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2026 cost estimates for dui / dwi in Wyoming, including attorney fees, court costs, and other expenses.
As of June 29, 2026, a dui / dwi in Wyoming costs on average $7,450, typically $5,000-$10,000 for a moderate-complexity case, based on sourced attorney-fee and court-cost data. Typical attorney rates run $185 to $340 per hour. A moderate-complexity case typically takes 3-6 months to resolve. Common related costs include court filing fee ($100-$300) and dmv hearing fee ($100-$200).
Data verified: June 29, 2026
| Complexity | Low | Median | High | Typical Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simple | $1,800 | $3,150 | $4,500 | 1-3 months |
| Moderate | $5,000 | $7,450 | $10,000 | 3-6 months |
| Complex | $8,700 | $14,800 | $21,700 | 6-12 months |
Last verified: June 2026
$185 – $340/ hour
Median: $250/hr
3-6 months
For moderate complexity cases
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</script>DUI/DWI legal cost has two layers that are easy to underestimate: the attorney fee itself, and the non-attorney costs that follow a conviction or plea. The attorney fee is driven mainly by whether the case goes to trial (far more hours billed) or resolves through a plea agreement, plus complicating factors like BAC level, prior offenses, or an accident with injuries. Many DUI attorneys charge a flat fee for a straightforward first offense and switch to hourly billing once the case becomes contested.
Beyond the attorney, a DUI case typically layers on court fines, a state-mandated alcohol education or treatment program, license reinstatement fees, and — for many drivers — an ignition interlock device with ongoing monthly costs. Insurance premium increases are not a one-time legal cost but often the largest total expense over a 3-5 year period following conviction, which is why the figures on this page reflect legal defense costs specifically, not the lifetime cost of a conviction.
Take a moderate-complexity dui / dwi matter in Wyoming. The recorded median total is $7,450, with reported quotes clustering between $5,000 and $10,000. Each statutory line below is sized against that median.
Added together the itemised lines come to $1,200–$3,500, which leaves roughly $3,950–$6,250 of the Wyoming median as professional time — the part that differs between quotes. 2 further recorded fees are not itemised above and are not in that total.
At $7,450, the median dui / dwi cost in Wyoming is in line with the $7,403 national average across all 50 states and DC.
Wyoming carries 3 rows — simple, $1,800–$4,500 at $135–$275/hr over 1-3 months; moderate, $5,000–$10,000 at $185–$340/hr over 3-6 months; complex, $8,700–$21,700 at $230–$410/hr over 6-12 months — on 4 shared citations. They put it above the midpoint, short of the top quarter.
$7,450 is a median, not the middle of the band — $2,450 above the $5,000 floor, $2,550 under the $10,000 ceiling. Every rank below is out of 51.
Wyoming is the 27th of 51 tracked states by median dui / dwi cost, and its $7,450 figure lands within a percent of the $7,450 midpoint of that table — the rank is meaningful, the distance is not.
Wisconsin ($7,450) and Maine ($7,200) bracket Wyoming inside a $250 window — narrow enough that 27th is close to arbitrary.
Nevada, Wisconsin record medians within three percent of Wyoming's $7,450. A dui / dwi quote anywhere in that group is describing effectively the same market.
On hourly rate alone Wyoming is 31st of 51 at $250 an hour, 4 places behind its 27th position on total cost.
| Rank | State | Median | Against Wyoming |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Illinois | $7,850 | +$400 |
| 22 | Texas | $7,800 | +$350 |
| 23 | Utah | $7,750 | +$300 |
| 24 | Georgia | $7,700 | +$250 |
| 25 | Nevada | $7,450 | −$0 |
| 26 | Wisconsin | $7,450 | −$0 |
| 27 | Wyoming | $7,450 | — |
| 28 | Maine | $7,200 | −$250 |
| 29 | Florida | $7,150 | −$300 |
| 30 | Montana | $7,150 | −$300 |
| 31 | Pennsylvania | $6,950 | −$500 |
| 32 | Idaho | $6,850 | −$600 |
| 33 | Ohio | $6,850 | −$600 |
The 27th position is not a stable fact about Wyoming: $0 up or $250 down moves Wyoming a row, and a ten percent revision in either direction would cross 16 rows, 9 above and 7 below in near-equal numbers.
