Occupational Therapists in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$75,809
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$24,231
24.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$74,753
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
$100,040
Kept after tax
$75,809
Worth in national money
$74,753
State rank
21
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Rhode Island pays occupational therapists around $100,040 at the midpoint, 21 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Rhode Island. It ranks 84 out of 452 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $100,040, tax leaves $75,809, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $74,753 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $99,380.
- For occupational therapists the Rhode Island median is $100,040, ranking 21 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.
- Within Rhode Island, occupational therapists ranks 84 of 452 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Because Rhode Island sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for occupational therapists — median $100,040 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $75,809 retained, $74,753 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $99,380 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Occupational Therapists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $75,760 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $100,040 |
| Top tenth earn over | $126,630 |
| This salary | $100,040 |
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 | $75,809 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $79,208 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,758 |
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 | $95,208 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,334 |
| 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 $100,040. The published range is $75,760 up to $126,630, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Rhode Island's $75,809, worked from $100,040. 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 84 of 452.
- Two cautions on $74,753, the adjusted value of that $100,040 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Rhode Island. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 84 of 452 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for occupational therapists in Rhode Island the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $75,760 to $126,630. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Rhode Island take-home of $75,809, on $100,040 for work ranking 84 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 84 of 452 in the state.
- This $74,753 adjusted figure, worked from $100,040, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 84 of 452 in the state. The occupation ranks 84 of 452 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $75,760 at the tenth percentile, $126,630 at the ninetieth.
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 $74,753 of national purchasing power.
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 $75,809 of this wage survives to your account.
Can I compare this job across every state?
This occupation is published everywhere — all 51 of them — so comparing states measures real differences rather than gaps in the data.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($75,760 to $126,630) 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 $74,753 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 $75,809 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.