Packers and Packagers, Hand in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$30,735
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$5,995
16.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$30,307
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
$36,730
Kept after tax
$30,735
Worth in national money
$30,307
State rank
22
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Rhode Island pays packers and packagers, hand around $36,730 at the midpoint, 22 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 452 occupations Rhode Island publishes, packers and packagers, hand lands at 419. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- No great distortion either way. Rhode Island costs about what the country costs, so from $36,730, take-home of $30,735 is worth roughly $30,307 in national money. The average comes to $38,780, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For packers and packagers, hand the Rhode Island median is $36,730, ranking 22 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, this work ranks 419 of 452 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Price parity in Rhode Island is near the national base, so for packers and packagers, hand, whose median is $36,730, the adjusted figure of $30,307 differs little from $30,735 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $38,780 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Packers and Packagers, Hand
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,200 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $36,730 |
| Top tenth earn over | $48,310 |
| This salary | $36,730 |
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 | $30,735 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $31,693 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,307 |
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 | $35,538 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,790 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $36,730 as a midpoint for Rhode Island, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $31,200 and the ninetieth is $48,310 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $30,735 take-home in Rhode Island comes from $36,730. 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 419 of 452.
- Two cautions on $30,307, the adjusted value of that $36,730 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 419 of 452 locally.
- The Rhode Island median of $36,730 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $31,200 to $48,310. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $30,735, from $36,730, 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 419 of 452 locally, and the state ranks 22 of 51 for it.
- This $30,307 adjusted figure, worked from $36,730, 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 419 of 452 in the state. The occupation ranks 419 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 $38,780, 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?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $31,200 at the tenth percentile, $48,310 at the ninetieth.
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 $30,307 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 $30,735.
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 $38,780. 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 ($31,200 to $48,310) 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 $30,307 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 $30,735 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.