Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,392
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$8,028
17.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,871
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
$45,420
Kept after tax
$37,392
Worth in national money
$36,871
State rank
14
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Rhode Island is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $45,420, which ranks 14 of 50 states with published figures. That is about 2.32% above the national middle.
- Against 452 occupations Rhode Island publishes, this job lands at 363. 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 $45,420, take-home of $37,392 is worth roughly $36,871 in national money. The average comes to $51,680, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Rhode Island ranks 14 of 50 states publishing a median for reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks, at $45,420 — about 2.32% 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.
- Within Rhode Island, this work ranks 363 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 reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks, whose median is $45,420, the adjusted figure of $36,871 differs little from $37,392 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $51,680 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $35,660 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,420 |
| Top tenth earn over | $77,840 |
| This salary | $45,420 |
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 | $37,392 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,675 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,928 |
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 | $43,823 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,541 |
| 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 $45,420. The published range is $35,660 up to $77,840, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Rhode Island the take-home figure of $37,392, from $45,420, 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 363 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 $36,871, the adjusted value of that $45,420 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 363 of 452 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for reservation and transportation ticket agents and travel clerks in Rhode Island the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $35,660 to $77,840. 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 $37,392 from $45,420. 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 363 of 452 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Rhode Island, so $36,871 — the adjusted value of that $45,420 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 363 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 $51,680, 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?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $35,660, the highest tenth $77,840, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
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 $36,871 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 $37,392 of this wage survives to your account.
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 $51,680. 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 ($35,660) and the ninetieth ($77,840) 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 $36,871 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 $37,392 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.