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Rhode Island
’s private sector employed 407,900 workers in 2008 and paid over $16.7
billion in wages. Private
sector employees earned an average annual wage of $41,099 in 2008, a 3.2
percent (+$1,272) increase from the 2007 average of $39,827. The
2008 average annual wage in the
Ocean
State
was 9.4 percent less than the national average of $45,368 and ranked as
the fourth highest wage in
New England
. At $59,305,
Connecticut
reported the highest average annual private sector wage in the
northeast, nearly $14,000 higher than the
United States
average.
Massachusetts
workers earned an average of $57,272, followed by
New Hampshire
, whose average annual wage of $45,274 was slightly lower than the rest
of the nation. Private
industry in
Vermont
($37,567) and
Maine
($35,624) paid the lowest average annual wages in
New England
. The statewide private sector wages in
New Hampshire
,
Rhode Island
,
Vermont
, and
Maine
were all below the national average in 2008.
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