Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$78,407
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$25,594
24.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$77,315
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
$104,000
Kept after tax
$78,407
Worth in national money
$77,315
State rank
4
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Rhode Island pays this job a middle wage of $104,000, ranking 4 of 51 states and sitting about 39.95% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 452 occupations Rhode Island reports, this job comes in at 59 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $104,000, tax leaves $78,407, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $77,315 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $94,080.
- Rhode Island's median for cardiovascular technologists and technicians is $104,000, about 39.95% above the national figure and 4 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Cardiovascular technologists and technicians ranks 59 of 452 occupations by median in Rhode Island, 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.
- Because Rhode Island sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for cardiovascular technologists and technicians — median $104,000 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $78,407 retained, $77,315 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $94,080 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $64,160 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $104,000 |
| Top tenth earn over | $126,150 |
| This salary | $104,000 |
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 | $78,407 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $81,994 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,063 |
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 | $98,901 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,756 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $104,000 as a midpoint for Rhode Island, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $64,160 and the ninetieth is $126,150 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $78,407 take-home in Rhode Island comes from $104,000. 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 59 of 452.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $77,315 uses one figure for the whole of Rhode Island. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 452 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 59.
- The Rhode Island median of $104,000 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $64,160 to $126,150. 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 $78,407, from $104,000, 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 59 of 452 locally, and the state ranks 4 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $77,315, worked from $104,000, 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 Rhode Island address, on work sitting at 59 of 452 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $94,080, 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 $64,160 and the top tenth $126,150, 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?
Not on its own. Prices in Rhode Island run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $77,315 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 $78,407.
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 $94,080. 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 ($64,160 to $126,150) 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 $77,315 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 $78,407 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.