Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,116
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$11,304
19.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,446
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
$59,420
Kept after tax
$48,116
Worth in national money
$47,446
State rank
41
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 $59,420, ranking 41 of 45 states — about 10.13% below the national middle. Costs here are often lower too, which the figures further down account for.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 452 occupations Rhode Island reports figures for, this is number 261.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $59,420, tax leaves $48,116, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $47,446 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $66,190, since top earners drag the number up.
- Rhode Island ranks 41 of 45 for industrial engineering technologists and technicians, with a median of $59,420 — about 10.13% 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.
- In Rhode Island's occupational distribution, industrial engineering technologists and technicians sits at 261 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.
- Because Rhode Island sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for industrial engineering technologists and technicians — median $59,420 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $48,116 retained, $47,446 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $66,190 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $47,790 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,420 |
| Top tenth earn over | $83,660 |
| This salary | $59,420 |
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 | $48,116 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $49,924 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,930 |
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 | $57,170 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,752 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $59,420 as a midpoint for Rhode Island, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $47,790 and the ninetieth is $83,660 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $48,116 take-home in Rhode Island comes from $59,420. 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 261 of 452.
- One number stands for prices across all of Rhode Island, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $47,446, the adjusted value of that $59,420 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 261 of 452 in the state.
- The Rhode Island median of $59,420 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $47,790 to $83,660. 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 $48,116, from $59,420, 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 261 of 452 locally, and the state ranks 41 of 45 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Rhode Island, so $47,446 — the adjusted value of that $59,420 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 261 of 452 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $66,190 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $47,790 at the bottom tenth to $83,660 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $47,446 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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, $48,116 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 45 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 $66,190. 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 ($47,790 to $83,660) 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 $47,446 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 $48,116 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.