Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$56,350
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$14,370
20.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$55,565
Rhode Island costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Rhode Island — 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
$70,720
Kept after tax
$56,350
Worth in national money
$55,565
State rank
39
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Rhode Island is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $70,720, ranking 39 of 50 states — about 11.46% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 452 occupations Rhode Island reports figures for, this is number 197.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $70,720 the take-home is $56,350, which is worth about $55,565 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $70,790, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Rhode Island ranks 39 of 50 for aircraft mechanics and service technicians, with a median of $70,720 — about 11.46% 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 Rhode Island's occupational distribution, aircraft mechanics and service technicians sits at 197 of 452 — 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.
- Rhode Island's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for aircraft mechanics and service technicians on its $70,720 median: $56,350 retained after tax becomes $55,565 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $70,790 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $70,720 |
| Top tenth earn over | $96,530 |
| This salary | $70,720 |
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 Rhode Island | $56,350 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $58,582 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,720 |
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 | $67,547 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,233 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Rhode Island earn less than $70,720. The published range is $31,200 up to $96,530, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Rhode Island's $56,350, worked from $70,720. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 197 of 452.
- Two cautions on $55,565, the adjusted value of that $70,720 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Rhode Island. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 197 of 452 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for aircraft mechanics and service technicians in Rhode Island the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $31,200 to $96,530. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Rhode Island take-home of $56,350, on $70,720 for work ranking 197 of 452 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 197 of 452 in the state.
- This $55,565 adjusted figure, worked from $70,720, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 197 of 452 in the state. The occupation ranks 197 of 452 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $31,200 at the bottom tenth to $96,530 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $55,565 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Rhode Island adds its own income tax on top — which is why $56,350 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($31,200) and the ninetieth ($96,530) 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.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Rhode Island's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $55,565 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $56,350 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Rhode Island income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.