mean annual wage is $78,670, which sits above the median of $74,050. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Cheyenne, WY median is 11.5% lower than the national median of $83,680 for Accountants and Auditors. In 2024 national prices the local median is $76,743, which is 8.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 4.6% lower than the Wyoming median of $77,620.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Cheyenne, WY is 96.491, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $74,050 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Accountants and Auditors at $76,743 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

6 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Accountants and Auditors. Cheyenne, WY ranks 7th of 7 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Greeley, CO is 53 miles away, with a median of $87,240 and employment of 1,160. That median is 17.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $87,087, against $76,743 here.
  • Fort Collins-Loveland, CO is 61 miles away, with a median of $89,340 and employment of 1,860. That median is 20.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $88,343, against $76,743 here.
  • Boulder, CO is 91 miles away, with a median of $99,990 and employment of 2,380. That median is 35% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $95,046, against $76,743 here.

Employment share

Accountants and Auditors accounts for 1.4% of wage-and-salary employment in Cheyenne, WY (700 of 48,470). Nationally the occupation is 0.93% of employment (1,449,500 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.55 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

Highest-paying jobs in Cheyenne, WY · Accountants and Auditors by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Accountants and Auditors make in Cheyenne, WY?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Accountants and Auditors in Cheyenne, WY is $74,050. The 10th percentile is $51,540 and the 90th percentile is $114,010. Employment is 700.

How does that compare with the national median for Accountants and Auditors?

The local median is 11.5% lower than the national median of $83,680.

What is Accountants and Auditors pay in Cheyenne, WY after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Cheyenne, WY is 96.491, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $74,050 is $76,743. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Cheyenne, WY compare with nearby metros for Accountants and Auditors?

Greeley, CO is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 53 miles away, at $87,240. Cheyenne, WY ranks 7th of 7 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.