Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$81,017
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$26,963
25.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$79,889
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
$107,980
Kept after tax
$81,017
Worth in national money
$79,889
State rank
14
of 48 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 $107,980, ranking 14 of 48 states and sitting about 4.81% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Rhode Island. It ranks 45 out of 452 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $107,980, tax leaves $81,017, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $79,889 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $101,000.
- Rhode Island's median for electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay is $107,980, about 4.81% above the national figure and 14 of 48 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Within Rhode Island, electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay ranks 45 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.
- Because Rhode Island sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for electrical and electronics repairers, powerhouse, substation, and relay — median $107,980 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $81,017 retained, $79,889 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $101,000 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $83,460 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $107,980 |
| Top tenth earn over | $127,880 |
| This salary | $107,980 |
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 | $81,017 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $84,794 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,370 |
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 | $102,612 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,180 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $107,980 as a midpoint for Rhode Island, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $83,460 and the ninetieth is $127,880 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Rhode Island the take-home figure of $81,017, from $107,980, 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 45 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 $79,889, the adjusted value of that $107,980 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 45 of 452 in the state.
- The Rhode Island median of $107,980 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $83,460 to $127,880. 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 $81,017 from $107,980. 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 45 of 452 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Rhode Island, so $79,889 — the adjusted value of that $107,980 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 45 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 $101,000, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $83,460 at the bottom tenth to $127,880 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $79,889 of national purchasing power.
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, $81,017 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 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 $101,000. 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 ($83,460 to $127,880) 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 $79,889 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 $81,017 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.