Psychiatry Physician Salary in Wyoming (2026)
A Psychiatry physician practicing in Wyoming can expect a base salary inside the national Psychiatry band of $255K to $360K, with the median tracking close to $290K. The Wyoming variation on that number is driven mostly by anchor-employer comp structure in Cheyenne, Casper, Gillette, Laramie, Rock Springs, Sheridan and by shortage-area incentive stacking outside those metros — not by Wyoming cost-of-living alone.
Psychiatry compensation snapshot for Wyoming
- Typical Wyoming base range
- $255K – $360K (national median $290K)
- National demand signal
- very high
- Top Wyoming hiring metros
- Cheyenne, Casper, Gillette, Laramie, Rock Springs, Sheridan
- Wyoming HPSA / shortage posture
- Nearly the entire state carries HPSA designations
- Primary board
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN)
Where Psychiatry offers land highest in Wyoming
Wyoming is among the smallest and most rural physician-recruitment markets in the country, dominated by Banner Wyoming Medical Center, Cheyenne Regional Medical Center, Memorial Hospital of Sweetwater County, and a deep frontier critical-access network. For Psychiatry, the highest-comp Wyoming opportunities I see are typically not in the urban core of Cheyenne — they sit in rural and HPSA-designated counties where the same Psychiatry role carries a 10-25% base premium plus signing bonuses of $30K-$100K and loan repayment of $50K-$200K layered on top of base. That stacking can push an Wyoming Psychiatry offer comfortably above the $360K national ceiling in year-one total cash.
Wyoming incentive programs that boost Psychiatry take-home
The Wyoming Healthcare Professional Loan Repayment Program supports primary care, behavioral health, and dental providers in HPSA sites. The Wyoming Conrad State 30 J-1 waiver program is small but consistently filled. NHSC loan repayment is widely used across the state's frontier critical-access network. Several Wyoming hospital-association-funded recruitment grants supplement these for the most isolated placements. For Psychiatry specifically, these federal and state programs frequently add the equivalent of $30K-$60K per year of pre-tax value over the first three years of service.
How I benchmark a Psychiatry offer in Wyoming
When a Psychiatry candidate sends me an Wyoming offer, I check three things in order: (1) where the base lands inside the $255K–$360K band relative to MGMA regional percentiles, (2) the wRVU conversion factor and ramp/threshold structure, and (3) the call burden and stipend. Wyoming's licensing pace also matters for ramp timing: The Wyoming Board of Medicine licenses with a typical timeline of 60-90 days for US-trained physicians.
Engage a Wyoming Psychiatry compensation review
Email hire@physicianrecruitment.com for a written Wyoming Psychiatry compensation review of any offer you've received, at no cost. We benchmark against MGMA/AMGA percentiles and the active Wyoming Psychiatry pipeline we're working in real time.