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Average Social Workers, All Other Salary in Rhode Island

Social Workers, All Other in Rhode Island earn a median annual salary of $111,590, which is +55.2% compared to the national median. There are 90 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Rhode Island (state).

$111,590
Rhode Island median annual wage
$54/hour median
+55.2%
Difference vs national median
National median is $71,900
90
Local employment
0.2 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.43
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$91,560
25th
$97,300
Median
$111,590
75th
$120,060
90th
$126,920

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Rhode Island, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
102.3%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$109,102
Goods: 97.2%
Services: 146.7%
Rents: 105.6%
Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

State Median annual wage Compare Employment
Nevada $121,830 Compare 370
Hawaii $116,130 Compare 200
New Hampshire $103,710 Compare 100
Washington $102,520 Compare 790
Oklahoma $101,860 Compare 320
Massachusetts $101,280 Compare 540

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Rhode Island

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Emergency Medicine Physicians $512,730 2.74
Family Medicine Physicians $467,160 0.60
Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric $450,370 6.18
Oral And Maxillofacial Surgeons $414,060 N/A
Cardiologists $395,610 1.15
General Internal Medicine Physicians $379,490 1.39
Physicians, Pathologists $322,950 N/A
Psychiatrists $287,610 2.98

Rhode Island has salary data for 554 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Emergency Medicine Physicians.

Historical series

Trend for Social Workers, All Other in Rhode Island

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Social Workers, All Other are projected to change by +3.9% from 2024 to 2034, with 7,000 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.