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][4] that may be used to create a table similar to those below. [4]: https://www.rilegislature.gov/Pages/Default.aspx Or use the **Bio** column in these lists: + [Representatives][5] (75) [5]: http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Email/RepEmailListDistrict.asp + [Senators][6] (38) [6]: http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Email/SenEmailListDistrict.asp --- This is the [latest data from the National Conference of State Legislatures][1] for occupations. *See,* Additional Resources, Occupation, at the bottom. [Legislators Occupations 2015][2] (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. [1]: https://www.ncsl.org/research/about-state-legislatures/who-we-elect-an-interactive-graphic.aspx# [2]: https://www.ncsl.org/Portals/1/Documents/About_State_Legislatures/Occupations.pdf --- [Legislators' Occupations for Eastern Region States- Table 2, 2007][3] (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% | [3]: https://www.ncsl.org/research/about-state-legislatures/legislator-occupations-eastern-region-table-2.aspx