Wyoming · BLS May 2025
The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 2,230 substitute teachers, short-term working in Wyoming. Here is what they are paid, what the median leaves after federal and FICA tax, and what that is worth against local prices.
Median pay · Wyoming
$36,990A year, or $17.79 an hour.| Percentile | Annual | Hourly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentileEntry and lowest-paid | $30,600 | $14.71 |
| 25th percentile | $34,170 | $16.43 |
| MedianHalf earn more, half less | $36,990 | $17.79 |
| 75th percentile | $43,870 | $21.09 |
| 90th percentileMost experienced and senior | $45,590 | $21.92 |
| MeanThe average, pulled up by the top | $38,080 | $18.31 |
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A $36,990 salary in Wyoming, for one single filer taking the standard deduction in 2026.
Prices in Wyoming sit at 92.7 against a national average of 100, so $36,990 earned here buys what $39,907 buys at national average prices.
Common questions
The median wage for substitute teachers in Wyoming is $36,990 a year, or $17.79 an hour.
Half earn more than that and half earn less. The figure comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational wage survey for May 2025.
On the median wage of $36,990, one filer taking the standard deduction keeps about $31,901 a year, or roughly $2,658 a month.
That is after federal and FICA tax, an effective rate of 13.8%.
Wyoming levies no state income tax on wages, so nothing is withheld for it.
No. The median in Wyoming is 11.2% below the national median of $41,670.
Nominal pay is only half the comparison: prices in Wyoming sit at 92.7 against a national 100, so the gap in what the money buys is different from the gap in the salary.
It is 0.49 times the median household income of $76,176. A household often has more than one earner, so a single salary at this level goes further than the ratio alone suggests.
Prices in Wyoming run at 92.7 against a national average of 100, with rents at 71.1, so $36,990 here buys about what $39,907 buys at national average prices.
The top tenth earn $45,590 a year or more, against $30,600 at the bottom tenth.
Experience, specialism, employer and the part of Wyoming someone works in all move a wage inside that range; the survey reports the spread, not the reason for it.
The survey counted 2,230 of these jobs in Wyoming for May 2025.
That makes the occupation 135% more concentrated here than in the country as a whole. It counts wage and salary jobs, so the self-employed are outside it.
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