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Wyoming

Top-quartile composite Life Score — grade B+, 75th percentile of the national corpus.

56.0
Life Score / 100
B+
Grade (curved)
#13
of 51 states
75%
composite percentile

Data updated August 2026

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The verdict

Wyoming is top-quartile composite Life Score — #13 of 51 (56.0/100, grade B+, 75th percentile). Carried by safety at 90/100; held back most by schools at 4/100.

75th
composite percentile
#13
of 51 peers
69th
cost dimension percentile
18th
wages dimension percentile

Life Score shape · UPPER · SAFE-LED

Wyoming at a glance

Wyoming is a UPPER-band SAFE-LED state: safety leads at 90/100 while schools drags at 4/100 (CHEAP cost · LOW wages). According to PlainCompare's federal Life Score corpus ranking, Wyoming ranks #13 of 51 states by composite Life Score (highest = #1) and #16 of 51 by cost-of-living dimension score (highest = #1). Methodology.

Where Wyoming sits among all US states

Composite Life Score vs the 50 states + DC

56 Top 25% higher than 75% of 51 US states

25–30: 1 US states (2%). Below this entry. 30–35: 2 US states (4%). Below this entry. 35–40: 4 US states (8%). Below this entry. 40–45: 6 US states (12%). Below this entry. 45–50: 10 US states (20%). Below this entry. 50–55: 12 US states (24%). Below this entry. 55–60: 10 US states (20%). This entry sits in this band. 60–65: 4 US states (8%). Above this entry. 65–70: 2 US states (4%). Above this entry. This state 25 70 every US state, bucketed by value

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Source PlainCompare composite of BEA, BLS, HUD, FBI, NCES, DOL, EPA data

Dimension detail

How Wyoming scores, dimension by dimension

Score Breakdown

Cost of Living Wages Rent Safety Schools Childcare Environment

Dimension Scores

Cost of Living 70/100 (20%)
Wages 18/100 (20%)
Rent 74/100 (15%)
Safety 90/100 (15%)
Schools 4/100 (10%)
Childcare 70/100 (10%)
Environment 64/100 (10%)

Read with Wyoming

Nearest composite peers and cost poles (UPPER · CHEAP/LOW).

Ohio

ABS(composite) peer at 55.9 (Δ 0.1 vs this state); lower Life Score · grade B+ vs this page's UPPER · SAFE-LED · CHEAP/LOW.

Wisconsin

ABS(composite) peer at 55.8 (Δ 0.2 vs this state); lower Life Score · grade B+ vs this page's UPPER · SAFE-LED · CHEAP/LOW.

Kansas

ABS(composite) peer at 55.6 (Δ 0.4 vs this state); lower Life Score · grade B vs this page's UPPER · SAFE-LED · CHEAP/LOW.

Minnesota

ABS(composite) peer at 56.6 (Δ 0.6 vs this state); higher Life Score · grade B+ vs this page's UPPER · SAFE-LED · CHEAP/LOW.

New Mexico (cost pole)

ABS(cost_score) orthogonal peer at 72/100 (Δ 2); cost stamp CHEAP vs this state's CHEAP.

Indiana (cost pole)

ABS(cost_score) orthogonal peer at 66/100 (Δ 4); cost stamp CHEAP vs this state's CHEAP.
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