Tree Trimmers and Pruners in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,357
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$11,683
19.1% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$48,669
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
$61,040
Kept after tax
$49,357
Worth in national money
$48,669
State rank
11
of 49 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for tree trimmers and pruners is strong here. Rhode Island's middle earner gets $61,040, putting the state 11 of 49 — about 19.78% ahead of the national figure.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. Tree trimmers and pruners ranks 245 among 452 occupations Rhode Island publishes pay for.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $61,040 the take-home is $49,357, which is worth about $48,669 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $61,150, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For tree trimmers and pruners, Rhode Island sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $61,040, ranking 11 of 49 and running about 19.78% 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.
- Position 245 of 452 in Rhode Island places tree trimmers and pruners in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Rhode Island's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for tree trimmers and pruners on its $61,040 median: $49,357 retained after tax becomes $48,669 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $61,150 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Tree Trimmers and Pruners
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $59,880 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $61,040 |
| Top tenth earn over | $71,170 |
| This salary | $61,040 |
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 | $49,357 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $51,226 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,045 |
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 | $58,714 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$4,892 |
| 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 $61,040. The published range is $59,880 up to $71,170, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Rhode Island the take-home figure of $49,357, from $61,040, 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 245 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 $48,669, the adjusted value of that $61,040 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 245 of 452 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for tree trimmers and pruners in Rhode Island the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $59,880 to $71,170. 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 $49,357 from $61,040. 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 245 of 452 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Rhode Island, so $48,669 — the adjusted value of that $61,040 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 245 of 452 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $59,880 at the tenth percentile, $71,170 at the ninetieth.
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 $48,669 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, $49,357 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 49 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($59,880 to $71,170) 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 $48,669 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 $49,357 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.