Following his return to the States, Wright served again with Paymaster Department in Washington, D.C. and as Assistant Paymaster at Marine Barracks in Philadelphia until 31 March 1928. He was then assigned to the 2nd Marine Brigade as Brigade Paymaster and sent to Nicaragua, where he participated in the suppression of the Sandino Rebellion. Wright was promoted to the rank of major in June 1929 and returned to the United States in May 1930. For his service in Nicaragua, he was decorated with Nicaraguan Presidential Order of Merit with Gold Star and also received a Special letter of commendation for his "distinguished service in the line of his profesion as Brigade Paymaster" from the Secretary of the Navy Charles Francis Adams III.