If you serve in the military or have served, Wyoming is one of the friendlier states for your money, with no state income tax and a property tax exemption for qualifying veterans. Wyoming is home to F.E. Warren Air Force Base in Cheyenne, where the 90th Missile Wing operates intercontinental ballistic missiles, along with the Wyoming Air National Guard's 153rd Airlift Wing, so it draws military families after a PCS, which is short for Permanent Change of Station, the official military move from one duty station to another. This guide explains the main rules in plain language and points you to the state's own sources. Tax law changes, so treat these figures as a starting point and confirm the current rules before you file.
How Wyoming Helps Disabled Veterans With Property Taxes
Wyoming gives qualifying veterans a property tax break by removing a set amount of value from the home before taxes are figured. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, known as the VA, is the federal agency that rates service-connected disabilities, which is one of the ways a veteran can qualify.
As the Wyoming Department of Revenue's Property Tax Division explains, the Veteran's Property Tax Exemption reduces the assessed value of a qualifying veteran's property by $6,000, a figure that increased from $3,000 beginning with the 2025 tax year. Assessed value is only a portion of a home's market value in Wyoming, so this is a modest, fixed exemption rather than a full waiver, and the state reimburses local governments for the revenue they give up.
Who Qualifies
The Wyoming exemption is built around wartime and combat service. According to the Property Tax Division, it is available to honorably discharged veterans of World War I, World War II, Korea, or Vietnam, or to an honorably discharged veteran who was awarded the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal or another authorized service or campaign medal for service in an armed conflict in a foreign country. Certain disabled veterans may also qualify. You must be a current Wyoming resident and have lived in the state for three years.
A Property or Vehicle Option
Wyoming lets you choose how to use the benefit. The exemption may be applied to the property tax on your primary residence, or, if you do not use it on property, it may instead reduce the county fees to register a motor vehicle. That flexibility helps veterans who rent rather than own. Your county assessor can explain which option saves you more.
Surviving Spouses
The benefit can carry to a surviving spouse. The unremarried surviving spouse of a qualifying veteran may continue to receive the exemption until he or she remarries. Because the conditions depend on your situation, confirm them with your county assessor before you rely on the benefit.
How It Works With Your Local Tax Bill
Property tax in Wyoming is assessed and collected at the county level, and you claim the Veteran's Property Tax Exemption through your local county assessor. You apply by the fourth Monday in May, and you must contact the assessor each year to keep the exemption in place. Near F.E. Warren Air Force Base, that office is the Laramie County Assessor in Cheyenne.
If you are weighing where to settle, our guide to the military bases in Wyoming can help you picture the local cost of owning a home.
Military Pay and Wyoming Taxes
Here is the simplest part of this guide: Wyoming has no state income tax. That means the state does not tax your active-duty pay, your military retirement pay, your National Guard or Reserve pay, or your VA disability compensation. There is no state return to file on that income and no military-pay exemption to claim, because there is no state income tax to begin with.
That puts Wyoming in the small group of states that collect no personal income tax at all, which can stretch a military paycheck or a fixed retirement income further. You will still pay federal income tax where it applies, and you will pay local property and sales taxes, so weigh the whole picture when you compare duty stations. Because tax rules can change, confirm the current details with the Wyoming Department of Revenue before you make decisions.
A Note for Military Spouses: MSRRA
If you are a military spouse, the Military Spouse Residency Relief Act, known as MSRRA, may matter to you. MSRRA is a federal law that lets a military spouse keep a home state for tax and voting purposes even after moving on military orders. Because Wyoming has no state income tax, residency here is often simple, but your prior home state's rules may still affect you.
Under the related federal rules, a service member, the spouse, or both may choose the service member's home state, the spouse's home state, or the service member's permanent duty station for residency. Because that choice can affect another state's taxes, confirm yours before you file. For the property tax exemption in this guide, what usually matters most is that the qualifying veteran meets the residency test and applies through the county.
