Rhode Island · 2025 pay
How much do Rhode Island Judiciary employees make?
$82,226typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$60,159 – $104,753what 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: Operations Officer JudDeputy Clerk ILaw Clerk Judiciary
✓ 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.
$60,421
$81,777
$105,449
$289,799
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 $56,708 in 2016 to $82,226 in 2025 (+45%).
What changed since 2024
- +11.1%Typical pay went up from $74,043 to $82,226.
- −2824 people were paid in 2025, compared with 826 in 2024.
- +45%Since 2016, typical pay has gone from $56,708 to $82,226, while the number of people paid went up from 777 to 824.
The next update is expected after the fiscal year ends in June.
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
Rhode Island Judiciary
official data
2016–2025
| Regular pay | $75,364 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $1,387 |
| Extra pay | $5,027 |
| Total for the year | $81,777 |
Average of the 41 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operations Officer Jud | 53 | $53,674 | $46k – $55k | new |
| Deputy Clerk I | 34 | $75,666 | $71k – $78k | ▲ 3.9% |
| Law Clerk Judiciary | 34 | $56,524 | $12k – $57k | ▲ 6.6% |
| Title not published | 34 | $1,750 | $0k – $6k | ▼ 30.0% |
| Associate Justice | 32 | $225,572 | $218k – $237k | ▼ 0.6% |
| Court Reporter | 32 | $92,577 | $88k – $101k | ▲ 7.8% |
| Deputy Clerk I Judicial | 29 | $76,631 | $75k – $79k | ▲ 9.2% |
| Electronic Court Reporter | 21 | $59,328 | $58k – $63k | ▲ 2.3% |
| Assistant Supervisory Clerk Jud | 18 | $74,243 | $66k – $78k | ▲ 11.6% |
| Senior Deputy Clerk I Jud | 16 | $87,136 | $84k – $94k | new |
| Staff Attorney V Judicial | 15 | $108,701 | $109k – $126k | ▲ 9.0% |
| Supervisory Clerk Judicial | 14 | $88,451 | $84k – $94k | ▲ 4.0% |
| Chamber Law Clerk Judicial | 14 | $55,141 | $15k – $70k | ▲ 29.9% |
| Associate Judge Dist Court | 13 | $217,327 | $205k – $227k | ▲ 2.9% |
| Magistrate | 13 | $203,464 | $195k – $222k | ▲ 3.4% |
| Associate Executive Assistant Judicial | 13 | $81,094 | $76k – $82k | ▲ 6.4% |
| Seasonal Special Assistant Judicial | 11 | $3,266 | $2k – $5k | ▼ 21.5% |
| Administrative Manager Judici | 9 | $119,886 | $111k – $123k | ▼ 0.3% |
| Project Coordinator | 9 | $82,844 | $79k – $88k | ▲ 12.9% |
| Customer Service Clerk I Judi | 9 | $68,965 | $63k – $77k | ▲ 7.4% |
| Security Officer | 9 | $66,538 | $65k – $67k | ▲ 8.6% |
| Senior Deputy Clerk Super Court | 9 | $63,022 | $59k – $65k | new |
| Customer Service Clerk Judici | 9 | $58,932 | $58k – $64k | ▲ 7.5% |
| Judge Workers Compensation Ct | 8 | $210,355 | $207k – $213k | ▲ 2.6% |
| Project Manager II Judicial | 8 | $99,986 | $99k – $100k | ▲ 6.5% |
| Special Assistant Judicial | 8 | $96,752 | $93k – $98k | ▲ 6.7% |
| Coordinator Special Projects | 8 | $86,262 | $86k – $87k | ▲ 2.3% |
| Assistant Clerk Judicial | 8 | $57,064 | $55k – $59k | ▲ 12.8% |
| Magistrate Traffic Tribunal | 7 | $200,112 | $189k – $222k | ▲ 2.6% |
| Project Manager | 7 | $94,157 | $93k – $110k | ▲ 4.0% |
| Supervisory Clerk | 7 | $87,078 | $85k – $94k | ▼ 2.4% |
| Principal Assistant Admin Jud | 7 | $79,184 | $79k – $83k | ▲ 7.4% |
| Executive Director | 6 | $120,566 | $114k – $137k | ▲ 1.9% |
| Mediation Counselor II Judici | 6 | $77,522 | $75k – $83k | ▲ 0.4% |
| Administrative Assistant Judicial | 6 | $57,073 | $14k – $98k | ▲ 4.9% |
| Court Reporter Judicial | 5 | $99,688 | $98k – $103k | ▲ 1.2% |
| Administrative Clerk I | 5 | $96,953 | $93k – $104k | ▲ 7.0% |
| Senior Deputy Clerk I Wcc | 5 | $81,253 | $81k – $81k | new |
| Clinical Social Worker Judicia | 5 | $74,978 | $31k – $75k | new |
| Social Caseworker II Judicial | 5 | $72,523 | $72k – $77k | ▲ 12.4% |
| Court Interpreter I Judicial | 5 | $72,292 | $70k – $72k | ▲ 84.4% |
No jobs match.
How many people earn what
- Under $10k47
- $10k – $30k50
- $30k – $50k24
- $50k – $70k168
- $70k – $90k213
- $90k – $110k138
- $110k – $150k69
- $150k or more115
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Highest paid at Rhode Island Judiciary in 2025
- 1Paul A SuttellChief Justice Supreme Court$289,799▲ $3,185 vs 2024
- 2Maureen M GoldbergAsso Justice Supreme Court$263,452▲ $2,894 vs 2024
- 3Jeanne E LafaziaChief Judge District Ct$261,914▲ $2,986 vs 2024
- 4Michael B ForteChief Judge Family Court$260,911▲ $2,868 vs 2024
- 5Alice B GibneyPresiding Justice Supe Ct$260,911▲ $2,868 vs 2024
- 6William P Robinson IiiAsso Justice Supreme Court$260,697▲ $6,682 vs 2024
- 7Robert M FerrieriChief Judge Workers Comp Court$245,918▲ $6,333 vs 2024
- 8Melissa A LongAsso Justice Supreme Court$242,721▲ $6,275 vs 2024
- 9Laureen DambraAssociate Justice$240,140▲ $2,493 vs 2024
- 10Brian Van CouyghenAssociate Justice$238,193▲ $2,715 vs 2024
Common questions
How much does a Rhode Island Judiciary employee make?
The typical employee was paid $82,226 in 2025: half of the 824 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $60,159 and $104,753.
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. 47 people (5.7%) 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 (94.9% of all pay), overtime (0.7%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (4.4%).
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