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Title: Receivables Specialist rate in Rhode Island | Deftridge
Summary: Accounts Receivable & Collections Specialist pay in Rhode Island: median wage $27 an hour, typical part-time contractor rate $40.

RI · United States · **Updated November 4, 2026**

# Accounts Receivable & Collections Specialist hourly rate in Rhode Island

The market median wage for an Accounts Receivable & Collections Specialist in Rhode Island is **$27.27 an hour**. A senior part-time contractor typically receives **$40 an hour** on Deftridge, +14% against the United States rate.

**$40/hr** typical contractor rate, senior

**$27.27/hr** median wage

**$23-31** middle half of wages

**$870** a month at 5 hours a week

## Accounts Receivable & Collections Specialist wage percentiles in Rhode Island

Employee wages for the role. The yellow row is the median.

| Percentile | Per hour | 5 h a week, per month | Full time, per year |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 10th | $18.85 | $410 | $39,200 |
| 25th | $22.69 | $490 | $47,200 |
| Median | $27.27 | $590 | $56,700 |
| 75th | $31.41 | $680 | $65,300 |
| 90th | $37.96 | $820 | $79,000 |

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2024; aged to October 2026; about 4,470 people employed in the role. [How rates are built](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/).

## Rhode Island in numbers

What sets Rhode Island apart for an Accounts Receivable & Collections Specialist, from the same sources as the table above.

- **+12%** median wage against the United States median of $24.25

- **7th of 51** states by median wage for this role

- **4,470** people employed in the role in this place

- **$26.69** median wage in the Providence metro area, the highest here

- **$35** country floor: no United States rate is published below it

## What contractors receive

The Deftridge rate for an Accounts Receivable & Collections Specialist in Rhode Island by level and by format. The company adds 15% on top; you keep all of the rate shown.

| Level | Per hour | Per month at 5 h/week |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Specialist (country floor) | $35 | $760 |
| Senior | $40 | $870 |

- Regular role **$40**

- One-off task **$45**

- Task bundle **$40**

Rows marked country floor would come out lower by the formula; the United States floor of $35 applies instead.

## Accounts Receivable & Collections Specialist pay across United States

Typical contractor rate for a senior Accounts Receivable & Collections Specialist, highest first; 10 of 51 places shown. By median wage Rhode Island ranks **7 of 51**.

| Place | Median wage | Contractor rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| California | $32.90 | $50 |
| District of Columbia | $31.70 | $45 |
| New York | $28.56 | $40 |
| Alaska | $27.67 | $40 |
| Massachusetts | $27.54 | $40 |
| Washington | $27.51 | $40 |
| Rhode Island | $27.27 | $40 |
| Connecticut | $26.28 | $40 |
| New Jersey | $26.20 | $40 |
| Delaware | $26.19 | $40 |

## Metro areas in Rhode Island

Median employee wage for the role in the metro area (BLS OEWS).

- [Providence $26.69/hr median wage · range $23-31](https://deftridge.com/rates/accounts-receivable-specialist/rhode-island/)

## Questions about pay, fees and privacy

The same rules apply to every task, so they live on two pages: [Pricing](https://deftridge.com/pricing/) explains the 15% fee, prepayment and when you are paid; [How it works](https://deftridge.com/how-it-works/) covers matching, what a company sees and side work next to a job.

[Accounts Receivable & Collections Specialist rates in every country](https://deftridge.com/rates/accounts-receivable-specialist/) · [Accounts Receivable & Collections Specialist jobs in Rhode Island](https://deftridge.com/jobs/accounts-receivable-specialist/rhode-island/) · [Methodology](https://deftridge.com/rates/methodology/)
