Legal Support Workers, All Other in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,097
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$17,253
21.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$61,232
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
$79,350
Kept after tax
$62,097
Worth in national money
$61,232
State rank
11
of 45 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Rhode Island pays legal support workers, all other a middle wage of $79,350, ranking 11 of 45 states and sitting about 10.04% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 452 occupations Rhode Island reports figures for, this is number 153.
- No great distortion either way. Rhode Island costs about what the country costs, so from $79,350, take-home of $62,097 is worth roughly $61,232 in national money. The average comes to $84,770, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Rhode Island's median for legal support workers, all other is $79,350, about 10.04% above the national figure and 11 of 45 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- In Rhode Island's occupational distribution, legal support workers, all other sits at 153 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.
- Price parity in Rhode Island is near the national base, so for legal support workers, all other, whose median is $79,350, the adjusted figure of $61,232 differs little from $62,097 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $84,770 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Legal Support Workers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $55,590 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $79,350 |
| Top tenth earn over | $117,210 |
| This salary | $79,350 |
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 | $62,097 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $64,653 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,300 |
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 | $75,717 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,321 |
| 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 $79,350. The published range is $55,590 up to $117,210, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Rhode Island's $62,097, worked from $79,350. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 153 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 $61,232, the adjusted value of that $79,350 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 153 of 452 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for legal support workers, all other in Rhode Island the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $55,590 to $117,210. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Rhode Island take-home of $62,097, on $79,350 for work ranking 153 of 452 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 153 of 452 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Rhode Island, so $61,232 — the adjusted value of that $79,350 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 153 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 $84,770, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $55,590 at the bottom tenth to $117,210 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $61,232 of national purchasing power.
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 $62,097.
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 45 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 $84,770. 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 ($55,590) and the ninetieth ($117,210) 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 $61,232 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 $62,097 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.