Public Relations Managers in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$111,885
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$44,195
28.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$110,328
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
$156,080
Kept after tax
$111,885
Worth in national money
$110,328
State rank
10
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Rhode Island pays public relations managers a middle wage of $156,080, ranking 10 of 48 states and sitting about 6.24% above the national middle.
- Within Rhode Island this is well-paid work. Of 452 occupations with published figures in the state, public relations managers ranks 12 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $156,080 the take-home is $111,885, which is worth about $110,328 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $163,300, because the best-paid pull it up.
- Rhode Island's median for public relations managers is $156,080, about 6.24% above the national figure and 10 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.
- Ranked against every occupation Rhode Island publishes a median for, public relations managers sits 12 of 452 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Rhode Island's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for public relations managers on its $156,080 median: $111,885 retained after tax becomes $110,328 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $163,300 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Public Relations Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $83,400 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $156,080 |
| Top tenth earn over | $252,810 |
| This salary | $156,080 |
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 | $111,885 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $117,947 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$11,048 |
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 | $147,212 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$15,707 |
| 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 $156,080. The published range is $83,400 up to $252,810, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Rhode Island the take-home figure of $111,885, from $156,080, 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 12 of 452 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Rhode Island, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $110,328, the adjusted value of that $156,080 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 12 of 452 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for public relations managers in Rhode Island the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $83,400 to $252,810. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Rhode Island is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $111,885 from $156,080. 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 12 of 452 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Rhode Island, so $110,328 — the adjusted value of that $156,080 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 12 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 $163,300 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?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $83,400 and the top tenth $252,810 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $110,328 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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 $111,885 of this wage survives to your account.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release 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 $163,300. 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 ($83,400) and the ninetieth ($252,810) 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 $110,328 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 $111,885 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.