Project Management Specialists in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$78,853
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$25,827
24.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$77,755
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
$104,680
Kept after tax
$78,853
Worth in national money
$77,755
State rank
13
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Rhode Island is one of the better-paying states for project management specialists. The middle earner takes $104,680, which ranks 13 of 51 states with published figures. That is about 2.31% above the national middle.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 452 occupations Rhode Island reports, project management specialists comes in at 54 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- No great distortion either way. Rhode Island costs about what the country costs, so from $104,680, take-home of $78,853 is worth roughly $77,755 in national money. The average comes to $112,110, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Rhode Island ranks 13 of 51 states publishing a median for project management specialists, at $104,680 — about 2.31% 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.
- Project management specialists ranks 54 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.
- Price parity in Rhode Island is near the national base, so for project management specialists, whose median is $104,680, the adjusted figure of $77,755 differs little from $78,853 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $112,110 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Project Management Specialists
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $63,750 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $104,680 |
| Top tenth earn over | $170,050 |
| This salary | $104,680 |
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 | $78,853 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $82,472 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$7,115 |
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 | $99,535 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$9,828 |
| 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 project management specialists in Rhode Island earn under $104,680 and half over. The published range runs $63,750 at the tenth percentile to $170,050 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Rhode Island the take-home figure of $78,853, from $104,680, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 54 of 452 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $77,755, the adjusted value of that $104,680 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 54 of 452 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for project management specialists in Rhode Island, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $63,750 to $170,050; 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.
- Take-home for Rhode Island is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $78,853 from $104,680. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 54 of 452 locally.
- This $77,755 adjusted figure, worked from $104,680, 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 54 of 452 in the state. The occupation ranks 54 of 452 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $112,110 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $63,750 at the bottom tenth to $170,050 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $77,755 — 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 $78,853.
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 $112,110. 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 ($63,750) and the ninetieth ($170,050) 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 $77,755 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 $78,853 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.