First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$59,886
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$16,144
21.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$59,052
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
$76,030
Kept after tax
$59,886
Worth in national money
$59,052
State rank
10
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Rhode Island is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $76,030, which ranks 10 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 9.4% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 452 occupations Rhode Island reports figures for, this is number 176.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $76,030, tax leaves $59,886, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $59,052 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $77,180, since top earners drag the number up.
- Rhode Island ranks 10 of 51 states publishing a median for first-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers, at $76,030 — about 9.4% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- In Rhode Island's occupational distribution, first-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers sits at 176 of 452 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Because Rhode Island sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for first-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers — median $76,030 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $59,886 retained, $59,052 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $77,180 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $50,850 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $76,030 |
| Top tenth earn over | $102,720 |
| This salary | $76,030 |
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 | $59,886 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $62,317 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,077 |
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 | $72,574 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,012 |
| 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 $76,030. The published range is $50,850 up to $102,720, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $59,886 take-home in Rhode Island comes from $76,030. 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 176 of 452.
- Two cautions on $59,052, the adjusted value of that $76,030 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Rhode Island. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 176 of 452 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for first-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers in Rhode Island the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $50,850 to $102,720. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $59,886, from $76,030, 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 176 of 452 locally, and the state ranks 10 of 51 for it.
- This $59,052 adjusted figure, worked from $76,030, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 176 of 452 in the state. The occupation ranks 176 of 452 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $50,850 at the tenth percentile, $102,720 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 $59,052 — 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, $59,886 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 ($50,850 to $102,720) 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 $59,052 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 $59,886 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.