Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$61,078
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$16,742
21.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$60,228
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
$77,820
Kept after tax
$61,078
Worth in national money
$60,228
State rank
13
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Rhode Island's middle earner gets $77,820, putting the state 13 of 51 — about 1.61% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 164 among 452 occupations Rhode Island publishes pay for.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $77,820, tax leaves $61,078, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $60,228 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $77,650.
- For executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants, Rhode Island sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $77,820, ranking 13 of 51 and running about 1.61% 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.
- Position 164 of 452 in Rhode Island places executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Because Rhode Island sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants — median $77,820 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $61,078 retained, $60,228 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $77,650 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,310 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $77,820 |
| Top tenth earn over | $97,960 |
| This salary | $77,820 |
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 | $61,078 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $63,576 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,197 |
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 | $74,269 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,179 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants in Rhode Island earn under $77,820 and half over. The published range runs $47,310 at the tenth percentile to $97,960 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Rhode Island's $61,078, worked from $77,820. 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 164 of 452.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $60,228 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 164.
- Figures are distribution medians for executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants in Rhode Island, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $47,310 to $97,960; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Rhode Island take-home of $61,078, on $77,820 for work ranking 164 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 164 of 452 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $60,228, worked from $77,820, 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 164 of 452 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $47,310 at the tenth percentile, $97,960 at the ninetieth.
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 $60,228 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, $61,078 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.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($47,310 to $97,960) 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 $60,228 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 $61,078 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.