Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$74,864
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$23,736
24.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$73,822
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
$98,600
Kept after tax
$74,864
Worth in national money
$73,822
State rank
2
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Rhode Island pays this job a middle wage of $98,600, ranking 2 of 51 states and sitting about 26.1% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 452 occupations Rhode Island reports, this job comes in at 90 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- No great distortion either way. Rhode Island costs about what the country costs, so from $98,600, take-home of $74,864 is worth roughly $73,822 in national money. The average lands at $93,610, below the middle of the range.
- Rhode Island's median for electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians is $98,600, about 26.1% above the national figure and 2 of 51 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians ranks 90 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.
- Price parity in Rhode Island is near the national base, so for electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians, whose median is $98,600, the adjusted figure of $73,822 differs little from $74,864 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $93,610 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $57,460 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $98,600 |
| Top tenth earn over | $128,280 |
| This salary | $98,600 |
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 | $74,864 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $78,195 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,647 |
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 | $93,865 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,181 |
| 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 $98,600. The published range is $57,460 up to $128,280, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $74,864 take-home in Rhode Island comes from $98,600. 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 90 of 452.
- One number stands for prices across all of Rhode Island, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $73,822, the adjusted value of that $98,600 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 90 of 452 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for electrical and electronic engineering technologists and technicians in Rhode Island the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $57,460 to $128,280. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $74,864, from $98,600, 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 90 of 452 locally, and the state ranks 2 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Rhode Island, so $73,822 — the adjusted value of that $98,600 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 90 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 $93,610, 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?
The range here is narrow. From $57,460 at the bottom tenth to $128,280 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $73,822 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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, $74,864 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 $93,610. 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 ($57,460 to $128,280) 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 $73,822 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 $74,864 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.