First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$68,737
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$20,583
23.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$67,780
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
$89,320
Kept after tax
$68,737
Worth in national money
$67,780
State rank
4
of 50 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 $89,320, which ranks 4 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 16.91% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 452 occupations Rhode Island reports figures for, this is number 115.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $89,320 the take-home is $68,737, which is worth about $67,780 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is lower, $86,470, so pay clusters nearer the top than usual.
- Rhode Island ranks 4 of 50 states publishing a median for first-line supervisors of protective service workers, all other, at $89,320 — about 16.91% 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 protective service workers, all other sits at 115 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 protective service workers, all other on its $89,320 median: $68,737 retained after tax becomes $67,780 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $86,470 falls below the median, a left skew that is uncommon in wage data.
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Pay band: First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,310 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $89,320 |
| Top tenth earn over | $108,850 |
| This salary | $89,320 |
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 | $68,737 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $71,667 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,970 |
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 | $85,156 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,246 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $89,320 as a midpoint for Rhode Island, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $51,310 and the ninetieth is $108,850 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $68,737 take-home in Rhode Island comes from $89,320. 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 115 of 452.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $67,780 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 115.
- The Rhode Island median of $89,320 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $51,310 to $108,850. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $68,737, from $89,320, 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 115 of 452 locally, and the state ranks 4 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $67,780, worked from $89,320, 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 115 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 $86,470, 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?
The range here is narrow. From $51,310 at the bottom tenth to $108,850 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $67,780 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, $68,737 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $86,470. 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 ($51,310 to $108,850) 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 $67,780 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 $68,737 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.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.