Rhode Island's Highest Paid Employees
Elected Leaders' Salaries
The Providence Journal requested these lists of state employees' salaries and earnings -- which must be made available to the public under the state's Open Records Law -- to take a closer look at the cost of state government as state leaders have been debating issues such as layoffs and the privatizing of some state jobs.
| Governor | Donald L. Carcieri | $117,817 |
| Lt. Governor | Elizabeth Roberts | 99,214 |
| Secretary Of State | A. Ralph Mollis | 99,214 |
| Attorney General | Patrick C. Lynch | 105,416 |
| General Treasurer | Frank T. Caprio | 99,214 |
| Senate President | Joseph A. Montalbano | 26,178 |
| Speaker of the House | William J. Murphy | 26,178 |
SOURCE: Rhode Island Department of Administration, personnel management office, as of June 29.
