Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,476
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$11,414
19.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,801
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
$59,890
Kept after tax
$48,476
Worth in national money
$47,801
State rank
7
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 $59,890, which ranks 7 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 21.65% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Rhode Island, this sits in the middle: 256 of 452 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- No great distortion either way. Rhode Island costs about what the country costs, so from $59,890, take-home of $48,476 is worth roughly $47,801 in national money. The average lands at $59,210, below the middle of the range.
- Rhode Island ranks 7 of 51 states publishing a median for installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other, at $59,890 — about 21.65% 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.
- Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other ranks 256 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.
- Price parity in Rhode Island is near the national base, so for installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other, whose median is $59,890, the adjusted figure of $47,801 differs little from $48,476 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $59,210 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,250 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,890 |
| Top tenth earn over | $78,000 |
| This salary | $59,890 |
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 | $48,476 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,302 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,963 |
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 | $57,618 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,793 |
| 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 $59,890. The published range is $36,250 up to $78,000, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $48,476 take-home in Rhode Island comes from $59,890. 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 256 of 452.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $47,801 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 256.
- Reported values are medians; for installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other in Rhode Island the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $36,250 to $78,000. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $48,476, from $59,890, 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 256 of 452 locally, and the state ranks 7 of 51 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $47,801, worked from $59,890, 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 256 of 452 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $36,250 at the bottom tenth to $78,000 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
A larger wage in a dearer place is not automatically more. Adjusted for local prices, this pay behaves like $47,801 of national purchasing power.
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, $48,476 remains.
Can I compare this job across every state?
Yes for this one. Pay is published in all 51 jurisdictions, so a state-to-state comparison here rests on the same survey everywhere rather than on a patchwork.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,250 to $78,000) 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 $47,801 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 $48,476 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.