Veterinary Technologists and Technicians in Rhode Island
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,307
after federal, FICA and Rhode Island tax
Tax takes
$8,003
17.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$36,788
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
$45,310
Kept after tax
$37,307
Worth in national money
$36,788
State rank
32
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Rhode Island pays this job around $45,310 at the midpoint, 32 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 452 occupations Rhode Island publishes, this job lands at 366. 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 $45,310, take-home of $37,307 is worth roughly $36,788 in national money. The average comes to $49,590, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For veterinary technologists and technicians the Rhode Island median is $45,310, ranking 32 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Rhode Island, this work ranks 366 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 veterinary technologists and technicians, whose median is $45,310, the adjusted figure of $36,788 differs little from $37,307 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $49,590 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Veterinary Technologists and Technicians
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $37,570 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,310 |
| Top tenth earn over | $63,590 |
| This salary | $45,310 |
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 | $37,307 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,587 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,920 |
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 | $43,718 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$3,532 |
| 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 $45,310. The published range is $37,570 up to $63,590, 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 $37,307, worked from $45,310. 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 366 of 452.
- Two cautions on $36,788, the adjusted value of that $45,310 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 366 of 452 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for veterinary technologists and technicians in Rhode Island the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $37,570 to $63,590. 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 $37,307, on $45,310 for work ranking 366 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 366 of 452 in the state.
- This $36,788 adjusted figure, worked from $45,310, 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 366 of 452 in the state. The occupation ranks 366 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 $49,590, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Most of these jobs pay within a close range — $37,570 at the tenth percentile, $63,590 at the ninetieth.
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 $36,788 of national purchasing power.
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 $37,307.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like 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 $49,590. 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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($37,570 to $63,590) 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 $36,788 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 $37,307 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.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.