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Direct support professional jobs in Rhode Island

5 open direct support professional jobs in Rhode Island at 2 employers. BLS measures a median of $21.00 an hour (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Rhode Island, opens in a new tab) for home health and personal care aides here.

5
Open in RI
2
Employers hiring
3
Towns
$21.00
BLS median in RI
3rd of 52 states and territories

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Where the direct support professional jobs are in Rhode Island

Towns with the most open jobs in this occupation. A town with a page lists every care job open there, by occupation.

What direct support professionals earn in Rhode Island

The hourly pay open jobs here post, beside what BLS measured people employed in the occupation earned in the state and its metro areas.

Posted on open jobs in Rhode Island

Too few open jobs here post an hourly rate for a typical range (it takes eight from three employers).

Measured by BLS in Rhode Island, May 2025

$21.00/hr ($43,680 a year) (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Rhode Island, opens in a new tab)

Median for home health and personal care aides, against $17.21 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, national, opens in a new tab) for the whole US; 7,490 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Rhode Island, opens in a new tab) employed in Rhode Island.

By metro area

BLS OEWS May 2025 metropolitan area estimates for Home Health and Personal Care Aides; areas that cross a state line list every state.

Employers hiring direct support professionals in Rhode Island

What the job takes

A high school diploma; employers train on the job.

  • Certification

    DSP certification

    National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals. Voluntary

    Official page

Direct support professional jobs in Rhode Island: common questions

How much do direct support professionals make in Rhode Island?

Too few open direct support professional jobs in Rhode Island post an hourly rate for a typical posted range yet. BLS measured a median of $21.00/hr ($43,680 a year) for home health and personal care aides in Rhode Island (May 2025), against $17.21 nationally, 3rd highest of 52 states and territories.

Where in Rhode Island are the most direct support professional jobs?

Warwick (3), Cranston (1) and Johnston (1). A job open in several towns counts in each.

Who is hiring direct support professionals in Rhode Island?

By open jobs on this board: West Bay RI (3) and J Arthur Trudeau Memorial Center (2). In all, 2 employers have direct support professional jobs open in Rhode Island.

What do you need to work as a direct support professional in Rhode Island?

A high school diploma; employers train on the job. DSP certification (National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals; voluntary). Where a license is state-issued, it comes from Rhode Island's own board, unless a multistate compact covers it.

How current are these jobs?

CareJobs.Now reads each employer's own job board every night; a job stays listed while the employer keeps it posted, and each opens the employer's own application.

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Sources and method

A job counts here when one of its locations is in Rhode Island, once however many locations there it lists. Its occupation is read from its title. Posted pay is the middle half of the hourly rates jobs here state, shown when at least eight jobs from three employers state one. BLS figures are as published for the state, never adjusted.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: open jobs in Rhode Island, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 23, 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Home Health and Personal Care Aides (SOC 31-1120), every state, published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Home Health and Personal Care Aides, national, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Home Health and Personal Care Aides by metropolitan area, published May 15, 2026
  5. DSP certification: National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). Direct support professional jobs in Rhode Island. Data as of October 23, 2026. https://carejobs.now/occupations/direct-support-professional/rhode-island

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