Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$52,383
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$10,097
16.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$57,660
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
$62,480
Kept after tax
$52,383
Worth in national money
$57,660
State rank
30
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Wyoming is 30 of 51 states for this job, with a middle wage of $62,480. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 181 among 433 occupations Wyoming publishes pay for.
- Wyoming is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $62,480 the take-home is $52,383; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $57,660 would nationally. The average comes to $65,560, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Wyoming ranks 30 of 51 for middle school teachers, except special and career/technical education at $62,480. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 181 of 433 in Wyoming places middle school teachers, except special and career/technical education 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.
- Post-tax income for middle school teachers, except special and career/technical education in Wyoming, on $62,480, is $52,383 — equivalent to $57,660 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 $65,560 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,900 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,480 |
| Top tenth earn over | $78,670 |
| This salary | $62,480 |
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 | $52,383 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,383 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,754 |
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 | $62,480 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,614 |
| 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 $62,480. The published range is $51,900 up to $78,670, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Wyoming the take-home figure of $52,383, from $62,480, 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 181 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 $57,660 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 181.
- Reported values are medians; for middle school teachers, except special and career/technical education in Wyoming the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $51,900 to $78,670. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Wyoming is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $52,383 from $62,480. 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 181 of 433 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $57,660, worked from $62,480, 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 181 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 $65,560, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $51,900 at the bottom tenth to $78,670 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $57,660 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $52,383 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
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 $65,560. 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 ($51,900 to $78,670) 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 $57,660 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 $52,383 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.