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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 2010 and
provides a comparison to annual employment and wage data from
2009. Key findings for 2010 include:
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Rhode
Island lost 819 private sector jobs between 2009 and 2010, the
smallest over-the-year private
sector job loss in three years.
•
The 2010 average
annual wage in the private sector increased by $1,210 from 2009.
•The
Health Care & Social Assistance sector employed over 20
percent of the private sector employment.
•The
Health Care & Social Assistance sector added 1,305 (+1.7%)
jobs, between 2009 and 2010.
•
Eleven private
industry sectors experienced employment losses between 2009 and
2010.
•
Annual wage
growth was reported in seventeen of the nineteen private
industry sectors.
•
Management
of Companies & Enterprises was the highest paying sector,
with workers averaging
$101,204 in 2010.*
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