Travel Agents in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$48,399
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$11,391
19.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$47,725
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
$59,790
Kept after tax
$48,399
Worth in national money
$47,725
State rank
7
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Rhode Island is one of the better-paying states for travel agents. The middle earner takes $59,790, which ranks 7 of 49 states with published figures. That is about 19.2% above the national middle.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 452 occupations Rhode Island reports figures for, this is number 257.
- No great distortion either way. Rhode Island costs about what the country costs, so from $59,790, take-home of $48,399 is worth roughly $47,725 in national money. The average lands at $59,320, below the middle of the range.
- Rhode Island ranks 7 of 49 states publishing a median for travel agents, at $59,790 — about 19.2% 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.
- In Rhode Island's occupational distribution, travel agents sits at 257 of 452 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Price parity in Rhode Island is near the national base, so for travel agents, whose median is $59,790, the adjusted figure of $47,725 differs little from $48,399 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $59,320 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Travel Agents
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $40,370 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $59,790 |
| Top tenth earn over | $79,990 |
| This salary | $59,790 |
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 | $48,399 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,221 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$3,956 |
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 | $57,522 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,784 |
| 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 travel agents in Rhode Island earn under $59,790 and half over. The published range runs $40,370 at the tenth percentile to $79,990 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 $48,399, worked from $59,790. 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 257 of 452.
- Two cautions on $47,725, the adjusted value of that $59,790 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 257 of 452 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for travel agents in Rhode Island, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $40,370 to $79,990; 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 $48,399, on $59,790 for work ranking 257 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 257 of 452 in the state.
- This $47,725 adjusted figure, worked from $59,790, 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 257 of 452 in the state. The occupation ranks 257 of 452 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $40,370 at the bottom tenth to $79,990 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
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 $47,725 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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, $48,399 remains.
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 49 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($40,370 to $79,990) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Rhode Island rather than a national figure.
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 $47,725 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 $48,399 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 49 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.