School Psychologists in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$67,741
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$15,999
19.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$74,565
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
$83,740
Kept after tax
$67,741
Worth in national money
$74,565
State rank
25
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wyoming sits in the middle of the pack for school psychologists. The median is $83,740, ranking 25 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 433 occupations Wyoming reports, school psychologists comes in at 85 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Here is where Wyoming does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $83,740 you keep $67,741, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $74,565 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $87,810, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Wyoming occupies the middle band for school psychologists: a median of $83,740, ranking 25 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- School psychologists ranks 85 of 433 occupations by median in Wyoming, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- After federal, FICA and Wyoming income tax, retained pay for school psychologists on $83,740 is $67,741. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $74,565 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 $87,810 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: School Psychologists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $60,500 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $83,740 |
| Top tenth earn over | $111,690 |
| This salary | $83,740 |
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 | $67,741 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $67,741 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,855 |
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 | $83,740 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,706 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 91 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of school psychologists in Wyoming earn under $83,740 and half over. The published range runs $60,500 at the tenth percentile to $111,690 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Wyoming the take-home figure of $67,741, from $83,740, 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 85 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 $74,565 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 85.
- Figures are distribution medians for school psychologists in Wyoming, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $60,500 to $111,690; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for Wyoming is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $67,741 from $83,740. 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 85 of 433 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $74,565, worked from $83,740, 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 85 of 433 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $87,810 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $60,500 and the top tenth $111,690, so most people doing this work in Wyoming sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $74,565 in national terms.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $67,741 survives, because Wyoming levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
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 $87,810. 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 ($60,500 to $111,690) 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 $74,565 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 $67,741 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.