Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$62,590
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$17,500
21.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$61,718
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
$80,090
Kept after tax
$62,590
Worth in national money
$61,718
State rank
5
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 $80,090, which ranks 5 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 24.36% above the national middle.
- Against other work in Rhode Island, this sits in the middle: 149 of 452 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $80,090, tax leaves $62,590, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $61,718 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $80,120, since top earners drag the number up.
- Rhode Island ranks 5 of 51 states publishing a median for licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses, at $80,090 — about 24.36% 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.
- Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses ranks 149 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.
- Because Rhode Island sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses — median $80,090 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $62,590 retained, $61,718 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $80,120 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $65,650 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $80,090 |
| Top tenth earn over | $94,540 |
| This salary | $80,090 |
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 | $62,590 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $65,173 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,350 |
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 | $76,418 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$7,389 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $80,090 as a midpoint for Rhode Island, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $65,650 and the ninetieth is $94,540 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Rhode Island's $62,590, worked from $80,090. 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 149 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 $61,718, the adjusted value of that $80,090 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 149 of 452 in the state.
- The Rhode Island median of $80,090 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $65,650 to $94,540. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- The Rhode Island take-home of $62,590, on $80,090 for work ranking 149 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 149 of 452 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Rhode Island, so $61,718 — the adjusted value of that $80,090 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 149 of 452 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $65,650 at the tenth percentile, $94,540 at the ninetieth.
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 $61,718 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, $62,590 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 ($65,650 to $94,540) 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 $61,718 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 $62,590 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.