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Embedded Software Engineering Manager Salary in Rhode Island

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For Embedded Software Engineering Manager, this guide uses Computer and Information Systems Managers (SOC 11-3021) in Rhode Island. BLS estimates the median wage for that occupation at $167,270 a year, and the middle half of workers earned between $127,830 and $210,800 (BLS OEWS May 2025). BLS does not measure this exact title separately.

Broader occupation

BLS does not report this exact title. The figures shown are for SOC 11-3021, Computer and Information Systems Managers. Embedded Software Engineering Manager uses BLS SOC 11-3021, Computer and Information Systems Managers. OEWS does not publish a separate estimate for this exact title, setting, technology or seniority. The published wage includes other jobs in this occupation, not only this specialty.

BLS publishes one set of figures for SOC 11-3021. Other titles in our taxonomy map to it and show the same numbers. Percentiles describe all workers in the occupation. They are not experience levels.

The Rhode Island median is $7,870 below the national median of $175,140 (4.5%).

Role median / all-occupation median2.95x$167,270 / $56,780
Location quotient (employment concentration)0.56Not a pay adjustment
Employment1,210BLS estimate
Embedded Software Engineering Manager pay, Rhode Island, United States: Rhode Island: 10th percentile $103,410, 25th percentile $127,830, median $167,270, 75th percentile $210,800, 90th percentile $252,140. United States: 10th percentile $107,550, 25th percentile $138,060, median $175,140, 75th percentile $220,730, 90th percentile $297,510Rhode Island$167,270United States$175,140$80,000$142,500$205,000$267,500$330,000
Embedded Software Engineering Manager, Rhode Island: Computer and Information Systems Managers, SOC 11-3021
MeasurePer year
10th percentile$103,410
25th percentile$127,830
Median$167,270
75th percentile$210,800
90th percentile$252,140
Mean$174,020
Embedded Software Engineering Manager, United States: Computer and Information Systems Managers, SOC 11-3021
MeasurePer year
10th percentile$107,550
25th percentile$138,060
Median$175,140
75th percentile$220,730
90th percentile$297,510
Mean$192,160

Only a cell carrying the source's # marker is displayed as "or more." The May 2025 release notes define that marker as $239,200 a year or $115.00 an hour or greater. This is a lower bound for marked cells, not a universal wage ceiling. Published numeric values, including values above those amounts, are retained unchanged. Suppressed or unavailable cells are not assigned a wage.

Relative pay is the role's annual median divided by the BLS all-occupations (SOC 00-0000) annual median for Rhode Island. Location quotient compares this occupation's share of local jobs with its national share. It measures concentration, not pay.

What these figures leave out for technology hires

BLS OEWS wages are straight-time gross pay. They include base rate, guaranteed pay, incentive pay including commissions and production bonuses, and cost-of-living allowances. They exclude overtime, shift differentials, nonproduction bonuses, severance and employer-paid benefits.

Our interpretation, not a BLS statement: the BLS definition does not name stock or equity grants, so we treat them as outside these figures and add nothing for them. If a technology offer leans on discretionary bonus or equity, we read the published figure as describing only the cash pay inside the BLS definition.

BLS definition: Wages for the OEWS survey are straight-time, gross pay, exclusive of premium pay. Base rate; cost-of-living allowances; guaranteed pay; hazardous-duty pay; incentive pay, including commissions and production bonuses; and tips are included. Excluded are overtime pay, severance pay, shift differentials, nonproduction bonuses, employer cost for supplementary benefits, and tuition reimbursements.

May 2024 and May 2025 medians

Embedded Software Engineering Manager, Rhode Island median by BLS reference period
PeriodMedian
May 2024$165,030
May 2025$167,270

The median moved up $2,240 (+1.4%), from $165,030 in May 2024 to $167,270 in May 2025. Survey estimates carry sampling error, so small moves may not be meaningful.

More for this role and area

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. SOC 11-3021 Computer and Information Systems Managers, Rhode Island. Released 2026-05-15. The source index links to the release workbooks; it is not a link to an individual wage row. Methodology and mapping notes.

These are published government statistical wage estimates, not observed individual offers or a separate technology-title survey. A broader occupation or proxy is not separate pay data for your job title.

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