First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,081
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$11,599
19.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,398
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
$60,680
Kept after tax
$49,081
Worth in national money
$48,398
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 this job a middle wage of $60,680, ranking 1 of 51 states and sitting about 24.88% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 452 occupations Rhode Island reports figures for, this is number 248.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $60,680 the take-home is $49,081, which is worth about $48,398 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $57,870, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Rhode Island's median for first-line supervisors of personal service workers is $60,680, about 24.88% 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.
- In Rhode Island's occupational distribution, first-line supervisors of personal service workers sits at 248 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.
- Rhode Island's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for first-line supervisors of personal service workers on its $60,680 median: $49,081 retained after tax becomes $48,398 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $57,870 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,440 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,680 |
| Top tenth earn over | $80,030 |
| This salary | $60,680 |
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 | $49,081 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,936 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,020 |
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 | $58,371 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,861 |
| 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 $60,680. The published range is $36,440 up to $80,030, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $49,081 take-home in Rhode Island comes from $60,680. 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 248 of 452.
- Two cautions on $48,398, the adjusted value of that $60,680 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 248 of 452 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for first-line supervisors of personal service workers in Rhode Island the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $36,440 to $80,030. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $49,081, from $60,680, 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 248 of 452 locally, and the state ranks 1 of 51 for it.
- This $48,398 adjusted figure, worked from $60,680, 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 248 of 452 in the state. The occupation ranks 248 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 $57,870, 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 — $36,440 at the tenth percentile, $80,030 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 $48,398 of national purchasing power.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Rhode Island then takes its own share, leaving $49,081.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
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 $57,870. 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 ($36,440 to $80,030) 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 $48,398 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 $49,081 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.