Network and Computer Systems Administrators in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$77,816
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$25,284
24.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$76,733
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
$103,100
Kept after tax
$77,816
Worth in national money
$76,733
State rank
12
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 $103,100, which ranks 12 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 4% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 452 occupations Rhode Island reports, this job comes in at 66 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $103,100, tax leaves $77,816, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $76,733 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $108,040, since top earners drag the number up.
- Rhode Island ranks 12 of 51 states publishing a median for network and computer systems administrators, at $103,100 — about 4% 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.
- Network and computer systems administrators ranks 66 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.
- Because Rhode Island sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for network and computer systems administrators — median $103,100 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $77,816 retained, $76,733 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $108,040 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Network and Computer Systems Administrators
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $71,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $103,100 |
| Top tenth earn over | $154,790 |
| This salary | $103,100 |
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 | $77,816 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $81,361 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,993 |
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 | $98,061 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,660 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Rhode Island earn less than $103,100. The published range is $71,200 up to $154,790, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- That $77,816 take-home in Rhode Island comes from $103,100. 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 66 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 $76,733, the adjusted value of that $103,100 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 66 of 452 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for network and computer systems administrators in Rhode Island the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $71,200 to $154,790. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Retained pay of $77,816, from $103,100, 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 66 of 452 locally, and the state ranks 12 of 51 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Rhode Island, so $76,733 — the adjusted value of that $103,100 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 66 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 $108,040, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $71,200 at the bottom tenth to $154,790 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 $76,733 of national purchasing power.
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 $77,816.
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 $108,040. 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 ($71,200) and the ninetieth ($154,790) 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 $76,733 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 $77,816 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.