Information Security Analysts in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$81,962
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$27,458
25.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$80,821
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
$109,420
Kept after tax
$81,962
Worth in national money
$80,821
State rank
30
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Rhode Island is 30 of 48 states for this job, with a middle wage of $109,420. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Rhode Island. It ranks 43 out of 452 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- No great distortion either way. Rhode Island costs about what the country costs, so from $109,420, take-home of $81,962 is worth roughly $80,821 in national money. The average comes to $121,640, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Rhode Island ranks 30 of 48 for information security analysts at $109,420. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Within Rhode Island, information security analysts ranks 43 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.
- Price parity in Rhode Island is near the national base, so for information security analysts, whose median is $109,420, the adjusted figure of $80,821 differs little from $81,962 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $121,640 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Information Security Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $74,880 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $109,420 |
| Top tenth earn over | $170,180 |
| This salary | $109,420 |
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 | $81,962 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $85,807 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,481 |
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 | $103,955 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$10,333 |
| 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 $109,420. The published range is $74,880 up to $170,180, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $81,962 take-home in Rhode Island comes from $109,420. 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 43 of 452.
- Two cautions on $80,821, the adjusted value of that $109,420 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 43 of 452 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for information security analysts in Rhode Island the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $74,880 to $170,180. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $81,962, from $109,420, 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 43 of 452 locally, and the state ranks 30 of 48 for it.
- This $80,821 adjusted figure, worked from $109,420, 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 43 of 452 in the state. The occupation ranks 43 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 $121,640 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $74,880 and the top tenth $170,180 — 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 $80,821 — 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, $81,962 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 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 $121,640. 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 ($74,880) and the ninetieth ($170,180) 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 $80,821 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 $81,962 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 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.