Education Teachers, Postsecondary in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$55,492
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$10,858
16.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$61,082
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
$66,350
Kept after tax
$55,492
Worth in national money
$61,082
State rank
31
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Wyoming is 31 of 49 states for this job, with a middle wage of $66,350. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 146 among 433 occupations Wyoming publishes pay for.
- Here is where Wyoming does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $66,350 you keep $55,492, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $61,082 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $74,350, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Wyoming ranks 31 of 49 for education teachers, postsecondary at $66,350. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 146 of 433 in Wyoming places education teachers, postsecondary in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- After federal, FICA and Wyoming income tax, retained pay for education teachers, postsecondary on $66,350 is $55,492. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $61,082 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $74,350 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Education Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $48,110 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $66,350 |
| Top tenth earn over | $101,380 |
| This salary | $66,350 |
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 | $55,492 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $55,492 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,977 |
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 | $66,350 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$5,472 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $66,350 as a midpoint for Wyoming, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $48,110 and the ninetieth is $101,380 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Wyoming the take-home figure of $55,492, from $66,350, 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 146 of 433 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $61,082 uses one figure for the whole of Wyoming. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 433 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 146.
- The Wyoming median of $66,350 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $48,110 to $101,380. 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 $55,492 from $66,350. 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 146 of 433 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $61,082, worked from $66,350, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Wyoming address, on work sitting at 146 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $74,350, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $48,110 at the bottom tenth to $101,380 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $61,082.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $55,492 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.
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 $74,350. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($48,110) and the ninetieth ($101,380) 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 $61,082 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 $55,492 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.