Chief

Across all employers in Rhode Island, the median wage for First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers — about 770 people — is $85,170. Education pays a median base salary of $38,291 for this role, 55% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Median total compensation for this role at Education is $38,291, 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.

This role is reported in 6 jurisdictions. In Rhode Island, the median of $38,291 ranks #5 of 6. See Chief across all of Rhode Island →

• Assessment Specialist 7
• Assistant Administrative Officer 9
• Clerk Secretary 5
• Director 12
• Education Specialist 9
• Education Specialist Educator Excellence 7
• Education Specialist Occr 8
• Executive Associate 9
• Janitor 10
• School Health Polcy Progm Specialist 5
• Supervisor of Instruction Services 5
• Teacher 136
• Teacher Assistant 6