How Much Does a Sonographer Make in Rhode Island in 2026?

A typical Sonographer in Rhode Island earns about $44.63 per hour ($92,820 per year), according to the latest government wage data (May 2025). Calculated from the annual figure, that comes out to roughly $7,735 a month and about $1,785 a week. Those figures describe typical pay across the state before accounting for experience or location.

That is about 4% below the national figure of $96,590 a year, and Rhode Island ranks 29th among the 50 states and Washington, D.C. Nationally, sonographers earn a typical $46.44 an hour. Rhode Island employs 380 sonographers, compared with 90,160 nationwide, a workforce roughly matching a small state's share of the field. Pay that sits below the national figure typically tracks a lower cost of living.

Entry-level positions in Rhode Island typically offer around $40.23 to $41.17 an hour ($83,690 to $85,630 a year). That range covers sonographers just starting out, often in general practices or smaller facilities. Pay typically moves toward the state's typical $92,820 a year within a few years as sonographers gain specialized skills and experience.

Experienced sonographers in Rhode Island often earn upwards of $50.30 an hour ($104,620 a year), and the top 10% of earners make over $62.35 an hour ($129,690 a year). The gap between entry-level and top pay runs about $46,000 a year. Setting, years of experience, and which city a sonographer works in tend to account for most of that spread.

Rhode Island's typical Sonographer pay rose from $70,450 in 2015 to $92,820 in 2025, a gain of $22,370. That is a 32% increase over the decade. The rise reflects broader gains across the sonography field rather than a single year's jump.

Nationally, typical Sonographer pay rose 40% over the same decade, a faster pace than Rhode Island's climb. Pay in the state has moved up steadily even so, and someone starting out today enters a field where typical earnings are meaningfully higher than a decade ago. Past gains do not guarantee future ones, but pay has consistently moved higher across the decade.

Pay for sonographers runs fairly uniform across Rhode Island's two reported metro areas. Providence, covering the Providence-Warwick metro area, reports the highest typical pay in the state at $93,940 a year ($45.17 an hour), about 1% above the statewide figure. Warwick reports the identical figure, so location within Rhode Island makes little difference to typical pay.

Warwick, the lowest-paying city in the data, matches Providence exactly, leaving a city spread of $0. Providence also holds the largest Sonographer workforce in the state, with 510 employed there. Figures for each city reflect its full metro area rather than the city proper, and pay differences elsewhere generally track each area's cost of living.

Rhode Island pays less than both of its close neighbors. Massachusetts sonographers earn a typical $107,480 a year, 16% higher than Rhode Island, while Connecticut's typical pay of $103,230 runs 11% higher. Sonographers considering a move should know that licensure or registry credentials earned in one state can often be endorsed or transferred into a neighboring state, easing a cross-border job change.

Sonographers in Rhode Island typically earn $92,820 a year ($44.63 an hour), a figure that has climbed 32% since 2015. Pay sits a bit below the national figure and below neighboring Massachusetts and Connecticut, though it has moved steadily upward over the past decade. Readers weighing a move or a new license should check Rhode Island's board of examiners or sonography registry page for current requirements, and compare local pay using city-level figures.