First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,514
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$11,426
19.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,839
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
$59,940
Kept after tax
$48,514
Worth in national money
$47,839
State rank
23
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Rhode Island sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $59,940, ranking 23 of 51 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 254 among 452 occupations Rhode Island publishes pay for.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $59,940 the take-home is $48,514, which is worth about $47,839 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $63,050, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Rhode Island occupies the middle band for first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers: a median of $59,940, ranking 23 of 51. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Position 254 of 452 in Rhode Island places first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers 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.
- Rhode Island's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers on its $59,940 median: $48,514 retained after tax becomes $47,839 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $63,050 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,800 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,940 |
| Top tenth earn over | $78,800 |
| This salary | $59,940 |
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 | $48,514 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,342 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,967 |
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 | $57,665 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,797 |
| 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 first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers in Rhode Island earn under $59,940 and half over. The published range runs $47,800 at the tenth percentile to $78,800 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Rhode Island the take-home figure of $48,514, from $59,940, 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 254 of 452 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $47,839 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 254.
- Figures are distribution medians for first-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers in Rhode Island, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $47,800 to $78,800; 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.
- Take-home for Rhode Island is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $48,514 from $59,940. 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 254 of 452 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $47,839, worked from $59,940, 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 254 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 $63,050, 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?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $47,800 at the tenth percentile, $78,800 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 $47,839 — 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, $48,514 remains.
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 $63,050. 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 ($47,800 to $78,800) 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 $47,839 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 $48,514 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.