High paying engineering and architecture jobs in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA

Every engineering and architecture occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single engineering and architecture job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA run 1.8% above the national average (2024), so a Providence-Warwick, RI-MA salary is worth about 0.98× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Providence-Warwick, RI-MA · Employed

1Electronics Engineers, Except Computer$132,870
Bachelor's degree
$89,540 – $195,1901,080
2Computer Hardware Engineers$125,060
Bachelor's degree
$86,530 – $172,750460
3Electrical Engineers$114,710
Bachelor's degree
$78,000 – $197,950830
4Mechanical Engineers$111,360
Bachelor's degree
$77,600 – $180,7101,750
5Engineers, All Other$110,520
Bachelor's degree
$57,180 – $195,190430
6Industrial Engineers$106,290
Bachelor's degree
$78,150 – $156,7301,570
7Architects, Except Landscape and Naval$105,300
Bachelor's degree
$75,960 – $163,060690
8Environmental Engineers$101,140
Bachelor's degree
$83,150 – $140,170220
9Civil Engineers$99,310
Bachelor's degree
$75,990 – $150,8001,550
10Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other$94,570
Associate's degree
$63,110 – $130,480430
11Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians$82,240
Associate's degree
$48,860 – $113,760450
12Architectural and Civil Drafters$70,780
Associate's degree
$47,720 – $106,230370
13Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians$61,980
Associate's degree
$47,770 – $86,060340

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianProvidence-Warwick, RI-MA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Electronics Engineers, Except ComputerBachelor's degree	$132,870	$89,540 – $195,190	1,080
2	Computer Hardware EngineersBachelor's degree	$125,060	$86,530 – $172,750	460
3	Electrical EngineersBachelor's degree	$114,710	$78,000 – $197,950	830
4	Mechanical EngineersBachelor's degree	$111,360	$77,600 – $180,710	1,750
5	Engineers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$110,520	$57,180 – $195,190	430
6	Industrial EngineersBachelor's degree	$106,290	$78,150 – $156,730	1,570
7	Architects, Except Landscape and NavalBachelor's degree	$105,300	$75,960 – $163,060	690
8	Environmental EngineersBachelor's degree	$101,140	$83,150 – $140,170	220
9	Civil EngineersBachelor's degree	$99,310	$75,990 – $150,800	1,550
10	Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All OtherAssociate's degree	$94,570	$63,110 – $130,480	430
11	Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and TechniciansAssociate's degree	$82,240	$48,860 – $113,760	450
12	Architectural and Civil DraftersAssociate's degree	$70,780	$47,720 – $106,230	370
13	Industrial Engineering Technologists and TechniciansAssociate's degree	$61,980	$47,770 – $86,060	340

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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