Live in Wyoming, Work in Oregon: Which State Taxes Your Paycheck?
Answer
Oregon is the only state with a claim. Living in Wyoming spares you a resident return, but it does not shelter income earned inside Oregon — that income is Oregon-source and it is taxed there on a nonresident return.
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This is the mirror image of the more common commute. There is no home-state return to file, so the Oregon nonresident return carries the whole obligation — and because Wyoming charges nothing, there is no credit mechanism involved anywhere.
Oregon also has a layer below the state one, and it is the layer that survives every agreement: The Portland area layers two local income taxes on top of the state tax — the Metro supportive housing tax and the Multnomah County preschool tax — and both reach nonresidents on income sourced to the district. They are administered by the City of Portland Revenue Division, not the Department of Revenue.
What you file
- 1Nonresident return · OregonForm OR-40-N
File a Oregon nonresident return for the wages you earned in Oregon. Wyoming has no wage income tax, so there is no second return and no credit to claim.
The two states, side by side
| Wyoming | Oregon | |
|---|---|---|
| Taxes wages | No | Yes — graduated |
| Reciprocity partners | None | None |
| Convenience rule | No | No |
| Nonresident return | Not applicable | Form OR-40-N |
| Credit for other-state tax | No income tax | Schedule OR-ASC-NP |
| Nonresident safe harbour | Not applicable | None published |
| Local income tax | No | Yes |
| Revenue department | Wyoming Department of Revenue | Oregon Department of Revenue |
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The other direction
Reversing the commute does not always reverse the answer. Living in Oregon and working in Wyoming gives:Home state only.
Same two states, different situation
The withholding answer turns on how you are paid and where the work happens, not only on which two states are involved.
- Remote worker: Wyoming → OregonNo state income tax on your wages
- 1099 contractor: Wyoming → OregonClient state only, if you work there
- Moved mid-year: Wyoming → OregonOne part-year return — the state you moved to
Other Wyoming pairs
Questions people actually ask
I live in Wyoming and work in Oregon. Which state takes the tax out of my paycheck?
Oregon is the only state with a claim. Living in Wyoming spares you a resident return, but it does not shelter income earned inside Oregon — that income is Oregon-source and it is taxed there on a nonresident return.
Which state should my employer be withholding for?
Oregon. The wages are sourced to Oregon, so Oregon withholding is correct and there is no Wyoming withholding to set up, because Wyoming levies no income tax on wages.
How current is this?
The Wyoming and Oregon rules on this page were last checked against Wyoming Department of Revenue and Oregon Department of Revenue on 2026-08-07. We re-check the full grid every December after state legislative sessions close, and re-check the convenience-of-the-employer states quarterly because that is where the rules move fastest.
Sources
Every fact above comes from the revenue department that publishes the rule. We do not cite secondary summaries, and we do not restate a figure we could not find at source.
- Wyoming Department of Revenue — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07
- Oregon Department of Revenue — individual income taxaccessed 2026-08-07