Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,185
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$9,805
16.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$56,342
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
$60,990
Kept after tax
$51,185
Worth in national money
$56,342
State rank
27
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Wyoming is 27 of 50 states for this job, with a middle wage of $60,990. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 433 occupations Wyoming reports figures for, this is number 200.
- Wyoming is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $60,990 the take-home is $51,185; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $56,342 would nationally. The average comes to $61,500, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Wyoming ranks 27 of 50 for kindergarten teachers, except special education at $60,990. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- In Wyoming's occupational distribution, kindergarten teachers, except special education sits at 200 of 433 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Post-tax income for kindergarten teachers, except special education in Wyoming, on $60,990, is $51,185 — equivalent to $56,342 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 $61,500 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,980 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $75,280 |
| This salary | $60,990 |
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 | $51,185 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,185 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,668 |
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 | $60,990 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,437 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $60,990 as a midpoint for Wyoming, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $50,980 and the ninetieth is $75,280 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Wyoming's $51,185, worked from $60,990. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 200 of 433.
- One number stands for prices across all of Wyoming, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $56,342, the adjusted value of that $60,990 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 200 of 433 in the state.
- The Wyoming median of $60,990 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $50,980 to $75,280. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Wyoming take-home of $51,185, on $60,990 for work ranking 200 of 433 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 200 of 433 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Wyoming, so $56,342 — the adjusted value of that $60,990 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 200 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $50,980 and the top tenth $75,280, 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 $56,342.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $51,185 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?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($50,980 to $75,280) 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 $56,342 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 $51,185 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.