The Cowboy Family is intended to deliver a deep dive into the average state taxes Wyoming citizens pay and the benefit of services they receive. The Cowboy Family aims to provide transparency regarding what individual benefits the Wyoming tax structure provides. This publication is dynamic as it is paired with a dashboard that allows the user to input their variables of their household, from the family makeup to their local taxing district accounting for their current value of their home, all delivered in a secure format.
All calculations EXCLUDE federal dollars. Some calculations (such as ‘Sales and Use Tax ‘, ‘Excise Tax’, ‘Fuel Tax and Vehicle Registration Fees’) still contain data that use State averages. Other calculations (such as ‘Property Tax’ and ‘County’ services) derive numbers that reflect your selections and inputs. For any supplemental information, visit the Wyoming Taxpayers Association website.
*Please enter the values you’d like to calculate in the appropriate fields. Make sure to input numbers without any punctuation marks.
Total State Taxes Paid
| Type of State Tax |
Total Taxes Paid |
| Property Tax |
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| Sales and Use Tax |
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| Fuel Tax and Vehicle Registration Fees |
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| Excise Tax |
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| Total Taxes Paid |
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Total Services Received
| Type of Service |
Total Cost of Operations |
| K-12 |
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| State Services |
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| Special Districts |
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| City/Town Services |
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| County Services |
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| Total Cost of Services Received |
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| Difference Between State Taxes Paid and Services Received |
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| For every $1.00 you pay in taxes, you get this much in services |
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| State Taxes Paid as a percent of total household income |
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The Wyoming Taxpayers Association cordially thanks Dr. Rob Godby, Mr. Dan Noble, and Dr. Wenlin Liu for their assistance in the creation of this publication. Additionally, the Wyoming Taxpayers Association thanks the Wyoming Taxpayers Foundation for its generous financial contributions that made this publication possible.
