Town-By-Town Pension Benefits
They're a sore subject right now. And if you think Rhode Island's largest city is paying out the largest pensions on average - think again! Target 12 digs through the records of ever city & town; exposing which communities hit the pension jackpot. Click the cities and towns on the map below to see what your town is paying out.

Average Pension Payment by Municipality

Town Avg. Monthly Payment
Warwick$2,979.83
Cranston$2,382.97
Providence$2,373.32
Portsmouth$2,338.34
Newport$2,308.76
Johnston$2,033.78
East Providence$2,010.64
West Warwick$1,902.64
Middletown$1,836.91
Smithfield$1,774.42
Central Falls (pre bankruptcy)$1,764.64
Jamestown$1,677.44
Narragansett$1,635.15
Woonsocket$1,588.52
South Kingstown$1,530.69
North Kingstown$1,499.16
North Providence$1,397.47
Scituate$1,369.09
Tiverton$1,300.90
Lincoln$1,240.34
North Smithfield$1,233.91
Central Falls (post bankruptcy)$1,228.21
Warren$1,183.71
Bristol$1,183.34
Pawtucket$1,175.07
Coventry$1,164.95
New Shoreham$1,155.04
Westerly*$1,132.05
West Greenwich$1,128.04
Richmond$1,092.77
East Greenwich$1,043.05
Exeter$1,017.63
Barrington$1,010.00
Cumberland$987.65
Little Compton$967.24
Charlestown$730.19
Burrillville$712.76
Glocester$679.09
Foster$258.95
*MERS data only
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