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Wyoming

Wyoming offers a Property Tax Exemption of $3,000 of assessed value (about $25,200 of fair market value) for veterans rated any service connected disability, free hunting and fishing licenses for resident veterans rated 50 percent or higher, in state tuition at the University of Wyoming, and reduced state park fees.

Wyoming Department of Veterans Affairs

Property tax exemption

Property tax
Threshold: Service connected disability (Wyoming resident)

$3,000 reduction in assessed value (approximately $25,200 of fair market value) on the primary residence.

State income tax

Income tax
Threshold: All residents

Wyoming has no state personal income tax, so military retirement pay, VA disability compensation, and survivor benefits are not taxed at the state level.

Disabled veteran plates

Vehicle
Threshold: Disabled veterans, POW, Pearl Harbor survivors

Wyoming offers special license plates for disabled veterans, former POWs, and Pearl Harbor survivors, with the registration tax waived for eligible disabled veterans; the state's $3,000 veteran property-tax exemption may instead be applied to a vehicle's licensing fee. Apply at the County Treasurer's office.

Public employment preference

Employment
Threshold: Veterans (5%); 10%+ service-connected (10%)

Under Wyo. Stat. 19-14-102, veterans and eligible surviving spouses receive a hiring preference for public jobs - a 5 percent scoring advantage, or 10 percent for veterans with a service-connected disability of 10 percent or more - plus a guaranteed interview preference.

In state tuition

Tuition
Threshold: Wyoming-resident veteran

Under 38 USC 3679(c) (originally Section 702 of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act), every public college that accepts Post-9/11 GI Bill or Montgomery GI Bill students must charge in state tuition to covered students using their GI Bill, regardless of state residency. The old requirement to enroll within 3 years of separation was removed by the Isakson and Roe Act effective August 1, 2021, so there is no longer a time limit after discharge. State specific extensions to this rule are noted below where applicable.

Dependent / survivor education

Family education
Threshold: Overseas combat veterans and surviving spouses/dependents (8 semesters within 8 years)

Wyoming pays tuition at the University of Wyoming and Wyoming community colleges for up to 8 semesters within 8 years for qualifying overseas combat veterans (Wyoming resident at least one year before entry, honorable discharge, authorized campaign or expeditionary medal) and for surviving spouses and dependents of service members who died on active duty (dependent children generally must be under 22).

Hunting and fishing license

Hunting & fishing
Threshold: 50 percent or higher service connected (Wyoming resident)

Free or reduced fee combination license.

State park entrance

State parks
Threshold: Service connected disability

Reduced fees at Wyoming state parks for qualifying veterans.

State parks lifetime permit

Recreation
Threshold: 50%+ service-connected resident

Resident veterans rated 50 percent or higher qualify for a lifetime Wyoming State Parks permit giving free entry, day use, and camping (covering all occupants of the vehicle); 100 percent-disabled residents also receive free lifetime hunting and fishing licenses.

State veterans cemetery

Burial
Threshold: Eligible veterans, spouses, dependents

The Oregon Trail State Veterans Cemetery in Evansville provides the burial plot, grave opening and closing, and perpetual care at no cost for eligible veterans, their spouses, and dependents.

From our research desk
Where Wyoming stands in the Rural Representation Desert Index

Wyoming ranks 47 of 51 for rural veterans' access to accredited help: 8.30 accredited representatives per 10,000 veterans, with 38.6 percent of its veterans living rural.

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State legislatures revise thresholds and dollar amounts every session. The figures above are sourced from the state agency that administers each program, but the latest year is the state's word, not ours. Before you file an application, click the source link in each section and verify the current threshold.

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