SOC 53-7064 · Transportation and Material Moving Occupations · May 2025

How much do Packers and Packagers, Hand make in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Packers and Packagers, Hand in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA is $34,230. The 10th percentile is $31,200 and the 90th percentile is $48,120. Employment is 3,560.

Median annual wage

$34,230

10th percentile
$31,200
25th percentile
$31,270
Median
$34,230
75th percentile
$39,190
90th percentile
$48,120
Mean
$36,960

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Packers and Packagers, Hand, the published 10th percentile is $31,200 and the 90th percentile is $48,120. The difference is $16,920, which is 49.4% 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 $31,270 to the 75th at $39,190, covers $7,920.

The mean annual wage is $36,960, which sits above the median of $34,230. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Providence-Warwick, RI-MA median is 5.7% lower than the national median of $36,280 for Packers and Packagers, Hand. In 2024 national prices the local median is $33,634, which is 7.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 6.8% lower than the Rhode Island median of $36,730.

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 $34,230 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Packers and Packagers, Hand at $33,634 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

19 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Packers and Packagers, Hand. Providence-Warwick, RI-MA ranks 16th of 20 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 $35,580 and employment of 260. That median is 3.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $35,422, against $33,634 here.
  • Worcester, MA is 54 miles away, with a median of $33,350 and employment of 1,970. That median is 2.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $32,529, against $33,634 here.
  • Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH is 58 miles away, with a median of $33,740 and employment of 11,250. That median is 1.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $31,164, against $33,634 here.

Employment share

Packers and Packagers, Hand accounts for 0.50% of wage-and-salary employment in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA (3,560 of 714,120). Nationally the occupation is 0.36% of employment (559,820 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.38 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.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Packers and Packagers, Hand make in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Packers and Packagers, Hand in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA is $34,230. The 10th percentile is $31,200 and the 90th percentile is $48,120. Employment is 3,560.

How does that compare with the national median for Packers and Packagers, Hand?

The local median is 5.7% lower than the national median of $36,280.

What is Packers and Packagers, Hand pay in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Providence-Warwick, RI-MA is 101.773, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $34,230 is $33,634. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Providence-Warwick, RI-MA compare with nearby metros for Packers and Packagers, Hand?

Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 45 miles away, at $35,580. Providence-Warwick, RI-MA ranks 16th of 20 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.