Family Medicine Physicians in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$295,052
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$172,108
36.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$290,944
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
$467,160
Kept after tax
$295,052
Worth in national money
$290,944
State rank
1
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Rhode Island pays family medicine physicians a middle wage of $467,160, ranking 1 of 51 states and sitting about 91.32% above the national middle.
- Within Rhode Island this is well-paid work. Of 452 occupations with published figures in the state, family medicine physicians ranks 1 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $467,160, tax leaves $295,052, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $290,944 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $365,960.
- Rhode Island's median for family medicine physicians is $467,160, about 91.32% above the national figure and 1 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Rhode Island publishes a median for, family medicine physicians sits 1 of 452 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Because Rhode Island sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for family medicine physicians — median $467,160 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $295,052 retained, $290,944 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $365,960 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Family Medicine Physicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $213,600 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $467,160 |
| Top tenth earn over | $467,160 |
| This salary | $467,160 |
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 | $295,052 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $319,902 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$38,259 |
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 | $427,495 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$59,342 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $467,160 as a midpoint for Rhode Island, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $213,600 and the ninetieth is $467,160 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Rhode Island's $295,052, worked from $467,160. 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 1 of 452.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $290,944 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 1.
- The Rhode Island median of $467,160 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $213,600 to $467,160. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Rhode Island take-home of $295,052, on $467,160 for work ranking 1 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 1 of 452 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $290,944, worked from $467,160, 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 1 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 $365,960, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $213,600 at the tenth percentile, $467,160 at the ninetieth.
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 $290,944 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Rhode Island adds its own income tax on top — which is why $295,052 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
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 $365,960. 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 ($213,600 to $467,160) 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 $290,944 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 $295,052 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.