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.
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.
Similar mean wage
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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