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Hiring difficulty · Providence-Warwick, RI-MA

Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary hiring difficulty in Providence, RI

The public market difficulty score for Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary in Providence, RI is 6.1 out of 10, in the elevated band. This occupation is a smaller share of jobs in Providence than it is nationwide. The location quotient is 0.55 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). The metro median is $103,780 a year, under the U.S. median of $107,310 and within 3 percent of the Rhode Island median of $103,780 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). In Rhode Island, the December 2025 job openings rate for all industries, statewide, was 4.1%, near the U.S. rate of 4.0% that same month. The statewide hiring pace was 33.5 days, shorter than the U.S. pace of 37.8 days (BLS JOLTS, total nonfarm). OEWS counts 550 jobs in this occupation in the metro (May 2025). No workplace count is shown for Providence. The provider-registry extract was built from Oklahoma and Texas city queries and stops at those metros. On healthcare employment in practitioner and support occupations, Providence sits at rank 38 in this set of 80 metros.

Public market difficulty score
6.1
Elevated

Average of three ranked components, shown to one decimal. How this score is built

Key numbers

Metro median pay
$103,780
Rhode Island $103,780 · U.S. $107,310. BLS OEWS, May 2025, annual wage.
Local 75th percentile
$169,590
Rhode Island $169,590 · U.S. $210,370. BLS OEWS, May 2025.
Statewide hiring pace
33.5 days
All industries, Rhode Island, December 2025. U.S. pace 37.8 days that month. BLS JOLTS total nonfarm. Levels: 22 thousand openings and 20 thousand hires.
Statewide openings rate
4.1%
All industries, Rhode Island, December 2025. U.S. rate 4.0% that month. BLS JOLTS total nonfarm. Statewide figure, for every industry in the state.
Healthcare workplaces in the metro (all provider types)
Not shown
No count for Providence. The CMS NPPES extract (retrieved September 28, 2026) was queried in Oklahoma and Texas cities only. Where a count is shown, it covers all provider types in the metro and is the same for every role.

JOLTS on this page is a statewide, all-industry figure. It is the same number for every role in Rhode Island. It is a December 2025 print, matched to the U.S. total-nonfarm print for that month.

Annual pay

Metro employment 550 (BLS OEWS, May 2025). Location quotient 0.55. Metro area: Providence-Warwick, RI-MA.

PercentileMetroRIU.S.
25th$78,640$78,640$75,690
Median$103,780$103,780$107,310
75th$169,590$169,590$210,370

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Unpublished cells stay blank here.

Score components

ComponentInputScoreReading
Local supply0.559.3Location quotient, BLS OEWS, May 2025. Lower quotient, higher component. Ranked among the 1,953 published pages.
Statewide openings rate4.1%6.3Total nonfarm, all industries, Rhode Island, December 2025. Higher rate, higher component. Ranked among 51 states and DC.
Statewide hiring pace33.5 days2.8Openings ÷ hires × 365.25 ÷ 12, from 22 thousand openings and 20 thousand hires. Higher days, higher component.

Shown score 6.1 is the average, rounded half up to one decimal. Full method