1099 Database Administrator Jobs in Cheyenne, WY

How big the Cheyenne market is

100 people work as database administrators and architects in Cheyenne, WY. That figure counts every employment arrangement, W-2 and 1099 alike — BLS does not split the two. Applying 1099WORK's estimate that roughly 25% of database administrators and architects work on a 1099 basis puts the independent share near 25 people. Treat that as an order of magnitude, not a census. By headcount the market ranks 118th of the 198 metro areas where BLS publishes a figure for this occupation.

Concentration is the more interesting number. The location quotient is 5.06, meaning database administrators and architects make up a share of local employment 406% larger than they do nationally. Demand here is structural, not incidental. Per head of population it ranks 7th of 198 — a genuine cluster rather than a by-product of metro size. The metro accounts for 43% of Wyoming's total employment in the occupation. The metro's population is 102,000, roughly flat since 2020.

A concentration that far above the national average means employers here are not incidental buyers of the skill — they are the reason the cluster exists, and they buy accordingly. One local factor never shows up in wage data at all: Wyoming levies no state income tax, so a given gross goes further here than the same gross in a taxed state.

Tax treatment in Cheyenne

Nothing is withheld from a 1099 payment. You pay self-employment tax at 15.3% on 92.35% of net profit, plus income tax, in four estimated payments a year. Wyoming levies no state income tax, so the federal bill is close to the whole picture.

The classification caveat

Labelling an engagement 1099 does not make it 1099 — the IRS weighs who controls the work, who supplies the tools and who carries the risk. For database administrators and architects the usual flashpoints are set schedules, employer-supplied equipment and exclusivity clauses. Wyoming also applies its own test, which can reach a different answer than the IRS does on identical facts.

Which trades run on contractors in Cheyenne

Across the 81 occupations 1099WORK tracks, Cheyenne, WY has an estimated 4,786 people working on a 1099 basis, out of 14,870 employed in those occupations altogether. The concentration is uneven: heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers, janitors and cleaners, and registered nurses account for a disproportionate share, because those trades are structurally independent rather than incidentally so. The 1099 estimates below apply 1099WORK's per-occupation contractor share to BLS employment — they are estimates, and BLS itself does not publish the split.

Where the money is in Cheyenne

Software Developer leads on median pay in Cheyenne at $121,360. The table below is filtered to occupations where independent work is genuinely common — a high median in an occupation that is 95% W-2 is not an opportunity. Remember that every figure is a W-2-and-1099 blend: to match them as a contractor, multiply by roughly 1.33 for payroll tax, unpaid time and self-funded benefits.

Where to look next

1099WORK is a marketplace built for 1099 engagements specifically: companies post a defined scope, database administrators and architects keep one verified profile, and agreements, onboarding and payment happen in the same place. It launched as 1099REPS for independent medical sales reps and now covers the wider 1099 economy, Cheyenne included.