Compensation and Benefits Managers in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$107,599
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$41,741
28.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$106,101
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
$149,340
Kept after tax
$107,599
Worth in national money
$106,101
State rank
16
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Rhode Island pays this job around $149,340 at the midpoint, 16 of 45 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Within Rhode Island this is well-paid work. Of 452 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 15 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $149,340, tax leaves $107,599, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $106,101 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $170,170, since top earners drag the number up.
- For compensation and benefits managers the Rhode Island median is $149,340, ranking 16 of 45 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Ranked against every occupation Rhode Island publishes a median for, compensation and benefits managers sits 15 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 compensation and benefits managers — median $149,340 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $107,599 retained, $106,101 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $170,170 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Compensation and Benefits Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $93,230 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $149,340 |
| Top tenth earn over | $264,210 |
| This salary | $149,340 |
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 | $107,599 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $113,340 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$10,534 |
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 | $140,940 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$14,977 |
| 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 $149,340. The published range is $93,230 up to $264,210, 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 $107,599, worked from $149,340. 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 15 of 452.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $106,101 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 15.
- Reported values are medians; for compensation and benefits managers in Rhode Island the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $93,230 to $264,210. 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 $107,599, on $149,340 for work ranking 15 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 15 of 452 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $106,101, worked from $149,340, 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 15 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 $170,170, 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 $93,230 and the top tenth $264,210 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $106,101 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 $107,599 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 45 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $170,170. 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 ($93,230) and the ninetieth ($264,210) 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 $106,101 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 $107,599 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.