Climbing five places would mean passing Texas, Utah, Georgia, Nevada, Wisconsin and adding $350 to the $7,450 recorded here.
Five places down means passing under Maine, Florida, Montana, Pennsylvania, Idaho: $600.
$2,350 short of Washington ($9,800), $1,900 clear of South Carolina ($5,550).
The $7,450 median divided by the $250 median rate implies roughly 30 billable hours. The peer median is 27 hours, so 3 more hours of work sit behind the Wyoming figure than behind the typical state's.
The escalation is comparatively shallow on hours. A complex dui / dwi costs 4.7x a simple one in Wyoming, but the implied workload only rises 3.1x — 15 hours at $205 becomes 46 hours at $320 — meaning the senior-rate premium of 1.56x carries an unusually large share of the increase.
From $5,000 to $10,000 the moderate band is $5,000 wide, close to the $5,000 peer median. End to end that is 20 hours at $250.
Per month of elapsed time the two tiers are close: about $1,656 a month across the 3-6 months recorded for a moderate matter, and $1,644 a month across the 6-12 months recorded for a complex one.
A third ordering: by implied hours Wyoming is 1st of 51 at 30 hours, 26 places above its cost rank of 27th on cost — more work behind the same dui / dwi money.
49% up the $5,000–$10,000 band sits the $7,450 table midpoint, buying 30 hours at $250 against the 30 the local dui / dwi median implies — 0 hours apart.
| Measure | Wyoming | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate median | $7,450 | 27th |
| Hourly median | $250 | 31st |
| Implied hours | 30 | 1st |
| Simple median | $3,150 | 33rd |
| Complex median | $14,800 | 37th |
$250 an hour puts Wyoming between Ohio ($255) and Idaho ($245) — not the dui / dwi cost pairing.
No other tracked state records $250 as its median rate, so the figure identifies Wyoming on its own within this dataset.
$7,450 buys 36 hours at $205, 30 at $250, 23 at $320.
| Rank | State | Median rate |
|---|---|---|
| 29 | Georgia | $260 |
| 30 | Ohio | $255 |
| 31 | Wyoming | $250 |
| 32 | Idaho | $245 |
| 33 | Indiana | $245 |
Ranked tier by tier, Wyoming slides 4 places downward: 33rd at the simple tier, 27th at moderate, 37th at complex. Its headline moderate position sits between the two extremes rather than summarising them.
$3,150 is 33rd of 51 on a straightforward dui / dwi, under Idaho ($3,150) and over Nebraska ($3,100), $250 under the $3,400 tier midpoint.
$14,800 is 37th of 51 once contested, between Kansas ($14,900) and Iowa ($14,500), $1,550 off the $16,350 tier midpoint.
$500 separates the simple ceiling of $4,500 from the moderate floor of $5,000, so the first escalation is a clean break, while the moderate and complex bands overlap from $8,700 upward. The expensive end of a routine dui / dwi and the cheap end of a contested one are the same money in Wyoming.
| Tier | Wyoming | Rank | Tier midpoint | Implied hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| simple | $3,150 | 33rd | $3,400 | 15 |
| moderate | $7,450 | 27th | $7,450 | 30 |
| complex | $14,800 | 37th | $16,350 | 46 |
$3,150 drops Wyoming to 33rd of 51 on straightforward matters, 6 below its moderate position and $250 (7%) under the $3,400 tier midpoint.
15 implied hours at $205: 50% of the moderate tier's 30, over 1-3 months.
Idaho ($3,150) and Nebraska ($3,100) bracket it — a $50 window.
3 states record a simple-tier median within three percent of $3,150, denser than the 2 around the moderate row.
$14,800 drops Wyoming to 37th of 51 on contested matters, 10 below its moderate position and $1,550 (9%) under the $16,350 tier midpoint.
