What salary do you need to live in Casper, WY?

The cost side of living in Casper

Census figures put the median gross rent in the Casper, WY metro at $750 for a one-bedroom, $974 for a two-bedroom and $1,325 for a three-bedroom. Moving from one to two bedrooms adds $224 a month, and the third bedroom another $351.

The median value of owner-occupied homes in the metro is $273,000. That works out to 3.8× the local median household income of $72,156, a mid-range ratio.

BEA's Regional Price Parity for the metro is 93.8, where 100 is the US average. In plain terms, the full basket of goods, services and housing costs 6.2% less than average, so $100,000 here buys roughly what $106,577 would at average US prices.

Income needed for each grade in Casper

For two bedrooms, $124,000 is where Casper turns Comfortable. Below that, $62,000 marks the start of Okay and $31,000 the start of Tight; under $31,000 the score reads Stretched. Rent at the Comfortable line is 9% of gross pay.

The Royal grade is within reach at $326,000 a year, where both rent and the median home price look small next to income.

Each figure is the lowest income, to the next $1,000, at which the calculator itself would show that grade for a two-bedroom in Casper.

What different incomes look like in Casper

Choosing a bigger place in Casper at $75,000 trims the score from 55 to 46 without leaving Okay.

Of the four salaries, $150,000 is the first where a two-bedroom reads Comfortable or better; $100,000 still lands at Okay.

How Casper ranks among 387 metros

Out of 387 metros, Casper has the 186th highest price parity and the 315th highest two-bedroom rent, which puts it near the middle on overall prices and in the least expensive quarter on rent.

For a sense of scale, the metros just above and below it on two-bedroom rent are Toledo, OH ($975) and Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL ($974).

Casper vs. the rest of Wyoming

Statewide, Wyoming's median two-bedroom rent is $961 and its median home value $309,700. Casper's rent is +1% against that, and its home value −12%; the price parity is 93.8 versus 92.7 for the state.

On statewide medians, a two-bedroom budget reaches Comfortable at $127,000 — above Casper's $124,000 line.

Wyoming has only one other metro in the data, Cheyenne, WY, so the closest matches elsewhere, Utica-Rome, NY and Binghamton, NY, are included too.

Does the typical Casper income clear the bar?

A household at the Casper median income of $72,156 would see a two-bedroom score of 50 — Okay — with rent at 16% of income. Reaching Comfortable would take $51,844 more than the median household earns. Statewide, the Wyoming median household ($76,176) grades Okay on the state's own medians. Household income can include more than one earner, so a single salary of the same size goes less far.

Treat every number here as a pre-tax, public-data estimate rather than financial advice.