Unfortunately, I could not find a list of occupations for the current members of the General Assembly. I have found that there is information in their biographies at State of Rhode Island General Assembly that may be used to create a table similar to those below.
Or use the Bio column in these lists:
This is the latest data from the National Conference of State Legislatures for occupations. See, Additional Resources, Occupation, at the bottom.
Legislators Occupations 2015 (Rhode Island)
| Occupation |
Per Cent |
| Agriculture |
2% |
| Attorney |
19% |
| Business Owner |
9% |
| Business Other |
24% |
| Educator |
5% |
| Consult/Nonprofit/Professional |
6% |
| Legislator |
9% |
| Retired |
11% |
| No Data |
0% |
| Other* |
15% |
*Includes Clergy, Engineering/Science/Architecture, Communications/Arts, Public Administration, Homemaker/Student, Labor Union, Medical -- each of which does not exceed 5 percent in the national total.
Legislators' Occupations for Eastern Region States- Table 2, 2007 (percentages)
| Occupation |
Rhode Island |
| Attorney |
26.8% |
| Full-Time Legislator |
0.0% |
| Business Owner |
10.7% |
| Agriculture |
1.0% |
| Retired |
8.9% |
| Business: Executive/Manager |
14.3% |
| Educator: K-12 |
7.1% |
| Business: Non-manager |
7.1% |
| Consultant/Professional/Nonprofit |
8.9% |
| Real Estate |
1.8% |
| Insurance |
3.6% |
| Communications/Arts |
1.8% |
| Medical |
2.7% |
| Government Employee: Local |
0.9% |
| Educator: College |
0.0% |
| Homemaker |
0.0% |
| Engineer/Scientist/Architect |
0.9% |
| Accountant |
0.9% |
| Government Employee: State |
0.0% |
| Clergy |
0.0% |
| Labor Union |
0.9% |
| Student |
0.9% |
| Information Not Available |
0.0% |
| Insufficient Information |
0.0% |
