Rhode Islanders Getting Paid

Rhode Island ranked 14th in the United States for hourly pay in the month of June, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.

Rhode Islanders averaged $36.38 an hour in June, the Department of Labor said, just trailing workers in Virginia by 11 cents an hour.

Workers in Washington, D.C., topped all 50 states, making $54.21 an hour in June, the Department of Labor report said. The District of Columbia was followed by Washington, where workers $42.26 an hour, and then by Massachusetts, where the hourly rate was $42 an hour.

At the bottom of the list was Mississippi, whose workers were paid just $27.95 an hour, the Department of Labor said.