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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 2009 and provides a comparison to annual
employment and wage data from 2008. Key findings for 2009 include:
• Rhode Island lost 20,076 private sector jobs between 2008 and 2009.
• The 2009 average annual wage in the private sector increased by $221
from 2008.
• The Health Care & Social Assistance sector employed nearly 20
percent of the private sector employment.
• The Manufacturing sector lost 6,195 jobs, or 12.9 percent of the
workforce, between 2008 and 2009.
• Sixteen private industry sectors experienced employment losses between
2008 and 2009.
• Annual
wage growth was reported in fourteen of the nineteen private industry
sectors, with the annual wage in the Utilities sector increasing by
$3,251.
• Management
of Companies & Enterprises was the highest paying sector, with
workers averaging $92,418 in 2009.
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