Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,254
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$7,986
17.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,735
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
$45,240
Kept after tax
$37,254
Worth in national money
$36,735
State rank
8
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 $45,240, which ranks 8 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 14.16% above the national middle.
- Against 452 occupations Rhode Island publishes, this job lands at 369. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- No great distortion either way. Rhode Island costs about what the country costs, so from $45,240, take-home of $37,254 is worth roughly $36,735 in national money. The average lands at $44,760, below the middle of the range.
- Rhode Island ranks 8 of 50 states publishing a median for helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers, at $45,240 — about 14.16% 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.
- Within Rhode Island, this work ranks 369 of 452 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Price parity in Rhode Island is near the national base, so for helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers, whose median is $45,240, the adjusted figure of $36,735 differs little from $37,254 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $44,760 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $33,900 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,240 |
| Top tenth earn over | $53,050 |
| This salary | $45,240 |
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 | $37,254 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,530 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,915 |
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 | $43,651 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,526 |
| 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 $45,240. The published range is $33,900 up to $53,050, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Rhode Island's $37,254, worked from $45,240. 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 369 of 452.
- Two cautions on $36,735, the adjusted value of that $45,240 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 369 of 452 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers in Rhode Island the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $33,900 to $53,050. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Rhode Island take-home of $37,254, on $45,240 for work ranking 369 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 369 of 452 in the state.
- This $36,735 adjusted figure, worked from $45,240, 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 369 of 452 in the state. The occupation ranks 369 of 452 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $33,900 and the top tenth $53,050, 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 $36,735 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Rhode Island adds its own income tax on top — which is why $37,254 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($33,900 to $53,050) 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 $36,735 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 $37,254 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.