Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$36,863
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$7,867
17.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,350
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
$44,730
Kept after tax
$36,863
Worth in national money
$36,350
State rank
16
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for landscaping and groundskeeping workers is strong here. Rhode Island's middle earner gets $44,730, putting the state 16 of 51 — about 14.25% ahead of the national figure.
- Within Rhode Island this is lower-paid work. Of 452 occupations the state publishes figures for, landscaping and groundskeeping workers ranks 375. That is the bottom quarter locally, whatever the national comparison says.
- No great distortion either way. Rhode Island costs about what the country costs, so from $44,730, take-home of $36,863 is worth roughly $36,350 in national money. The average comes to $45,390, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For landscaping and groundskeeping workers, Rhode Island sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $44,730, ranking 16 of 51 and running about 14.25% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Against every occupation Rhode Island reports, landscaping and groundskeeping workers ranks 375 of 452, in the lowest quartile of the state's distribution. That position is set by the local labor market and is independent of how the state compares nationally for this work.
- Price parity in Rhode Island is near the national base, so for landscaping and groundskeeping workers, whose median is $44,730, the adjusted figure of $36,350 differs little from $36,863 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $45,390 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,600 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $44,730 |
| Top tenth earn over | $57,880 |
| This salary | $44,730 |
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 | $36,863 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,121 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,879 |
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 | $43,165 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,482 |
| 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 landscaping and groundskeeping workers in Rhode Island earn under $44,730 and half over. The published range runs $36,600 at the tenth percentile to $57,880 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $36,863 take-home in Rhode Island comes from $44,730. 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 375 of 452.
- Two cautions on $36,350, the adjusted value of that $44,730 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 375 of 452 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for landscaping and groundskeeping workers in Rhode Island, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,600 to $57,880; 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.
- Retained pay of $36,863, from $44,730, 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 375 of 452 locally, and the state ranks 16 of 51 for it.
- This $36,350 adjusted figure, worked from $44,730, 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 375 of 452 in the state. The occupation ranks 375 of 452 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $36,600 at the tenth percentile, $57,880 at the ninetieth.
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 $36,350 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 $36,863.
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 ($36,600 to $57,880) 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 $36,350 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 $36,863 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.