Sales Managers in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$111,179
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$43,791
28.3% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$109,631
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
$154,970
Kept after tax
$111,179
Worth in national money
$109,631
State rank
13
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for sales managers is strong here. Rhode Island's middle earner gets $154,970, putting the state 13 of 50 — about 4.52% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 452 occupations Rhode Island reports, sales managers comes in at 14 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $154,970 the take-home is $111,179, which is worth about $109,631 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $162,160, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For sales managers, Rhode Island sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $154,970, ranking 13 of 50 and running about 4.52% 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.
- Sales managers ranks 14 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.
- Rhode Island's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for sales managers on its $154,970 median: $111,179 retained after tax becomes $109,631 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $162,160 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Sales Managers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $90,910 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $154,970 |
| Top tenth earn over | $258,950 |
| This salary | $154,970 |
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 | $111,179 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $117,188 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$10,963 |
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 | $146,179 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$15,587 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $154,970 as a midpoint for Rhode Island, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $90,910 and the ninetieth is $258,950 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $111,179 take-home in Rhode Island comes from $154,970. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 14 of 452.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $109,631 uses one figure for the whole of Rhode Island. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 452 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 14.
- The Rhode Island median of $154,970 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $90,910 to $258,950. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $111,179, from $154,970, assumes a single Rhode Island filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 14 of 452 locally, and the state ranks 13 of 50 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $109,631, worked from $154,970, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Rhode Island address, on work sitting at 14 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 $162,160, 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 $90,910 at the bottom tenth to $258,950 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 $109,631 — 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 $111,179.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 50 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
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 $162,160. 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 ($90,910) and the ninetieth ($258,950) 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 $109,631 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 $111,179 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.