When your final paycheck is due in Wyoming
In Wyoming, if you are fired or laid off, your final paycheck is due on the next regularly scheduled payroll date. The same rule applies if you quit.
- Fired or laid off
- Next regularly scheduled payroll date
- If you quit
- Same as fired or laid off
- If the employer pays late
- In a successful suit the court adds 18% yearly interest, attorney fees and costs; willful violations are a misdemeanor with a $500 to $750 fine.
- Filing a wage claim
- File a wage claim with the Wyoming Department of Workforce Services, Labor Standards.
The law
Wyo. Stat. §§ 27-4-104, 27-4-105. Read the statute or the state agency’s page.
Checked against the statute in October 2026. Laws change, so confirm the current rule before you rely on it.
What to do next
If the deadline has passed, ask for the wages in writing first and keep a copy. The free first letter in the Wage Claim Letters kit does this. If that doesn’t work, file a wage claim with the agency listed above. The final paycheck lookup compares states side by side.
Other states
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- Washington, D.C.
- West Virginia
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General information about Wyoming law, not legal advice, and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Wage Claim Letters is a self-help template kit from Kits For That.