Providence-Warwick, RI-MA Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA moved from $51,250 in May 2024 to $53,680 in May 2025 (+4.7%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Providence-Warwick, RI-MA sits +1.6 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education publishes $89,450 here versus $64,370 nationally (+39.0%; 3,810metro-area jobs). Next is Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education at $86,720 locally versus $63,970 nationally (+35.6%).
- Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$89,450 in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA sits 39.0% above the national Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education median of $64,370 (3,810 published local jobs).
- Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$86,720 in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA sits 35.6% above the national Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education median of $63,970 (6,280 published local jobs).
- Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$92,110 in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA sits 27.9% above the national Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education median of $72,040 (6,770 published local jobs).
- Construction Laborers$59,280 in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA sits 25.8% above the national Construction Laborers median of $47,120 (3,240 published local jobs).
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Providence-Warwick, RI-MA; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 39300 · Providence-Warwick, RI-MA $69K mean
MEAN-HIGH · RPP-MID · OCC-MOST · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-HIGH #60/528
- RPP-MID 101.8
- OCC-MOST 600 occs
- TOP-LEAD Emergency Medi… · $477K
- EMP-MIX Financial Ma…
- TREND-INLINE +1.6 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Detroit-Warren-D…
- BOOK-FULL 560 rows · May 2025
Read with Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI (+$95 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer, not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
Employment scale inside Providence-Warwick, RI-MA's top-pay list
Financial Managers and Computer and Information Systems Managers lead published employment inside Providence-Warwick, RI-MA's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Financial Managers 3,280 jobs · $167,570
- 2. Computer and Information Systems Managers 1,600 jobs · $171,220
- 3. Physicians, All Other 1,290 jobs · $234,000
- 4. Managers, All Other 1,000 jobs · $160,040
- 5. Human Resources Managers 730 jobs · $163,290
- 6. Chief Executives 650 jobs · $243,620
- 7. Architectural and Engineering Managers 620 jobs · $172,640
- 8. Dentists, General 580 jobs · $172,310
- 9. General Internal Medicine Physicians 330 jobs · $379,490
- 10. Family Medicine Physicians 310 jobs · $438,290
- 11. Emergency Medicine Physicians 300 jobs · $476,890
- 12. Psychiatrists 290 jobs · $287,610
- 13. Pediatricians, General 280 jobs · $218,080
- 14. Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric 200 jobs · $399,020
- 15. Obstetricians and Gynecologists 160 jobs · $227,120
- 16. Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates 150 jobs · $229,760
- 17. Cardiologists 100 jobs · $395,610
- 18. Physical Scientists, All Other 70 jobs · $180,470
Occupations Tracked
600
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$68,554
employment-weighted, 560 complete rows
Top Salary
$476,890
Emergency Medicine Physicians
Cost of Living
101.8
2% above US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emergency Medicine Physicians | $476,890 |
| 2 | Radiologists | $448,040 |
| 3 | Family Medicine Physicians | $438,290 |
| 4 | Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric | $399,020 |
| 5 | Cardiologists | $395,610 |
| 6 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $379,490 |
| 7 | Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons | $377,990 |
| 8 | Surgeons, All Other | $346,340 |
| 9 | Physicians, Pathologists | $319,880 |
| 10 | Psychiatrists | $287,610 |
| 11 | Chief Executives | $243,620 |
| 12 | Physicians, All Other | $234,000 |
| 13 | Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates | $229,760 |
| 14 | Obstetricians and Gynecologists | $227,120 |
| 15 | Pediatricians, General | $218,080 |
| 16 | Physical Scientists, All Other | $180,470 |
| 17 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $172,640 |
| 18 | Dentists, General | $172,310 |
| 19 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $171,220 |
| 20 | Financial Managers | $167,570 |
| 21 | Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers | $164,480 |
| 22 | Human Resources Managers | $163,290 |
| 23 | Compensation and Benefits Managers | $162,440 |
| 24 | Managers, All Other | $160,040 |
| 25 | Podiatrists | $159,790 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists | $31,200 |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other | $31,200 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $31,200 |
| Physical Therapist Aides | $31,200 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $31,400 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $32,360 |
| Crossing Guards and Flaggers | $33,460 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $33,700 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $33,780 |
| Packers and Packagers, Hand | $34,230 |
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside RI. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($68,554 here) and summed published employment.
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Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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How to use Providence-Warwick, RI-MA wage figures in a real decision
- Emergency Medicine Physicians leads published medians in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA at $476,890/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Emergency Medicine Physicians
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $68,554 adjusts to about $67,360 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 101.8. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for RI before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.