Rhode Island state government salary

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This page describes the compensation, salaries, and benefits that Rhode Island's public employees receive from state and local government.

The Providence Journal is conducting a continuing report of Public Payroll in Rhode Island.

The Rhode Island Statewide Coalition Foundation's new independent transparency site, www.themoneytrail.org, has begun posting state employee salary information online.

The Ocean State Policy Research Institute has posted the second year of statewide payroll data on the Transparency Train Web portal [1] . Each city, town and school district payroll is also online.

State Government Employee Salaries[1]
Office'07 SalaryCurrent Official
Governor $117,817 Don Carcieri
Lieutenant Governor $99,214 Elizabeth Roberts
Secretary of State $99,214 Ralph Mollis
Attorney General $105,416 Patrick Lynch
Treasurer $99,214 Frank Caprio


Rhode Island Judicial Salaries[2]
Position'08 SalaryCurrent Justice
Chief Justice $167,644 Maureen McKenna Goldberg
Associate Justice $152,403 Francis Flaherty
Associate Justice $152,403 Paul Suttell
Associate Justice $152,403 William Robinson
Associate Justice $152,403

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Rhode Island State Employment Opportunities

[edit] References

  1. ‘‘The Council of State Governments,’’ “The Book of the States: 2008”
  2. The National Center for State Courts, "Judicial Salary Resource Center"