Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$51,249
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$12,261
19.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$50,535
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
$63,510
Kept after tax
$51,249
Worth in national money
$50,535
State rank
6
of 49 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 $63,510, which ranks 6 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 11.95% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Rhode Island, this sits in the middle: 225 of 452 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- No great distortion either way. Rhode Island costs about what the country costs, so from $63,510, take-home of $51,249 is worth roughly $50,535 in national money. The average comes to $66,250, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Rhode Island ranks 6 of 49 states publishing a median for community and social service specialists, all other, at $63,510 — about 11.95% 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.
- Community and social service specialists, all other ranks 225 of 452 occupations in Rhode Island by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Price parity in Rhode Island is near the national base, so for community and social service specialists, all other, whose median is $63,510, the adjusted figure of $50,535 differs little from $51,249 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $66,250 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,600 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $63,510 |
| Top tenth earn over | $98,720 |
| This salary | $63,510 |
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 | $51,249 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $53,210 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,222 |
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 | $61,069 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,106 |
| 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 community and social service specialists, all other in Rhode Island earn under $63,510 and half over. The published range runs $47,600 at the tenth percentile to $98,720 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $51,249 take-home in Rhode Island comes from $63,510. 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 225 of 452.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $50,535 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 225.
- Figures are distribution medians for community and social service specialists, all other in Rhode Island, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $47,600 to $98,720; 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 $51,249, from $63,510, 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 225 of 452 locally, and the state ranks 6 of 49 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $50,535, worked from $63,510, 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 225 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 $66,250, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $47,600 and the top tenth $98,720 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $50,535 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 $51,249 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $66,250. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($47,600) and the ninetieth ($98,720) 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 $50,535 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 $51,249 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.