46 implied hours at $320: 153% of the moderate tier's 30, over 6-12 months.
Kansas ($14,900) and Iowa ($14,500) bracket it — a $400 window.
4 states record a complex-tier median within three percent of $14,800, denser than the 2 around the moderate row.
| Rank | State | Median |
|---|---|---|
| 31 | Indiana | $3,250 |
| 32 | Idaho | $3,150 |
| 33 | Wyoming | $3,150 |
| 34 | Nebraska | $3,100 |
| 35 | New Mexico | $3,100 |
| Rank | State | Median |
|---|---|---|
| 35 | Florida | $14,950 |
| 36 | Kansas | $14,900 |
| 37 | Wyoming | $14,800 |
| 38 | Iowa | $14,500 |
| 39 | Idaho | $14,400 |
$7,450 ranks a dui / dwi 3rd of 8 in Wyoming, under Divorce, over Personal Injury. At 79% of Criminal Defense ($9,450).
The state does not rank uniformly. Wyoming is 19th of 51 for Personal Injury but 37th for Bankruptcy, a 18-place spread across the matter types tracked here, so its 27th on dui / dwi says little about what the other lines cost.
Wyoming is not equally priced in every practice area. Measured against each matter's own midpoint, DUI / DWI sits on its own midpoint while Bankruptcy runs 17% below its own midpoint — a 17-point spread between the extremes.
The largest tracked median in Wyoming is 5x the smallest, effectively the 5.1x that the typical state records: the internal spread is ordinary even where the levels are not.
0 of 8 matter types rank Wyoming in the upper third, 1 in the lower, 7 between; dui / dwi is 27th.
In percentile terms it sits at the 48th percentile of the 51 tracked states.
| Matter | Simple | Moderate | Complex | Hours | Rank | vs mid | Above |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Criminal Defense | $3,450 | $9,450 | $29,100 | 34 | 29th | −7% | Nevada |
| Divorce | $2,500 | $8,250 | $21,950 | 30 | 29th | −4% | Wisconsin |
| DUI / DWI | $3,150 | $7,450 | $14,800 | 30 | 27th | level | Wisconsin |
| Personal Injury | $1,500 | $4,850 | $14,150 | — | 19th | −7% | Utah |
| Immigration | $1,900 | $4,400 | $10,750 | 18 | 32nd | −7% | Ohio |
| Bankruptcy | $1,350 | $3,000 | $4,600 | 13 | 37th | −17% | South Carolina |
| Real Estate Closing | $850 | $2,150 | $3,800 | 9 | 26th | −3% | Indiana |
| Estate Planning / Probate | $600 | $1,900 | $5,700 | 8 | 30th | −8% | Oregon |
Simple tier. $3,150 ÷ $205 = about 15 hours, spread over 1-3 months at roughly $1,575 a month. The $4,300 step to the moderate tier is 15 more hours at that rate.
Work against price. $7,450 to $14,800 is a $7,350 step weighted toward price: 16 more hours at $250 is $4,000, but $320 across 46 hours adds $3,220 — 45% of it.
Borrowing the wrong row. Budgeting from Maine ($7,200) lands $250 under Wyoming; from Wisconsin ($7,450), $0 over; from the $7,450 table midpoint, $0 out.
Both ends, in time. $5,000 is 20 hours at $250; $10,000 is 40. Over the 3-6 months recorded for a moderate dui / dwi, that is 4 to 9 hours a month — the difference between an occasional file review and continuous work.
Contested against simple. At Wyoming's own recorded figures, $14,800 buys 4.7 matters at the $3,150 simple median — or, counted in time, 46 implied hours against 15, a factor of 3.1 — the two ratios differing because the rate rises with the tier.
Verified June 2026. Filing fees change on the Wyomingcourt's own schedule; billing models are covered in the legal fees guide.
This tool provides general cost estimates for informational purposes only. It is NOT legal advice. Costs vary significantly based on individual circumstances. Consult a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction for specific guidance.