Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$72,253
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$22,367
23.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$71,247
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
$94,620
Kept after tax
$72,253
Worth in national money
$71,247
State rank
38
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Rhode Island is among the lower-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $94,620, ranking 38 of 45 states — about 17.84% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Rhode Island. It ranks 101 out of 452 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $94,620 the take-home is $72,253, which is worth about $71,247 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $112,380, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Rhode Island ranks 38 of 45 for health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors, with a median of $94,620 — about 17.84% below the national figure. A nominal shortfall is not by itself a real one: lower-paying states frequently carry lower tax and lower price levels, and the adjusted figures below are where that is settled rather than assumed.
- Within Rhode Island, health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors ranks 101 of 452 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Rhode Island's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors on its $94,620 median: $72,253 retained after tax becomes $71,247 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $112,380 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $84,410 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $94,620 |
| Top tenth earn over | $159,480 |
| This salary | $94,620 |
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 | $72,253 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $75,395 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,340 |
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 | $90,154 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,757 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $94,620 as a midpoint for Rhode Island, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $84,410 and the ninetieth is $159,480 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Rhode Island's $72,253, worked from $94,620. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 101 of 452.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $71,247 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 101.
- The Rhode Island median of $94,620 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $84,410 to $159,480. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Rhode Island take-home of $72,253, on $94,620 for work ranking 101 of 452 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 101 of 452 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $71,247, worked from $94,620, 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 101 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 $112,380, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $84,410 and the top tenth $159,480 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Rhode Island costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $71,247 rather than its face figure.
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, $72,253 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 45 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 $112,380. 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 drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($84,410) and the ninetieth ($159,480) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
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 $71,247 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 $72,253 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 45 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.