Industrial Production Managers in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$91,559
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$32,561
26.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$90,284
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
$124,120
Kept after tax
$91,559
Worth in national money
$90,284
State rank
25
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Rhode Island pays industrial production managers around $124,120 at the midpoint, 25 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Within Rhode Island this is well-paid work. Of 452 occupations with published figures in the state, industrial production managers ranks 31 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $124,120, tax leaves $91,559, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $90,284 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $132,610, since top earners drag the number up.
- For industrial production managers the Rhode Island median is $124,120, ranking 25 of 50 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Ranked against every occupation Rhode Island publishes a median for, industrial production managers sits 31 of 452 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Because Rhode Island sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for industrial production managers — median $124,120 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $91,559 retained, $90,284 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $132,610 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Industrial Production Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $79,660 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $124,120 |
| Top tenth earn over | $192,120 |
| This salary | $124,120 |
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 | $91,559 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $96,102 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,612 |
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 | $117,596 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$11,962 |
| 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 $124,120. The published range is $79,660 up to $192,120, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $91,559 take-home in Rhode Island comes from $124,120. 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 31 of 452.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $90,284 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 31.
- Reported values are medians; for industrial production managers in Rhode Island the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $79,660 to $192,120. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $91,559, from $124,120, 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 31 of 452 locally, and the state ranks 25 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $90,284, worked from $124,120, 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 31 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 $132,610, 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 $79,660 and the top tenth $192,120 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $90,284 — 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, $91,559 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 50 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 $132,610. 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 ($79,660) and the ninetieth ($192,120) 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 $90,284 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 $91,559 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.