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Rhode Island Economic Facts

Rhode Island ranks 23 among the 50 states. In terms of unemployment Rhode Island ranks 49. The state of Rhode Island has unemployment rate at 4.8%. In the past 12 months the median family income in Rhode Island was $52,421. In 2006 the cost of living index for Rhode Island was 110.0 (100 = nationwide average).

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	Rhode Island Cost of living (2006) Cost of Living Indexes Rhode Island USA Overall 110.00 100 Food 112.00 100 Housing 106.00 100 Utilities 115.0 100 Health 134.00 100 Miscellaneous 106.00 100 Transportation 116.00 100
Top Highest-Paid States (2006 Year) Rank State The mean hourly wage The mean annual wage 1 District of Columbia $30 $61,500 ... ... ... ... 15 Illinois $20 $40,910 16 Rhode Island $20 $40,580 17 New Hampshire $19 $39,250 ... ... ... ... 54 Puerto Rico $11 $23,190
Jobs/Salaries in Rhode Island (2006 Year) Rank State Jobs Hourly Annualy 1 DC New accounts clerks 19 None ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 51 PR New accounts clerks 10 None
Select Your Job: ---- Select Job ----- Accountants and auditors Administrative law judges, adjudicators, and hearing officers Administrative services managers Adult literacy, remedial education, and GED teachers and instructors Advertising and promotions managers Advertising sales agents Air traffic controllers Aircraft mechanics and service technicians All Occupations All other information and record clerks Ambulance drivers and attendants, except emergency medical technicians Amusement and recreation attendants Animal control workers Appraisers and assessors of real estate Arbitrators, mediators, and conciliators Architects, except landscape and naval Architectural and civil drafters Architecture and engineering occupations Archivists Art directors Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations Assemblers and fabricators, all other Audio and video equipment technicians Audiologists Automotive body and related repairers Automotive glass installers and repairers Automotive service technicians and mechanics Baggage porters and bellhops Bakers Bartenders Bill and account collectors Billing and posting clerks and machine operators Bindery workers Biochemists and biophysicists Biological scientists, all other Biomedical engineers Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks Brickmasons and blockmasons Broadcast technicians Brokerage clerks Budget analysts Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations Building cleaning workers, all other Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists Bus drivers, school Bus drivers, transit and intercity Business and financial operations occupations Business operations specialists, all other Butchers and meat cutters Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters Captains, mates, and pilots of water vessels Cardiovascular technologists and technicians Carpenters Carpet installers Cashiers Cement masons and concrete finishers Cementing and gluing machine operators and tenders Chefs and head cooks Chemical equipment operators and tenders Chemical technicians Chemists Chief executives Child care workers Child, family, and school social workers Chiropractors Civil engineering technicians Civil engineers Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators Cleaners of vehicles and equipment Cleaning, washing, and metal pickling equipment operators and tenders Clergy Clinical, counseling, and school psychologists Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders Coin, vending, and amusement machine servicers and repairers Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food Commercial and industrial designers Community and social service specialists, all other Community and social services occupations Compensation and benefits managers Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation Computer and information scientists, research Computer and information systems managers Computer and mathematical occupations Computer hardware engineers Computer operators Computer programmers Computer software engineers, applications Computer software engineers, systems software Computer specialists, all other Computer support specialists Computer systems analysts Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic Concierges Construction and building inspectors Construction and extraction occupations Construction and related workers, all other Construction laborers Construction managers Control and valve installers and repairers, except mechanical door Cooks, fast food Cooks, institution and cafeteria Cooks, restaurant Cooks, short order Cost estimators Counselors, all other Counter and rental clerks Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop Court reporters Court, municipal, and license clerks Credit analysts Crossing guards Curators Customer service representatives Cutters and trimmers, hand Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Data entry keyers Database administrators Demonstrators and product promoters Dental assistants Dental hygienists Dental laboratory technicians Dentists, general Designers, all other Desktop publishers Detectives and criminal investigators Diagnostic medical sonographers Dietetic technicians Dietitians and nutritionists Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers Directors, religious activities and education Dishwashers Dispatchers, except police, fire, and ambulance Drafters, all other Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Driver/sales workers Earth drillers, except oil and gas Editors Education administrators, all other Education administrators, postsecondary Education administrators, preschool and child care center/program Education, training, and library occupations Education, training, and library workers, all other Educational, vocational, and school counselors Electric motor, power tool, and related repairers Electrical and electronic engineering technicians Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers Electrical and electronics drafters Electrical engineers Electricians Electro-mechanical technicians Electromechanical equipment assemblers