Education Administrators, Postsecondary in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$98,727
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$29,233
22.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$108,672
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
$127,960
Kept after tax
$98,727
Worth in national money
$108,672
State rank
5
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wyoming is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $127,960, which ranks 5 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 22.34% above the national middle.
- Within Wyoming this is well-paid work. Of 433 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 12 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Wyoming is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $127,960 the take-home is $98,727; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $108,672 would nationally. The average comes to $132,330, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Wyoming ranks 5 of 51 states publishing a median for education administrators, postsecondary, at $127,960 — about 22.34% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Ranked against every occupation Wyoming publishes a median for, education administrators, postsecondary sits 12 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 education administrators, postsecondary in Wyoming, on $127,960, is $98,727 — equivalent to $108,672 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 $132,330 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Education Administrators, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $85,770 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $127,960 |
| Top tenth earn over | $174,170 |
| This salary | $127,960 |
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 | $98,727 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $98,727 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$7,076 |
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 | $127,960 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$10,060 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $127,960 as a midpoint for Wyoming, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $85,770 and the ninetieth is $174,170 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Wyoming the take-home figure of $98,727, from $127,960, 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 12 of 433 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $108,672, the adjusted value of that $127,960 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 12 of 433 locally.
- The Wyoming median of $127,960 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $85,770 to $174,170. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Wyoming is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $98,727 from $127,960. 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 12 of 433 locally.
- This $108,672 adjusted figure, worked from $127,960, 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 12 of 433 in the state. The occupation ranks 12 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $132,330, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $85,770 at the tenth percentile, $174,170 at the ninetieth.
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 $108,672 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $98,727 survives, because Wyoming levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Wyoming is $132,330. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($85,770 to $174,170) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Wyoming rather than a national figure.
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 $108,672 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 $98,727 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.