Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$26,229
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$3,701
12.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$28,871
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
$29,930
Kept after tax
$26,229
Worth in national money
$28,871
State rank
49
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Wyoming. The middle earner gets $29,930. That is 49 of 51 states, and about 21.53% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Against 433 occupations Wyoming publishes, this job lands at 417. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Here is where Wyoming does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $29,930 you keep $26,229, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $28,871 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $37,330, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For preschool teachers, except special education, Wyoming sits in the lower band at $29,930, ranking 49 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 21.53%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Within Wyoming, this work ranks 417 of 433 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- After federal, FICA and Wyoming income tax, retained pay for preschool teachers, except special education on $29,930 is $26,229. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $28,871 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 $37,330 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $23,600 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $29,930 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,880 |
| This salary | $29,930 |
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 | $26,229 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $26,229 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,880 |
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 | $29,930 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,273 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $29,930 as a midpoint for Wyoming, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $23,600 and the ninetieth is $58,880 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Wyoming the take-home figure of $26,229, from $29,930, 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 417 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 $28,871 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 417.
- The Wyoming median of $29,930 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $23,600 to $58,880. 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 $26,229 from $29,930. 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 417 of 433 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $28,871, worked from $29,930, 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 417 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 $37,330, 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $23,600, the highest tenth $58,880, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Wyoming is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $28,871 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $26,229 of this wage reaches your account, because Wyoming takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $37,330. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($23,600) and the ninetieth ($58,880) 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 $28,871 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 $26,229 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.