Funeral Attendants in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$43,642
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$9,938
18.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,035
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
$53,580
Kept after tax
$43,642
Worth in national money
$43,035
State rank
2
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Rhode Island pays funeral attendants a middle wage of $53,580, ranking 2 of 48 states and sitting about 50.17% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Funeral attendants ranks 294 among 452 occupations Rhode Island publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Rhode Island costs about what the country costs, so from $53,580, take-home of $43,642 is worth roughly $43,035 in national money. The average lands at $48,920, below the middle of the range.
- Rhode Island's median for funeral attendants is $53,580, about 50.17% above the national figure and 2 of 48 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 294 of 452 in Rhode Island places funeral attendants 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.
- Price parity in Rhode Island is near the national base, so for funeral attendants, whose median is $53,580, the adjusted figure of $43,035 differs little from $43,642 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $48,920 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Funeral Attendants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $32,770 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $53,580 |
| Top tenth earn over | $53,870 |
| This salary | $53,580 |
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 | $43,642 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $45,232 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,512 |
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 | $51,602 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,247 |
| 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 funeral attendants in Rhode Island earn under $53,580 and half over. The published range runs $32,770 at the tenth percentile to $53,870 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Rhode Island the take-home figure of $43,642, from $53,580, 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 294 of 452 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $43,035, the adjusted value of that $53,580 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 294 of 452 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for funeral attendants in Rhode Island, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $32,770 to $53,870; 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 $43,642 from $53,580. 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 294 of 452 locally.
- This $43,035 adjusted figure, worked from $53,580, 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 294 of 452 in the state. The occupation ranks 294 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 $48,920, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $32,770 and the top tenth $53,870, so most people doing this work in Rhode Island sit within a fairly tight band.
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 $43,035 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 $43,642.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $48,920. 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 ($32,770 to $53,870) 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 $43,035 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 $43,642 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.