Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$82,933
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$27,967
25.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$81,778
Rhode Island costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the top tenth 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
$110,900
Kept after tax
$82,933
Worth in national money
$81,778
State rank
1
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Rhode Island's middle earner gets $110,900, putting the state 1 of 51 — about 49.18% ahead of the national figure.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Rhode Island. It ranks 42 out of 452 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- No great distortion either way. Rhode Island costs about what the country costs, so from $110,900, take-home of $82,933 is worth roughly $81,778 in national money. The average lands at $99,040, below the middle of the range.
- For control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door, Rhode Island sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $110,900, ranking 1 of 51 and running about 49.18% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Within Rhode Island, control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door ranks 42 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.
- Price parity in Rhode Island is near the national base, so for control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door, whose median is $110,900, the adjusted figure of $81,778 differs little from $82,933 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $99,040 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $61,320 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $110,900 |
| Top tenth earn over | $110,900 |
| This salary | $110,900 |
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 | $82,933 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $86,848 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,595 |
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 | $105,335 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,491 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $110,900 as a midpoint for Rhode Island, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $61,320 and the ninetieth is $110,900 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Rhode Island the take-home figure of $82,933, from $110,900, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 42 of 452 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Rhode Island, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $81,778, the adjusted value of that $110,900 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 42 of 452 in the state.
- The Rhode Island median of $110,900 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $61,320 to $110,900. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Rhode Island is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $82,933 from $110,900. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 42 of 452 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Rhode Island, so $81,778 — the adjusted value of that $110,900 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 42 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 $99,040, 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?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $61,320 and the top tenth $110,900, so most people doing this work in Rhode Island sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $81,778 rather than its face figure.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Rhode Island then takes its own share, leaving $82,933.
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 $99,040. 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 ($61,320 to $110,900) 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 $81,778 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 $82,933 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.