Architects, Except Landscape and Naval in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$79,167
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$25,993
24.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$78,065
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
$105,160
Kept after tax
$79,167
Worth in national money
$78,065
State rank
6
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Rhode Island's middle earner gets $105,160, putting the state 6 of 51 — about 5.92% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Rhode Island this is well-paid work. Of 452 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 52 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $105,160, tax leaves $79,167, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $78,065 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $110,140, since top earners drag the number up.
- For architects, except landscape and naval, Rhode Island sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $105,160, ranking 6 of 51 and running about 5.92% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Ranked against every occupation Rhode Island publishes a median for, architects, except landscape and naval sits 52 of 452 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Because Rhode Island sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for architects, except landscape and naval — median $105,160 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $79,167 retained, $78,065 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $110,140 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Architects, Except Landscape and Naval
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $65,270 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $105,160 |
| Top tenth earn over | $135,170 |
| This salary | $105,160 |
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 | $79,167 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $82,810 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,152 |
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 | $99,982 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,879 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $105,160 as a midpoint for Rhode Island, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $65,270 and the ninetieth is $135,170 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $79,167 take-home in Rhode Island comes from $105,160. 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 52 of 452.
- One number stands for prices across all of Rhode Island, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $78,065, the adjusted value of that $105,160 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 52 of 452 in the state.
- The Rhode Island median of $105,160 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $65,270 to $135,170. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $79,167, from $105,160, assumes a single Rhode Island 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 52 of 452 locally, and the state ranks 6 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Rhode Island, so $78,065 — the adjusted value of that $105,160 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 52 of 452 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 $110,140 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 $65,270 and the top tenth $135,170, so most people doing this work in Rhode Island sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $78,065 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Rhode Island then takes its own share, leaving $79,167.
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 Rhode Island is $110,140. 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 ($65,270 to $135,170) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Rhode Island rather than a national figure.
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 $78,065 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 $79,167 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.
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.