Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$31,356
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$6,184
16.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$30,919
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
$37,540
Kept after tax
$31,356
Worth in national money
$30,919
State rank
13
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Rhode Island is one of the better-paying states for maids and housekeeping cleaners. The middle earner takes $37,540, which ranks 13 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 5.72% above the national middle.
- Against 452 occupations Rhode Island publishes, maids and housekeeping cleaners lands at 407. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- No great distortion either way. Rhode Island costs about what the country costs, so from $37,540, take-home of $31,356 is worth roughly $30,919 in national money. The average comes to $39,260, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Rhode Island ranks 13 of 51 states publishing a median for maids and housekeeping cleaners, at $37,540 — about 5.72% 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.
- Within Rhode Island, this work ranks 407 of 452 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Price parity in Rhode Island is near the national base, so for maids and housekeeping cleaners, whose median is $37,540, the adjusted figure of $30,919 differs little from $31,356 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $39,260 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $34,490 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $37,540 |
| Top tenth earn over | $45,940 |
| This salary | $37,540 |
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 | $31,356 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $32,343 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,365 |
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 | $36,311 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,860 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $37,540 as a midpoint for Rhode Island, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $34,490 and the ninetieth is $45,940 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- In Rhode Island the take-home figure of $31,356, from $37,540, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 407 of 452 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $30,919 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 407.
- The Rhode Island median of $37,540 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $34,490 to $45,940. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Take-home for Rhode Island is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $31,356 from $37,540. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 407 of 452 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $30,919, worked from $37,540, 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 407 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 $39,260 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $34,490 at the bottom tenth to $45,940 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Rhode Island costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $30,919 rather than its face figure.
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 $31,356.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $39,260. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($34,490 to $45,940) 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 $30,919 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 $31,356 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.