Rhode Island · 2025 pay
How much do Rhode Island General Assembly employees make?
$19,817typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$970 – $69,774what 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: Summer InternTitle not publishedRepresentative
✓ 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.
$948
$19,794
$69,511
$234,440
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 $2,700 in 2016 to $19,817 in 2025 (+634%).
What changed since 2024
- +0.5%Typical pay went up from $19,715 to $19,817.
- +9695 people were paid in 2025, compared with 686 in 2024.
- +634%Since 2016, typical pay has gone from $2,700 to $19,817, while the number of people paid went down from 889 to 695.
The next update is expected after the fiscal year ends in June.
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
Rhode Island General Assembly
official data
2016–2025
| Regular pay | $19,794 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $0 |
| Extra pay | $0 |
| Total for the year | $19,794 |
Average of the 34 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.
Matches the agency's latest release
Pay by job
Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2025.
| Job | People | Typical pay | Most earn | Since 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer Intern | 155 | $500 | $0k – $1k | ▲ 0.0% |
| Title not published | 129 | $1,230 | $1k – $2k | ▲ 11.3% |
| Representative | 80 | $19,817 | $20k – $20k | ▲ 0.5% |
| Senator | 41 | $19,817 | $10k – $20k | ▲ 0.5% |
| Legal Counsel | 29 | $40,597 | $32k – $74k | ▲ 3.9% |
| Administrative Assistant | 20 | $67,179 | $58k – $81k | ▲ 3.0% |
| Legislative Aide | 17 | $60,912 | $58k – $72k | ▲ 4.1% |
| Senior Auditor | 13 | $67,540 | $61k – $75k | ▼ 3.8% |
| Audit Manager | 8 | $126,315 | $104k – $131k | ▲ 1.5% |
| Legislative Assistant | 7 | $47,711 | $44k – $65k | ▼ 18.2% |
| Constituent Liaison | 6 | $72,433 | $52k – $78k | ▲ 0.3% |
| Auditor | 6 | $41,473 | $5k – $64k | ▼ 30.4% |
| Policy Analyst | 5 | $70,295 | $69k – $76k | new |
| Legislative Budget Analyst | 5 | $38,935 | $6k – $45k | new |
How many people earn what
- Under $10k307
- $10k – $30k121
- $30k – $50k34
- $50k – $70k60
- $70k – $90k76
- $90k – $110k35
- $110k – $150k37
- $150k or more25
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Highest paid at Rhode Island General Assembly in 2025
- 1Sharon R FerlandHouse Fiscal Advisor$234,440▲ $2,577 vs 2024
- 2Raymond D SimoneChief of Staff$224,223▲ $7,069 vs 2024
- 3David A BergantinoAuditor General$206,174▲ $9,212 vs 2024
- 4Danica A IacoiLegal Counsel to Maj Leader$201,222▲ $4,327 vs 2024
- 5Nicole F MccartyChief Legal Counsel$200,312▲ $10,099 vs 2024
- 6John E Fleming JrChief of Staff$199,854▲ $31,226 vs 2024
- 7Stephen H WhitneySenate Fiscal Advisor$199,599▲ $2,193 vs 2024
- 8Steven T HayesChief Legal Counsel$192,054▲ $3,227 vs 2024
- 9Henry S Kinch JrExecutive Director to Jcls$187,871▲ $7,921 vs 2024
- 10Liza B PintoFiscal Analyst II Budget$183,584▲ $2,794 vs 2024
Common questions
How much does a Rhode Island General Assembly employee make?
The typical employee was paid $19,817 in 2025: half of the 695 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $970 and $69,774.
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. 307 people (44.2%) 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 (98.6% of all pay), overtime (0.0%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (1.4%).
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