Order Clerks in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$40,448
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$8,962
18.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$39,885
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
$49,410
Kept after tax
$40,448
Worth in national money
$39,885
State rank
5
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Rhode Island pays order clerks a middle wage of $49,410, ranking 5 of 48 states and sitting about 7.02% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 452 occupations Rhode Island reports figures for, this is number 321.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $49,410, tax leaves $40,448, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $39,885 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $50,260, since top earners drag the number up.
- Rhode Island's median for order clerks is $49,410, about 7.02% above the national figure and 5 of 48 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- In Rhode Island's occupational distribution, order clerks sits at 321 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.
- Because Rhode Island sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for order clerks — median $49,410 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $40,448 retained, $39,885 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $50,260 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Order Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $45,180 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $49,410 |
| Top tenth earn over | $58,080 |
| This salary | $49,410 |
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 | $40,448 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $41,881 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,214 |
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 | $47,627 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,887 |
| 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 $49,410. The published range is $45,180 up to $58,080, 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 $40,448, worked from $49,410. 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 321 of 452.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $39,885 uses one figure for the whole of Rhode Island. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 452 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 321.
- Reported values are medians; for order clerks in Rhode Island the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $45,180 to $58,080. 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 $40,448, on $49,410 for work ranking 321 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 321 of 452 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $39,885, worked from $49,410, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Rhode Island address, on work sitting at 321 of 452 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $45,180 at the tenth percentile, $58,080 at the ninetieth.
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 $39,885 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 $40,448.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($45,180 to $58,080) 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 $39,885 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 $40,448 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.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.