Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$45,779
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$10,591
18.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$45,142
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
$56,370
Kept after tax
$45,779
Worth in national money
$45,142
State rank
6
of 51 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 $56,370, which ranks 6 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 11.38% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Rhode Island, this sits in the middle: 280 of 452 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $56,370, tax leaves $45,779, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $45,142 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $56,070.
- Rhode Island ranks 6 of 51 states publishing a median for human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping, at $56,370 — about 11.38% 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.
- Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping ranks 280 of 452 occupations in Rhode Island by median pay, in the middle bands. Within-state and national positions are separate measurements and a job commonly sits in different quartiles on each.
- Because Rhode Island sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping — median $56,370 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $45,779 retained, $45,142 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $56,070 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $43,540 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $56,370 |
| Top tenth earn over | $71,110 |
| This salary | $56,370 |
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 | $45,779 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $47,473 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,711 |
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 | $54,262 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,489 |
| 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 human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping in Rhode Island earn under $56,370 and half over. The published range runs $43,540 at the tenth percentile to $71,110 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Rhode Island the take-home figure of $45,779, from $56,370, 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 280 of 452 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Rhode Island, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $45,142, the adjusted value of that $56,370 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 280 of 452 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping in Rhode Island, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $43,540 to $71,110; 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 $45,779 from $56,370. 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 280 of 452 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Rhode Island, so $45,142 — the adjusted value of that $56,370 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 280 of 452 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $43,540 and the top tenth $71,110, 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?
The number and the value are different things. Rhode Island costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $45,142 rather than its face figure.
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 $45,779.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($43,540 to $71,110) 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 $45,142 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 $45,779 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.