Computer and Information Systems Managers in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$119,002
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$48,268
28.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$117,345
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
$167,270
Kept after tax
$119,002
Worth in national money
$117,345
State rank
20
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Rhode Island sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $167,270, ranking 20 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Rhode Island. It ranks 7 out of 452 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $167,270 the take-home is $119,002, which is worth about $117,345 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $174,020, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Rhode Island occupies the middle band for computer and information systems managers: a median of $167,270, ranking 20 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Within Rhode Island, computer and information systems managers ranks 7 of 452 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Rhode Island's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for computer and information systems managers on its $167,270 median: $119,002 retained after tax becomes $117,345 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $174,020 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Computer and Information Systems Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $103,410 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $167,270 |
| Top tenth earn over | $252,140 |
| This salary | $167,270 |
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 | $119,002 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $125,595 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$11,901 |
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 | $157,624 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$16,920 |
| 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 $167,270. The published range is $103,410 up to $252,140, 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 $119,002, worked from $167,270. 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 7 of 452.
- Two cautions on $117,345, the adjusted value of that $167,270 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Rhode Island. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 7 of 452 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for computer and information systems managers in Rhode Island the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $103,410 to $252,140. 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 $119,002, on $167,270 for work ranking 7 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 7 of 452 in the state.
- This $117,345 adjusted figure, worked from $167,270, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 7 of 452 in the state. The occupation ranks 7 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 $174,020, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $103,410, the highest tenth $252,140, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Rhode Island costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $117,345 rather than its face figure.
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 $119,002 of this wage survives to your account.
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 $174,020. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($103,410) and the ninetieth ($252,140) 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 $117,345 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 $119,002 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.