Rhode Island / Transportation / Chief Financial Officer III
Job-title file
Maintain financial records, prepare budgets and reports, and ensure compliance with fiscal rules.
1 employee holds this title in Transportation. Median total compensation for the role is $39,841, above the department median of $21,340.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Rhode Island, the median wage for Chief Executives — about 460 people — is $235,360. Transportation pays a median base salary of $39,841 for this role, 83% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Chief Executives across every employer in Rhode Island, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Transportation’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Chief Executives — about 204,350 people — is $213,990. Transportation’s median base salary is 81% below that national figure, below the 10th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Rhode Island range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Transportation is $39,841, 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.
Compare departments
Chief Financial Officer III is held in 3 Rhode Island departments. In Transportation, the median of $39,841 ranks #3 of 3.
Median total compensation for the Chief Financial Officer III role in other Rhode Islanddepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 8 jurisdictions. In Rhode Island, the median of $38,057 ranks #7 of 8. See Chief Financial Officer across all of Rhode Island →
Median total compensation for comparable Chief Financial Officer roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
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Chief Financial Officer III/Transportation
Source-specific fields
Dawn Cruz is a Chief Financial Officer III at Transportation. 2026 total compensation came to $39,841.