Construction Managers in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$78,400
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$25,590
24.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$77,308
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
$103,990
Kept after tax
$78,400
Worth in national money
$77,308
State rank
37
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for construction managers is on the low side in Rhode Island. The middle earner gets $103,990. That is 37 of 51 states, and about 9.57% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 452 occupations Rhode Island reports, construction managers comes in at 61 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $103,990, tax leaves $78,400, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $77,308 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $115,280, since top earners drag the number up.
- For construction managers, Rhode Island sits in the lower band at $103,990, ranking 37 of 51 and trailing the national median by about 9.57%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- Construction managers ranks 61 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 construction managers — median $103,990 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $78,400 retained, $77,308 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $115,280 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Construction Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $61,300 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $103,990 |
| Top tenth earn over | $177,360 |
| This salary | $103,990 |
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 | $78,400 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $81,987 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,062 |
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 | $98,891 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,755 |
| 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 $103,990. The published range is $61,300 up to $177,360, 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 $78,400, worked from $103,990. 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 61 of 452.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $77,308 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 61.
- Reported values are medians; for construction managers in Rhode Island the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $61,300 to $177,360. 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 $78,400, on $103,990 for work ranking 61 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 61 of 452 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $77,308, worked from $103,990, 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 61 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 $115,280, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $61,300 at the bottom tenth to $177,360 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $77,308 rather than its face figure.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Rhode Island's own levy, $78,400 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
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 $115,280. 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 ($61,300) and the ninetieth ($177,360) 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 $77,308 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 $78,400 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.