Teachers and Instructors, All Other in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$95,604
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$34,876
26.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$94,273
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
$130,480
Kept after tax
$95,604
Worth in national money
$94,273
State rank
1
of 50 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. Rhode Island pays teachers and instructors, all other a middle wage of $130,480, ranking 1 of 50 states and sitting about 97.28% above the national middle.
- Within Rhode Island this is well-paid work. Of 452 occupations with published figures in the state, teachers and instructors, all other ranks 27 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- No great distortion either way. Rhode Island costs about what the country costs, so from $130,480, take-home of $95,604 is worth roughly $94,273 in national money. The average lands at $118,050, below the middle of the range.
- Rhode Island's median for teachers and instructors, all other is $130,480, about 97.28% above the national figure and 1 of 50 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, teachers and instructors, all other sits 27 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.
- Price parity in Rhode Island is near the national base, so for teachers and instructors, all other, whose median is $130,480, the adjusted figure of $94,273 differs little from $95,604 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $118,050 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Teachers and Instructors, All Other
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $31,910 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $130,480 |
| Top tenth earn over | $187,550 |
| This salary | $130,480 |
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 | $95,604 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $100,449 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$9,097 |
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 | $123,391 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$12,812 |
| 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 $130,480. The published range is $31,910 up to $187,550, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Rhode Island's $95,604, worked from $130,480. 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 27 of 452.
- Two cautions on $94,273, the adjusted value of that $130,480 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 27 of 452 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for teachers and instructors, all other in Rhode Island the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $31,910 to $187,550. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Rhode Island take-home of $95,604, on $130,480 for work ranking 27 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 27 of 452 in the state.
- This $94,273 adjusted figure, worked from $130,480, 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 27 of 452 in the state. The occupation ranks 27 of 452 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $118,050, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $31,910 and the top tenth $187,550 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
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 $94,273 rather than its face figure.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Rhode Island's own levy, $95,604 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 50 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 $118,050. 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 ($31,910) and the ninetieth ($187,550) 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 $94,273 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 $95,604 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.