Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School in Wyoming
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,137
after federal, FICA and Wyoming tax
Tax takes
$9,793
16.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$56,289
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
$60,930
Kept after tax
$51,137
Worth in national money
$56,289
State rank
35
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Wyoming is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $60,930, ranking 35 of 51 states — about 6.43% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 433 occupations Wyoming reports figures for, this is number 201.
- Wyoming is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $60,930 the take-home is $51,137; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $56,289 would nationally. The average comes to $64,310, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Wyoming ranks 35 of 51 for special education teachers, kindergarten and elementary school, with a median of $60,930 — about 6.43% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- In Wyoming's occupational distribution, special education teachers, kindergarten and elementary school sits at 201 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 special education teachers, kindergarten and elementary school in Wyoming, on $60,930, is $51,137 — equivalent to $56,289 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 $64,310 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $52,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,930 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,070 |
| This salary | $60,930 |
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 | $51,137 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,137 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$3,665 |
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 | $60,930 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$4,432 |
| 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 $60,930. The published range is $52,200 up to $77,070, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $51,137 take-home in Wyoming comes from $60,930. 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 201 of 433.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $56,289 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 201.
- Reported values are medians; for special education teachers, kindergarten and elementary school in Wyoming the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $52,200 to $77,070. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $51,137, from $60,930, 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 201 of 433 locally, and the state ranks 35 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $56,289, worked from $60,930, 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 201 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 $64,310, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $52,200 and the top tenth $77,070, 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 $56,289.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $51,137 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 $64,310. 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 ($52,200 to $77,070) 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 $56,289 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 $51,137 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.