Medical Equipment Repairers in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$50,866
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$12,144
19.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$50,157
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
$63,010
Kept after tax
$50,866
Worth in national money
$50,157
State rank
20
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Rhode Island is 20 of 51 states for medical equipment repairers, with a middle wage of $63,010. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Against other work in Rhode Island, this sits in the middle: 233 of 452 occupations with published pay. Solidly ordinary for the state, which is not the same as ordinary nationally.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $63,010 the take-home is $50,866, which is worth about $50,157 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $64,260, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Rhode Island ranks 20 of 51 for medical equipment repairers at $63,010. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Medical equipment repairers ranks 233 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.
- Rhode Island's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for medical equipment repairers on its $63,010 median: $50,866 retained after tax becomes $50,157 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $64,260 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Medical Equipment Repairers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $44,370 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $63,010 |
| Top tenth earn over | $83,760 |
| This salary | $63,010 |
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 | $50,866 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $52,809 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,186 |
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 | $60,592 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,063 |
| 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 medical equipment repairers in Rhode Island earn under $63,010 and half over. The published range runs $44,370 at the tenth percentile to $83,760 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $50,866 take-home in Rhode Island comes from $63,010. 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 233 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 $50,157, the adjusted value of that $63,010 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 233 of 452 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for medical equipment repairers in Rhode Island, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $44,370 to $83,760; 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 $50,866, from $63,010, 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 233 of 452 locally, and the state ranks 20 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Rhode Island, so $50,157 — the adjusted value of that $63,010 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 233 of 452 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $44,370 at the bottom tenth to $83,760 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 $50,157 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 $50,866.
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 ($44,370 to $83,760) 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 $50,157 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 $50,866 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.