Jobs in Rhode Island: pay, hiring and what a paycheck buys
Rhode Island has 172 open job postings from 68 employers in our data. 49.6% list a pay range, the median posted pay is $121,500 a year, 11% are remote and 34.9% have been open more than 60 days (data as of October 2026).
What stands out
A $121,500 posted salary in Rhode Island buys about what $118,500 buys in the average US state, because prices here run 2% above the national average.
After adjusting for local prices, the typical worker's official median wage ($57,000) is worth $55,500 in average-US dollars, 9th of 41 states.
49.6% of open job postings list a pay range, 8th of 41 states.
11% of postings are remote, 4th highest of 41 states.
34.9% of open postings have been listed for more than 60 days (median 32 days), 7th highest of 41 states.
Rhode Island compared with similar-sized states: the median wage divided by the local price level (US average prices = 100). Download this chart (SVG)
Prices in Rhode Island run 2% above the national average, and housing runs 6% above it. The official median wage for all jobs is $57,000, which is worth $55,500 in average-US dollars. The median posted pay of $121,500 is worth $118,500.
Local prices compared with the national average, where 100 is the US average. Download this chart (SVG)Median wages for the ten occupations with the most workers here (worker count in parentheses). Download this chart (SVG)Which industries have the most open postings in our data. Download this chart (SVG)
Employers with the most openings
Highwire: 17 postings
Boxlunch: 11 postings
Apexcompanies: 9 postings
Mass General Brigham: 8 postings
Greenthumbindustries: 6 postings
Federal government hiring
70 federal job announcements open to the public list Rhode Island, with a median posted salary range midpoint of $110,500. Agencies hiring most: Federal Aviation Administration (15), Veterans Health Administration (13), Commander, Navy Installations Command (9), Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (6), Defense Commissary Agency (4). Source: USAJOBS.
A posting that lists several states counts in each. This covers employers whose career pages we read, not every job in Rhode Island. Methodology · All states (CSV)
