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Rhode Island Salary Calculator 2026

Convert hourly ↔ annual salary and benchmark your pay against Rhode Island-adjusted BLS medians for 20+ trade roles. Rhode Island is pre-selected; includes overtime.

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Hourly ↔ Annual Reference Table

Hourly RateAnnual (2,080 hrs)MonthlyWeekly
$15.00/hr$31,200$2,600$600
$20.00/hr$41,600$3,467$800
$25.00/hr$52,000$4,333$1,000
$30.00/hr$62,400$5,200$1,200
$35.00/hr$72,800$6,067$1,400
$40.00/hr$83,200$6,933$1,600
$45.00/hr$93,600$7,800$1,800
$50.00/hr$104,000$8,667$2,000
$60.00/hr$124,800$10,400$2,400
$75.00/hr$156,000$13,000$3,000
$100.00/hr$208,000$17,333$4,000
$125.00/hr$260,000$21,667$5,000

Salary Calculator FAQ

How do you convert hourly rate to annual salary?

Multiply your hourly rate by 2,080 (40 hours × 52 weeks) for a standard full-time annual salary. Example: $30/hr × 2,080 = $62,400/yr. For overtime weeks, use: (40 hrs × rate) + (OT hrs × rate × 1.5) × number of weeks.

How many working hours are in a year?

Standard full-time: 2,080 hours (40 × 52). Minus 10 federal holidays (80 hrs): 2,000 paid hours. Minus 2 weeks vacation (80 hrs): 1,920 hours actually worked. BLS uses 2,080 for hourly-to-annual conversions. Turnaround and shutdown workers can exceed 3,000 hours/yr with heavy overtime.

What is time-and-a-half overtime?

Under the FLSA, non-exempt employees must receive 1.5× their regular rate for all hours worked beyond 40 in a workweek. Example: $30/hr base · regular week = $1,200 (40 hrs) · one 10-hr OT week = $1,200 + ($30 × 1.5 × 10) = $1,200 + $450 = $1,650. Double time (2×) is not federally required but common in petrochemical and union contracts.

Rhode Island Salaries

How Rhode Island salaries compare to the national market

Rhode Island trade wages run about 3% above the national median (BLS OEWS May 2025), and this calculator applies a 1.03 Rhode Island wage index to national medians. Two long-cycle programmes dominate: Electric Boat's Quonset Point facility builds submarine hull modules and has been hiring welders, shipfitters and electricians for years, and the offshore wind projects staged out of Rhode Island ports have added marine and heavy-electrical work. On the tax side, Rhode Island withholds 3.75% / 4.75% / 5.99%, and employees also fund the 1.3% TDI and caregiver premium.

Rhode Island: rhode island salary calculator — Rhode Island wage index 1.03× national BLS median, Gross vs national ~3% above, State income tax 3.75% / 4.75% / 5.99%. Simplified outline of Rhode Island, stylised and not to scale.
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Rhode Island trade salaries at a glance (2026 BLS)

Rhode Island-adjusted BLS OEWS medians for common skilled trades (national median localised with the 1.03 Rhode Island wage index). Enter your own pay in the calculator above to benchmark against any role.

TradeRhode Island median / yrNational medianRhode Island / hr
Electrician$65,090$63,190$31.29
Plumber$65,710$63,800$31.59
HVAC Technician$62,840$61,010$30.21
Pipefitter$65,710$63,800$31.59
Ironworker$64,660$62,780$31.09
Carpenter$62,400$60,580$30.00

Trade pay by Rhode Island metro

Local BLS medians vs the Rhode Island state average.

MetroMedianvs state
Providence$65,7401.01× state
Newport$65,0901.0× state
Warwick$64,4400.99× state
Woonsocket$62,4900.96× state
What is driving trade demand in Rhode Island?

Submarines and offshore wind. Electric Boat's Quonset Point module facility has been hiring welders, shipfitters, pipefitters and electricians continuously to support the Virginia- and Columbia-class programmes, and it competes for the same labour as Groton across the Connecticut line. The offshore wind projects staged from Rhode Island ports have added marine construction and heavy electrical work on a different cycle.

How accurate is the Rhode Island benchmark in this calculator?

The calculator applies a Rhode Island wage index (1.03×) to national BLS OEWS medians, a reference estimate, not a quote. Providence scale runs above the state figure while rural markets run below it. For exact BLS state and metro medians with percentiles, use the Rhode Island salary guide.

Does a Rhode Island salary go as far as the number suggests?

Not entirely. Rhode Island withholds 3.75% / 4.75% / 5.99% from every paycheck, and employees also fund the 1.3% TDI and caregiver premium, which costs roughly $3,894 a year on a $65,000 salary before any local layer. That is why a gross figure here is not directly comparable with one from a no-income-tax state; run both through the Rhode Island paycheck calculator to compare take-home.

What is the median trade salary in Rhode Island?

It varies by role: the Rhode Island electrician median is about $65,090, plumbers $65,710, HVAC technicians $62,840, and pipefitters $65,710 (BLS OEWS May 2025, Rhode Island-adjusted). Enter your own pay in the calculator to see your percentile against any role.

How is the Rhode Island wage index applied?

National BLS OEWS medians are multiplied by a 1.03 Rhode Island factor to localise them, reflecting that Rhode Island gross pay runs about 3% above the national average. Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year. It is a reference estimate, not an employer offer.

Which Rhode Island metros pay trades the most?

Providence sets the state rate on hospital, university and downtown commercial work, with Newport close behind on naval-station and high-end residential projects and Warwick just under. Woonsocket runs lowest. Quonset Point shipyard work pays to its own programme scale rather than the local market.

Do Rhode Island trade wages include overtime?

The benchmark medians are base pay. Rhode Island follows the federal 1.5x-after-40 standard and has retained a premium-pay requirement for certain Sunday and holiday retail work. Submarine-module schedules at Quonset Point are the state's most consistent source of overtime. This calculator lets you add overtime hours at 1.5x (or 2x) to model total annual pay.

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Sources & methodology

Salary figures are U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS (May 2025) national medians localised with a 1.03 Rhode Island wage index; hourly rates assume 2,080 paid hours a year. Primary sources: BLS OEWS · Rhode Island Division of Taxation · Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training. Reviewed 2026-07-25 by the GlobalCybers Data Desk · reference estimates, not an offer of pay. Full methodology →

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