Purchasing Managers in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$98,199
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$36,361
27.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$96,831
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
$134,560
Kept after tax
$98,199
Worth in national money
$96,831
State rank
30
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Rhode Island pays purchasing managers around $134,560 at the midpoint, 30 of 50 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 452 occupations Rhode Island reports, purchasing managers comes in at 22 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $134,560, tax leaves $98,199, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $96,831 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $144,730, since top earners drag the number up.
- For purchasing managers the Rhode Island median is $134,560, ranking 30 of 50 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.
- Purchasing managers ranks 22 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.
- Because Rhode Island sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for purchasing managers — median $134,560 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $98,199 retained, $96,831 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $144,730 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Purchasing Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $98,410 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $134,560 |
| Top tenth earn over | $206,980 |
| This salary | $134,560 |
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 | $98,199 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $103,238 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,408 |
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 | $127,188 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$13,358 |
| 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 purchasing managers in Rhode Island earn under $134,560 and half over. The published range runs $98,410 at the tenth percentile to $206,980 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 $98,199, worked from $134,560. 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 22 of 452.
- One number stands for prices across all of Rhode Island, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $96,831, the adjusted value of that $134,560 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 22 of 452 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for purchasing managers in Rhode Island, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $98,410 to $206,980; 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 $98,199, on $134,560 for work ranking 22 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 22 of 452 in the state.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Rhode Island, so $96,831 — the adjusted value of that $134,560 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 22 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 $144,730, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $98,410 at the bottom tenth to $206,980 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $96,831 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 $98,199.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 50 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
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 $144,730. 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 ($98,410) and the ninetieth ($206,980) 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 $96,831 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 $98,199 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 50 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.