How much do Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs make in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA?

Percentile spread

For Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs, the published 10th percentile is $45,250 and the 90th percentile is $78,050. The difference is $32,800, which is 50.8% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $58,340 to the 75th at $71,800, covers $13,460.

The mean annual wage is $63,330, which sits below the median of $64,560. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Providence-Warwick, RI-MA median is 19.1% higher than the national median of $54,210 for Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs. In 2024 national prices the local median is $63,435, which is 17% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Rhode Island median of $64,560.

Providence-Warwick, RI-MA covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Rhode Island, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Providence-Warwick, RI-MA is 101.773, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $64,560 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs at $63,435 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

18 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs. Providence-Warwick, RI-MA ranks 8th of 19 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT is 45 miles away, with a median of $71,390 and employment of 90. That median is 10.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $71,074, against $63,435 here.
• Worcester, MA is 54 miles away, with a median of $49,660 and employment of 100. That median is 23.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $48,438, against $63,435 here.
• Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH is 58 miles away, with a median of $67,320 and employment of 1,360. That median is 4.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $62,180, against $63,435 here.

Employment share

Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs accounts for 0.09% of wage-and-salary employment in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA (640 of 714,120). Nationally the occupation is 0.10% of employment (154,800 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.90 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.