Principal Tax Auditor

Across all employers in Rhode Island, the median wage for Accountants and Auditors — about 6,570 people — is $95,820. Dlt pays a median base salary of $98,218 for this role, 3% above that figure — about the 52nd percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Median total compensation for this role at Dlt is $98,218, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.

Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.

Principal Tax Auditor is held in 2 Rhode Island departments. In Dlt, the median of $98,218 ranks #1 of 2.

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