Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,820
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$12,130
19.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$50,112
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
$62,950
Kept after tax
$50,820
Worth in national money
$50,112
State rank
11
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Rhode Island is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $62,950, which ranks 11 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 10.4% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 452 occupations Rhode Island reports figures for, this is number 234.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $62,950, tax leaves $50,820, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $50,112 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $66,020, since top earners drag the number up.
- Rhode Island ranks 11 of 51 states publishing a median for cement masons and concrete finishers, at $62,950 — about 10.4% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- In Rhode Island's occupational distribution, cement masons and concrete finishers sits at 234 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.
- Because Rhode Island sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for cement masons and concrete finishers — median $62,950 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $50,820 retained, $50,112 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $66,020 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $49,220 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $62,950 |
| Top tenth earn over | $94,110 |
| This salary | $62,950 |
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 | $50,820 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,760 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,182 |
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 | $60,535 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,058 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of cement masons and concrete finishers in Rhode Island earn under $62,950 and half over. The published range runs $49,220 at the tenth percentile to $94,110 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $50,820 take-home in Rhode Island comes from $62,950. 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 234 of 452.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $50,112 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 234.
- Figures are distribution medians for cement masons and concrete finishers in Rhode Island, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $49,220 to $94,110; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $50,820, from $62,950, 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 234 of 452 locally, and the state ranks 11 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $50,112, worked from $62,950, 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 234 of 452 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $66,020, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $49,220 at the bottom tenth to $94,110 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $50,112 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 $50,820 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $66,020. 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 ($49,220 to $94,110) 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 $50,112 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 $50,820 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.