Electronics engineers, except computer Eligibility interviewers, government programs Embalmers Emergency management specialists Emergency medical technicians and paramedics Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists Engineering managers Engineering technicians, except drafters, all other Engineers, all other Environmental engineers Environmental science and protection technicians, including health Environmental scientists and specialists, including health Etchers and engravers Excavating and loading machine and dragline operators Executive secretaries and administrative assistants Extruding and drawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Extruding, forming, pressing, and compacting machine setters, operators, and tenders Fabric and apparel patternmakers Family and general practitioners Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations Farmworkers and laborers, crop, nursery, and greenhouse Fashion designers Fence erectors Fiberglass laminators and fabricators File clerks Financial analysts Financial managers Financial specialists, all other Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators Fire fighters Fire inspectors and investigators First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers First-line supervisors/managers of fire fighting and prevention workers First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers First-line supervisors/managers of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers First-line supervisors/managers of personal service workers First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators First-line supervisors/managers, protective service workers, all other Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors Floor layers, except carpet, wood, and hard tiles Floral designers Food batchmakers Food cooking machine operators and tenders Food preparation and serving related occupations Food preparation and serving related workers, all other Food preparation workers Food servers, nonrestaurant Food service managers Forging machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Foundry mold and coremakers Funeral attendants Funeral directors Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, and kettle operators and tenders Furniture finishers General and operations managers Glaziers Graphic designers Grinding and polishing workers, hand Grinding, lapping, polishing, and buffing machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Hairdressers, hairstylists, and cosmetologists Hazardous materials removal workers Health and safety engineers, except mining safety engineers and inspectors Health diagnosing and treating practitioners, all other Health technologists and technicians, all other Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all other Healthcare support occupations Healthcare support workers, all other Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers Helpers, construction trades, all other Helpers--brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, and tile and marble setters Helpers--carpenters Helpers--electricians Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers Helpers--painters, paperhangers, plasterers, and stucco masons Helpers--pipelayers, plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters Helpers--production workers Helpers--roofers Highway maintenance workers Home appliance repairers Home health aides Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks Human resources assistants, except payroll and timekeeping Human resources managers, all other Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other Industrial engineering technicians Industrial engineers Industrial machinery mechanics Industrial production managers Industrial truck and tractor operators Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations Installation, maintenance, and repair workers, all other Instructional coordinators Insulation workers, floor, ceiling, and wall Insulation workers, mechanical Insurance sales agents Insurance underwriters Internists, general Interpreters and translators Interviewers, except eligibility and loan Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers Job printers Judges, magistrate judges, and magistrates Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand Landscaping and groundskeeping workers Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Laundry and dry-cleaning workers Law clerks Lawyers Legal occupations Legal secretaries Legal support workers, all other Librarians Library assistants, clerical Library technicians Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses Life scientists, all other Life, physical, and social science occupations Life, physical, and social science technicians, all other Lifeguards, ski patrol, and other recreational protective service workers Loan counselors Loan interviewers and clerks Loan officers Locker room, coatroom, and dressing room attendants Locksmiths and safe repairers Lodging managers Logisticians Machine feeders and offbearers Machinists Maids and housekeeping cleaners Mail clerks and mail machine operators, except postal service Maintenance and repair workers, general Maintenance workers, machinery Management analysts Management occupations Managers, all other Manicurists and pedicurists Market research analysts Marketing managers Massage therapists Material moving workers, all other Materials engineers Meat, poultry, and fish cutters and trimmers Mechanical drafters Mechanical engineering technicians Mechanical engineers Media and communication workers, all other Medical and clinical laboratory technicians Medical and clinical laboratory technologists Medical and health services managers Medical and public health social workers Medical appliance technicians Medical assistants Medical equipment preparers Medical equipment repairers Medical records and health information technicians Medical scientists, except epidemiologists Medical secretaries Medical transcriptionists Meeting and convention planners Mental health and substance abuse social workers Mental health counselors Merchandise displayers and window trimmers Metal workers and plastic workers, all other Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders