Rhode Island · All industries · Annual, 2025

Employment in Rhode Island

Name: Employment in Rhode Island
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Employment, establishments and average pay across all industries in Rhode Island, 2004–2025, from DTG's QCEW-based estimates.

In 2025, employers in Rhode Island had about 499,300 people on their payrolls across roughly 49,210 establishments, with average annual pay of $71,120.

Total employment in Rhode Island grew 12.3% from 2020 to 2025. Employment reached its 2004–2025 peak in 2025, at about 499,300. Quarterly values, full industry and occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Rhode Island are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.

499,300Employment, 2025
49,210Establishments
$71,120Avg. annual pay

Employment, 2004 to 2025

Annual average · all industries · all ownerships

Employment by sector, 2025

NAICS sector · 20 sectors

Code	Sector	Employment	Share of Rhode Island	LQ	Source
11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting	1,139	0.2%	0.29	est. · 0.94
21	Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction	154	0.0%	0.08	est. · 0.73
23	Construction	23,557	4.7%	0.87	est. · 1.00
31-33	Manufacturing	39,255	7.9%	0.97	pub.
22	Utilities	2,169	0.4%	0.77	est. · 0.99
42	Wholesale Trade	16,381	3.3%	0.85	pub.
44-45	Retail Trade	46,688	9.3%	0.94	pub.
48-49	Transportation and Warehousing	18,337	3.7%	0.75	est. · 1.00
51	Information	5,934	1.2%	0.62	est. · 0.98
52	Finance and Insurance	25,358	5.1%	1.24	est. · 1.00
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	6,565	1.3%	0.84	pub.
54	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	31,259	6.3%	0.90	est. · 1.00
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	9,785	2.0%	1.17	pub.
56	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	27,805	5.6%	0.95	est. · 1.00
61	Educational Services	48,266	9.7%	1.13	est. · 1.00
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	89,706	18.0%	1.11	est. · 1.00
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	10,095	2.0%	1.04	est. · 1.00
72	Accommodation and Food Services	52,345	10.5%	1.15	pub.
81	Other Services (except Public Administration)	18,368	3.7%	1.21	est. · 1.00
92	Public Administration	26,083	5.2%	1.03	pub.

† Not disclosed in QCEW; DTG estimate.

One public page per sector and per 3-digit subsector, annual, with the mark on every value. A sector name is a link where its page is built.

Last ten years

Annual · all industries · 10 years

Year	Employment	Estab.	Avg. annual pay	Change	Source
2025	499,287	49,210	$71,124	0.8%	pub.
2024	495,179	49,013	$68,289	1.4%	pub.
2023	488,210	48,204	$66,126	1.4%	pub.
2022	481,341	46,162	$64,499	3.8%	pub.
2021	463,776	42,938	$62,280	4.3%	pub.
2020	444,432	39,966	$60,508	8.5%	pub.
2019	485,638	38,871	$54,918	0.8%	pub.
2018	481,569	38,005	$53,736	0.9%	pub.
2017	477,362	37,355	$52,840	0.8%	pub.
2016	473,406	36,862	$51,453	0.7%	pub.

Employment by occupation group, 2025

SOC major group · 22 groups

Code	Occupation group	Employment	Share of Rhode Island	LQ
11-0000	Management occupations	28,922	5.8%	0.82
13-0000	Business and financial operations occupations	37,284	7.5%	1.12
15-0000	Computer and mathematical occupations	17,097	3.4%	1.02
17-0000	Architecture and engineering occupations	8,934	1.8%	1.07
19-0000	Life, physical, and social science occupations	4,086	0.8%	0.87
21-0000	Community and social service occupations	11,018	2.2%	1.30
23-0000	Legal occupations	4,279	0.9%	1.03
25-0000	Educational instruction and library occupations	33,201	6.7%	1.14
27-0000	Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	7,263	1.5%	1.09
29-0000	Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	34,175	6.8%	1.09
31-0000	Healthcare support occupations	25,707	5.1%	1.02
33-0000	Protective service occupations	12,597	2.5%	1.05
35-0000	Food preparation and serving related occupations	50,208	10.1%	1.15
37-0000	Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	16,384	3.3%	1.12
39-0000	Personal care and service occupations	11,511	2.3%	1.11
41-0000	Sales and related occupations	41,600	8.3%	0.97
43-0000	Office and administrative support occupations	57,950	11.6%	0.99
45-0000	Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	236	0.1%	0.17
47-0000	Construction and extraction occupations	18,425	3.7%	0.89
49-0000	Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	16,666	3.3%	0.85
51-0000	Production occupations	27,506	5.5%	0.99
53-0000	Transportation and material moving occupations	34,239	6.9%	0.78

Occupation values are DTG estimates built on OEWS and DTG's industry data. They carry no published or estimated mark and no reliability score, because there is no published occupation census to mark them against.

Where these numbers come from

What this page shows

Every industry sector in the state, and every occupation group, with annual employment for the most recent complete year in the current vintage, and the state’s own total over every actual year. Figures are for all ownerships combined and are not seasonally adjusted. County figures, quarterly figures and the full industry and occupation depth are in the app; the nation and every state are free there.

Reading the table

A state value is DTG’s value for the state: the value the Bureau of Labor Statistics published where QCEW disclosed it, and DTG’s estimate where QCEW withheld it. It is not a sum of the state’s counties. Where a value was withheld in QCEW it is marked as estimated rather than left blank, with its reliability score, and the legend beneath the table names the marker. Every figure on the page comes from one named vintage, stated beside the page, and does not change until the next release.

Estimated by Data Tactical Group from BLS QCEW, with CES/SAE and projection inputs described in the methodology. Method: Disclosure, Industry, Occupation.

Notes

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