Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$81,558
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$21,822
21.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$89,774
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
$103,380
Kept after tax
$81,558
Worth in national money
$89,774
State rank
34
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Wyoming. The middle earner gets $103,380. That is 34 of 48 states, and about 5.39% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Wyoming. It ranks 38 out of 433 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Wyoming is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $103,380 the take-home is $81,558; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $89,774 would nationally. The average comes to $105,250, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For engineering teachers, postsecondary, Wyoming sits in the lower band at $103,380, ranking 34 of 48 and trailing the national median by about 5.39%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Wyoming, engineering teachers, postsecondary ranks 38 of 433 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Post-tax income for engineering teachers, postsecondary in Wyoming, on $103,380, is $81,558 — equivalent to $89,774 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 $105,250 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $65,260 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $103,380 |
| Top tenth earn over | $129,410 |
| This salary | $103,380 |
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 | $81,558 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $81,558 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$5,845 |
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 | $103,380 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$8,074 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Wyoming earn less than $103,380. The published range is $65,260 up to $129,410, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $81,558 take-home in Wyoming comes from $103,380. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 38 of 433.
- One number stands for prices across all of Wyoming, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $89,774, the adjusted value of that $103,380 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 38 of 433 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for engineering teachers, postsecondary in Wyoming the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $65,260 to $129,410. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $81,558, from $103,380, assumes a single Wyoming filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 38 of 433 locally, and the state ranks 34 of 48 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wyoming, so $89,774 — the adjusted value of that $103,380 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 38 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $65,260 and the top tenth $129,410, so most people doing this work in Wyoming sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $89,774.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $81,558 survives, because Wyoming levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($65,260 to $129,410) 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 $89,774 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 $81,558 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.