Meter readers, utilities Milling and planing machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Millwrights Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Motion picture projectionists Motor vehicle operators, all other Motorboat mechanics Multi-media artists and animators Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Museum technicians and conservators Music directors and composers Network and computer systems administrators Network systems and data communications analysts Nonfarm animal caretakers Nuclear medicine technologists Numerical tool and process control programmers Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants Obstetricians and gynecologists Occupational health and safety specialists Occupational therapist assistants Occupational therapists Office and administrative support occupations Office clerks, general Office machine operators, except computer Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators Operations research analysts Ophthalmic laboratory technicians Opticians, dispensing Optometrists Oral and maxillofacial surgeons Order clerks Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders Packers and packagers, hand Painters, construction and maintenance Painters, transportation equipment Painting, coating, and decorating workers Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders Paralegals and legal assistants Parking lot attendants Parts salespersons Paving, surfacing, and tamping equipment operators Payroll and timekeeping clerks Pediatricians, general Personal and home care aides Personal care and service occupations Personal care and service workers, all other Personal financial advisors Pest control workers Pesticide handlers, sprayers, and applicators, vegetation Pharmacists Pharmacy aides Pharmacy technicians Photographers Photographic process workers Photographic processing machine operators Physical scientists, all other Physical therapist aides Physical therapist assistants Physical therapists Physician assistants Physicists Pipelayers Plasterers and stucco masons Plating and coating machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters Police and sheriff's patrol officers Police, fire, and ambulance dispatchers Postal service clerks Postal service mail carriers Postal service mail sorters, processors, and processing machine operators Postmasters and mail superintendents Pourers and casters, metal Power plant operators Prepress technicians and workers Preschool teachers, except special education Pressers, textile, garment, and related materials Printing machine operators Private detectives and investigators Procurement clerks Producers and directors Production occupations Production workers, all other Production, planning, and expediting clerks Property, real estate, and community association managers Protective service occupations Protective service workers, all other Psychiatric technicians Psychiatrists Psychologists, all other Public relations managers Public relations specialists Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products Purchasing managers Radio and television announcers Radiologic technologists and technicians Real estate sales agents Receptionists and information clerks Recreation workers Recreational therapists Recreational vehicle service technicians Refuse and recyclable material collectors Registered nurses Reporters and correspondents Residential advisors Respiratory therapists Retail salespersons Riggers Rolling machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic Roofers Sailors and marine oilers Sales and related occupations Sales and related workers, all other Sales engineers Sales managers Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents Security and fire alarm systems installers Security guards Self-enrichment education teachers Septic tank servicers and sewer pipe cleaners Service station attendants Sewers, hand Sewing machine operators Sheet metal workers Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks Skin care specialists Social and community service managers Social and human service assistants Social scientists and related workers, all other Social workers, all other Sound engineering technicians Speech-language pathologists Stationary engineers and boiler operators Stock clerks and order fillers Stonemasons Structural iron and steel workers Substance abuse and behavioral disorder counselors Surgical technologists Survey researchers Surveyors Switchboard operators, including answering service Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers Tapers Tax examiners, collectors, and revenue agents Tax preparers Taxi drivers and chauffeurs Team assemblers Telemarketers Telephone operators Tellers Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders Textile, apparel, and furnishings workers, all other Therapists, all other Tile and marble setters Tire repairers and changers Tool and die makers Training and development managers Training and development specialists Transportation and material moving occupations Transportation workers, all other Transportation, storage, and distribution managers Travel agents Tree trimmers and pruners Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer Truck drivers, light or delivery services Upholsterers Urban and regional planners Ushers, lobby attendants, and ticket takers Veterinarians Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers Veterinary technologists and technicians Waiters and waitresses Water and liquid waste treatment plant and system operators Weighers, measurers, checkers, and samplers, recordkeeping Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers Welding, soldering, and brazing machine setters, operators, and tenders Woodworkers, all other Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing Word processors and typists Writers and authors Zoologists and wildlife biologists
Employed/Unemployed Stats (2000 Year)
Rank Location: Employed (in thousands) Unemployed (in thousands) Unemployed Rate 1 HI 157,070 3,802 2.4% ... ... ... ... ... 18 MD 120,526 4,855 4.1% 19 CT 220,634 9,895 4.2% 20 CO 39,641 1,792 4.2% ... ... ... ... ... 52 PR 16,163 1,872 12.0%

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