Typical comp shape
Analytics engineers usually earn rsu or isos at pre-ipo. Common employers include dbt Labs, Snowflake, Airbnb. Analytics engineering is a newer category, so grant sizes vary widely and benchmarking against levels.fyi data is unreliable.
What Wyoming changes
Wyoming has no wage income tax, which is structurally favorable for analytics engineers with meaningful RSU comp. The savings vs a CA-resident colleague can be $30-60k per year at senior IC levels. That math is why Austin and Seattle are the two top relocation destinations for Bay Area tech workers.
Planning cadence
For a analytics engineer in Wyoming, the three planning windows are: after each RSU vest (withholding check and sell-vs-hold), before any ISO exercise (AMT model at federal only), and in Q4 (estimated tax top-up to clear the safe harbor). A move-out question — if you're considering leaving Wyoming for a high-tax state, time it around vesting.