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Rhode Island · 2025 pay

How much do Rhode Island College employees make?

$74,485typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025

$50,007 – $102,089what most people earned

Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year and seasonal workers. The source doesn't show who worked the full year.

RI Transparency Portal publishes pay by position without employee names, so there is no name search here.

Common jobs: Title not publishedHousekeeperCook S Helper

✓ Official data from RI Transparency PortalMatches the agency's latest releaseadmin.ri.gov ↗

How is pay spread across workers?

A year of pay for a lower-paid, typical and higher-paid worker (counting everyone paid), and the top earner, split into regular pay, overtime and extra pay.

$50,231

$74,035

$101,363

$326,154

Lower-paid workerearns more than 1 in 4 coworkers

Typical workerright in the middle

Higher-paid workerearns more than 3 in 4 coworkers

Highest paidone person

Regular payOvertimeExtra pay

Is pay going up?

Yes. Typical pay went from $56,556 in 2016 to $74,485 in 2025 (+32%).

What changed since 2024

  • −2.8%Typical pay went down from $76,620 to $74,485.
  • +11888 people were paid in 2025, compared with 877 in 2024.
  • +32%Since 2016, typical pay has gone from $56,556 to $74,485, while the number of people paid went down from 976 to 888.

The next update is expected after the fiscal year ends in June.

Pay slip · 2025

A typical worker's year

Rhode Island College

10years of
official data
2016–2025
Average pay of people in the middle of the pay range
Regular pay$70,317
Overtime$1,658
Extra pay$2,059
Total for the year$74,035

Average of the 45 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.

Official source: Rhode Island Department of Administration (Transparency Portal), admin.ri.gov ↗
Matches the agency's latest release

Worth knowing about pay at Rhode Island College

What stands out in the payroll data, checked against the rest of our data before it is shown.

  • -1.3%

    People paid by Rhode Island College in both 2024 and 2025 saw their pay change by a typical -1.3%.

    Usual among the 67 other colleges and universities of a similar size in our data: +4.0%.

    Compares the same people in both years, so new hires and leavers do not move it. Overtime and hours worked count too.

  • +23%

    Since 2016, total pay at Rhode Island College went up 23% while the number of people paid went down 9%.

    Counts everyone paid during each year. Not adjusted for inflation.

Pay by job

Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2025.

JobPeopleTypical payMost earnSince 2024
Title not published679$83,104$60k – $109k▼ 8.1%
Housekeeper50$45,850$31k – $49k▲ 3.1%
Cook S Helper20$40,095$18k – $53k▲ 50.2%
Campus Police Officer R I C13$76,811$71k – $83k▲ 1.1%
Higher Education Admin Assistant II12$49,003$48k – $50k▲ 1.1%
Cook12$20,089$12k – $45k▼ 53.0%
Assistant Administrative Officer9$60,305$54k – $69k▼ 3.1%
Groundskeeper7$53,912$47k – $72k▼ 5.1%
Information Services Technician II5$52,950$52k – $61k▼ 0.3%
Higher Education Admin Assistant III5$31,242$16k – $45k▼ 32.0%

How many people earn what

  • Under $10k46
  • $10k – $30k63
  • $30k – $50k112
  • $50k – $70k180
  • $70k – $90k162
  • $90k – $110k158
  • $110k – $150k143
  • $150k or more24

Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.

Common questions

How much does a Rhode Island College employee make?

The typical employee was paid $74,485 in 2025: half of the 888 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $50,007 and $102,089.

Why do so many people earn very little?

The list includes everyone who got a paycheck during the year: part-time, seasonal and short-term workers, and people who joined or left partway through. 46 people (5.2%) were paid under $10,000.

Does this include benefits like health insurance or pension?

No. It is the pay people received: regular salary or wages (94.4% of all pay), overtime (1.5%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (4.1%).

Where does this data come from, and when is it updated?

From Rhode Island Department of Administration (Transparency Portal) (admin.ri.gov). Our figures match the agency's latest release; the next update is expected after the fiscal year ends in June.

"Typical pay" is the median: half earn more, half earn less. "Most earn" is the middle half of workers. Figures are calculated by PublicPayData from the official dataset; 0 records with $0 or negative pay are left out. How we calculate this · Corrections & removals