Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$54,625
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$13,505
19.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$53,864
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
$68,130
Kept after tax
$54,625
Worth in national money
$53,864
State rank
19
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Rhode Island pays this job around $68,130 at the midpoint, 19 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 452 occupations Rhode Island reports figures for, this is number 204.
- No great distortion either way. Rhode Island costs about what the country costs, so from $68,130, take-home of $54,625 is worth roughly $53,864 in national money. The average comes to $72,700, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines the Rhode Island median is $68,130, ranking 19 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- In Rhode Island's occupational distribution, mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines sits at 204 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 mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines, whose median is $68,130, the adjusted figure of $53,864 differs little from $54,625 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $72,700 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $51,920 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $68,130 |
| Top tenth earn over | $96,170 |
| This salary | $68,130 |
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 | $54,625 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $56,759 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,546 |
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 | $65,270 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,700 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $68,130 as a midpoint for Rhode Island, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $51,920 and the ninetieth is $96,170 — 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 $54,625, worked from $68,130. 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 204 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 $53,864, the adjusted value of that $68,130 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 204 of 452 in the state.
- The Rhode Island median of $68,130 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $51,920 to $96,170. 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 $54,625, on $68,130 for work ranking 204 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 204 of 452 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Rhode Island, so $53,864 — the adjusted value of that $68,130 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 204 of 452 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $72,700, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $51,920 at the bottom tenth to $96,170 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Rhode Island run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $53,864 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Rhode Island adds its own income tax on top — which is why $54,625 of this wage survives to your account.
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 $72,700. 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 ($51,920 to $96,170) 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 $53,864 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 $54,625 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.