Procurement Clerks in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$43,949
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$10,031
18.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$43,337
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
$53,980
Kept after tax
$43,949
Worth in national money
$43,337
State rank
12
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for procurement clerks is strong here. Rhode Island's middle earner gets $53,980, putting the state 12 of 51 — about 6.72% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Procurement clerks ranks 291 among 452 occupations Rhode Island publishes pay for.
- No great distortion either way. Rhode Island costs about what the country costs, so from $53,980, take-home of $43,949 is worth roughly $43,337 in national money. The average comes to $55,560, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For procurement clerks, Rhode Island sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $53,980, ranking 12 of 51 and running about 6.72% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Position 291 of 452 in Rhode Island places procurement clerks in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Price parity in Rhode Island is near the national base, so for procurement clerks, whose median is $53,980, the adjusted figure of $43,337 differs little from $43,949 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $55,560 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Procurement Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $41,280 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $53,980 |
| Top tenth earn over | $75,080 |
| This salary | $53,980 |
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 | $43,949 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $45,553 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,540 |
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 | $51,983 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,282 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of procurement clerks in Rhode Island earn under $53,980 and half over. The published range runs $41,280 at the tenth percentile to $75,080 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Rhode Island's $43,949, worked from $53,980. 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 291 of 452.
- Two cautions on $43,337, the adjusted value of that $53,980 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 291 of 452 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for procurement clerks in Rhode Island, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $41,280 to $75,080; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- The Rhode Island take-home of $43,949, on $53,980 for work ranking 291 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 291 of 452 in the state.
- This $43,337 adjusted figure, worked from $53,980, 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 291 of 452 in the state. The occupation ranks 291 of 452 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $41,280 at the tenth percentile, $75,080 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 $43,337 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 $43,949 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 ($41,280 to $75,080) 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 $43,337 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 $43,949 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.