Managers, All Other in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$118,131
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$47,769
28.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$116,486
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
$165,900
Kept after tax
$118,131
Worth in national money
$116,486
State rank
8
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for managers, all other is strong here. Rhode Island's middle earner gets $165,900, putting the state 8 of 51 — about 16.91% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 452 occupations Rhode Island reports, managers, all other comes in at 10 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $165,900 the take-home is $118,131, which is worth about $116,486 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $175,080, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For managers, all other, Rhode Island sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $165,900, ranking 8 of 51 and running about 16.91% 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.
- Managers, all other ranks 10 of 452 occupations by median in Rhode Island, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Rhode Island's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for managers, all other on its $165,900 median: $118,131 retained after tax becomes $116,486 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $175,080 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Managers, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $98,180 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $165,900 |
| Top tenth earn over | $311,260 |
| This salary | $165,900 |
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 | $118,131 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $124,659 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$11,797 |
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 | $156,350 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$16,771 |
| 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 managers, all other in Rhode Island earn under $165,900 and half over. The published range runs $98,180 at the tenth percentile to $311,260 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Rhode Island's $118,131, worked from $165,900. 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 10 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 $116,486, the adjusted value of that $165,900 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 10 of 452 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for managers, all other in Rhode Island, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $98,180 to $311,260; 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.
- The Rhode Island take-home of $118,131, on $165,900 for work ranking 10 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 10 of 452 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Rhode Island, so $116,486 — the adjusted value of that $165,900 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 10 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 $175,080, 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 $98,180 at the bottom tenth to $311,260 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 $116,486 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, $118,131 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.
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 $175,080. 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 ($98,180) and the ninetieth ($311,260) 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 $116,486 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 $118,131 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.