Used plastic pallets in Rhode Island
Pallet demand in Rhode Island follows its 40 warehousing establishments and 5,152 jobs in them, 0.27% of the US total. Here is where that work sits and what a buyer there should ask for in a used plastic lot.
- Warehousing jobs
- 5,152 (2025)
- Establishments
- 40
- Share of US
- 0.27%
- Rank
- 39th by jobs
Where Rhode Island's pallet work sits
Warehousing and storage in Rhode Island employed 5,152 people at 40 sites in 2025, an average of 128.8 per site, by the BLS count of private employers.
Rhode Island against the country
Each line is Rhode Island's private-sector figure beside the national total, with the share it makes up and, where the data allows, its rank among the fifty states.
| Line | Rhode Island | United States | Share | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warehousing and storage jobs | 5,152 | 1,901,976 | 0.27% | 39th |
| Warehousing establishments | 40 | 23,345 | 0.17% | |
| Food manufacturing jobs | 3,769 | 1,775,008 | 0.21% | 46th |
| Pharmaceutical manufacturing jobs | 1,258 | 350,886 | 0.36% | 34th |
| Motor vehicle parts jobs | 228 | 521,212 | 0.04% |
What the ratios say
The BLS withholds counties where a figure would identify one employer, which means the 0 counties shown for Rhode Island understate what the state holds.
- Size of site: 128.8 jobs in the typical Rhode Island warehouse, more than the 81.5 found across the country (58 percent more).
- Food manufacturing employs 0.73 people for every warehousing job in Rhode Island; across the US the ratio is 0.93.
- Rhode Island holds 0.21% of the nation's food manufacturing jobs and 0.27% of its warehousing jobs, so food is the lighter of the two lines here.
- Pharmaceutical manufacturing adds 1,258 jobs, 0.36% of the US total.
- Connecticut runs warehouses of nearly the same size, at 130.2 jobs per establishment against 128.8 here.
- For food manufacturing, West Virginia is the closest match at 3,636 jobs, 133 below Rhode Island's 3,769.
- If warehousing jobs were split evenly across 50 states, each would hold 2.0% of the total; Rhode Island holds 0.27%, which is 0.14 times an even share.
- New Mexico sits above Rhode Island with 573 more warehousing jobs, and Maine sits below with 1,378 fewer.
Where Rhode Island ranks
Rhode Island and the 38 states above it hold 99% of the country's 1,901,976 warehousing jobs between them. The median state has 23,211, so Rhode Island is 18,058 jobs below it; California, the largest, has 236,923, or 46 times as many.
| Measure | Rhode Island figure | Rank of 50 |
|---|---|---|
| Warehousing jobs | 5,152 | 39th |
| Warehousing establishments | 40 | 48th |
| Jobs per establishment | 128.8 | 3rd |
| Food manufacturing jobs | 3,769 | 46th |
| Pharmaceutical jobs | 1,258 | 34th |
Industries that use pallets in Rhode Island
The line that stands out in Rhode Island is warehousing and storage, 0.8 times as concentrated as it is across the US. Warehouses with automated storage need a consistent size for conveyors and a rack rating they can read.
- Warehousing and storage: 5,152 jobs in Rhode Island, 0.27% of the 1,901,976 across the US, or 1.00 for every warehousing job in the state.
- Food manufacturing: 3,769 jobs in Rhode Island, 0.21% of the 1,775,008 across the US, or 0.73 for every warehousing job in the state.
The ladder around Rhode Island
At 39th of 50 states by warehousing jobs, Rhode Island has these neighbours in the ranking, two above and two below.
| Rank | State | Warehousing jobs | Share of US |
|---|---|---|---|
| 37th | Nebraska | 8,246 | 0.43% |
| 38th | New Mexico | 5,725 | 0.30% |
| 39th | Rhode Island | 5,152 | 0.27% |
| 40th | Maine | 3,774 | 0.20% |
| 41st | West Virginia | 3,631 | 0.19% |
Rhode Island has no metro page
The sixty metros in the data do not include one in Rhode Island. This page therefore covers every county, and the written reply to a request says how a lot would be delivered.
Sorting a lot into piles
- Pile one: whole pallets with flat decks, square corners and no repairs.
- Pile two: whole pallets with a repair or a mismatched piece, kept separate and counted.
- Pile three: pallets with a crack through a load path, set aside for repair or scrap.
- Pile four: marked pallets that may belong to someone else, held until the owner is known.
- Write the pile count on a board by the stacks, and photograph it each morning.
Storing a lot properly
- Keep stacks on a flat, dry slab, away from heaters, doorways and loading-bay draughts.
- Limit stack height to what the bottom pallet and the lift truck can safely manage.
- Shield pallets from sunlight with a tarp or a roof, since ultraviolet light chalks and embrittles some resins.
- Separate footprints, makers and grades with floor markings so pickers never guess.
- Leave an aisle wide enough for a fork truck to turn without clipping a corner.
What to put on a request from Rhode Island
USDA published no refrigerated warehouse figure for Rhode Island in its October 2025 count, so this page makes no cold-storage claim.
- Start with the footprint: 48 x 40 in, one maker
- Then the grade: used and clean with a stated rating
- Give the receiving ZIP in Rhode Island
- Name a quantity band, a few pallet-loads up to a truck
How a request works
- Pick the footprint, then the grade you can live with.
- Say what the pallets will carry and how many you need.
- Read the written lot description that comes back.
- Agree the lot before anything moves.
Questions people ask
How many warehousing jobs does Rhode Island have?
5,152 private-sector jobs across 40 establishments in 2025, 0.27% of the US total and 39th among the states.
Where in Rhode Island are the warehouses?
The BLS publishes no county breakdown for Rhode Island here.
Do you sell used plastic pallets in Rhode Island?
The site matches lots to requests and publishes no stock list. Send the footprint, grade and quantity band.
Other states
Ask for a lot
Pick a footprint and a grade. The reply describes a matched lot in writing.