Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$67,171
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$15,759
19.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$73,938
Wyoming costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Wyoming — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$82,930
Kept after tax
$67,171
Worth in national money
$73,938
State rank
25
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Wyoming is 25 of 49 states for this job, with a middle wage of $82,930. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Within Wyoming this is well-paid work. Of 433 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 86 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Wyoming is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $82,930 the take-home is $67,171; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $73,938 would nationally. The average comes to $85,360, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Wyoming ranks 25 of 49 for biological science teachers, postsecondary at $82,930. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Ranked against every occupation Wyoming publishes a median for, biological science teachers, postsecondary sits 86 of 433 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Post-tax income for biological science teachers, postsecondary in Wyoming, on $82,930, is $67,171 — equivalent to $73,938 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $85,360 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,500 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $82,930 |
| Top tenth earn over | $129,430 |
| This salary | $82,930 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Wyoming | $67,171 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $67,171 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,814 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $82,930 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,650 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of biological science teachers, postsecondary in Wyoming earn under $82,930 and half over. The published range runs $48,500 at the tenth percentile to $129,430 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Wyoming the take-home figure of $67,171, from $82,930, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 86 of 433 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $73,938, the adjusted value of that $82,930 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Wyoming. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 86 of 433 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for biological science teachers, postsecondary in Wyoming, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $48,500 to $129,430; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for Wyoming is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $67,171 from $82,930. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 86 of 433 locally.
- This $73,938 adjusted figure, worked from $82,930, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 86 of 433 in the state. The occupation ranks 86 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $48,500 and the top tenth $129,430 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Wyoming sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $73,938 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $67,171 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($48,500) and the ninetieth ($129,430) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Wyoming's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $73,938 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Wyoming levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $67,171 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.