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Quarterly Census of RI
Employment and Wages
2005-2006 Comparison
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Summary of Findings The annual report entitled, “Rhode Island Employment and Wage Analysis,” highlights Rhode Island’s employment and wage data in 2006, and provides a comparison to annual employment and wage data from 2005. Key findings for 2006 include: • Nearly 2,800 private sector jobs were added in Rhode Island in 2006 when compared to 2005. • The 2006 average annual wage in the private sector increased by $1,668 from 2005. • The Health Care & Social Assistance sector employed nearly 18 percent of the state’s private sector workforce and added over 1,600 jobs from 2005. • Annual wage growth was reported in all but one of the nineteen private industry sectors with the annual wage in the Professional & Technical Services sector increasing by over $9,400. • Management
of Companies & Enterprises was the highest paying sector, with workers
within the sector averaging close to
$91,000 in 2006. |
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Quarterly bonuses and exercised stock
options are included in the calculation and therefore may impact the average
annual wage. |
