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Rail Transportation Workers, All Other earn $56,360 a year at the midpoint

Only about 1,120 people do this work in the United States, and half of them earn more than $56,360 a year. The lowest tenth are paid about $40,080, the highest tenth about $83,190.

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$56,360median a year · United States
$27.10an hour $60,140average 1,120people
Nine in ten people in this work earn between the two ends. The shaded part is the middle half — where most people are.
$47,57025th $56,360median $74,09075th
$40,08010th percentile $83,19090th percentile
$47,570a year at the 25th percentile, nearer a first job
$86,650best-paying state · Washington
$43,150lowest-paying state · Texas
+54%top state against the national median
  • Read the spread, not the middle. The median is the midpoint across everyone in the occupation, most of them years into the work. A beginner starts nearer the 10th to 25th percentile, which is why the spread is published alongside it.
  • What the figure counts. The figure counts base pay plus tips, commissions and production bonuses. It leaves out the self-employed, unpaid family workers, private household workers, and the value of benefits or profit sharing.
  • The annual figure is arithmetic. For hourly occupations the annual figure is the hourly rate times 2080 hours. It is a calculation, not observed earnings: part time is the norm in retail and food service.
  • Where you live moves it more than your resume does. National figures. A state or metro area can sit far from the national number, and that gap is usually larger than any difference a resume makes.
  • Not in these numbers. Growth and annual openings are not in this dataset. They come from the separate Employment Projections tables, where an opening is a modelled ten year average and not a posted vacancy.

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State matters a lotThe same job pays $86,650 in Washington and $43,150 in Texas — a gap of $43,500 a year.

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Neighbouring work, and what it pays

Occupations in the same group of the federal classification — the usual next steps, or the ones beside this one.

Rail Transportation Workers, All Other$56,360
Railroad Brake, Signal, and Switch Operators and Locomotive Firers$68,840+$12,480 Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers$60,600+$4,240

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$56,368a year

Median pay for rail transportation workers, all other in each state

Across 5 states the median ranges by 2.01 times. Figures are the 2025 survey.

State Median a year Where most start 10th to 90th Employed
Washington $86,650 $79,120 $79,120 — $94,390 90
Georgia $78,500 $50,030 $50,030 — $96,080 50
California $60,360 $45,550 $45,550 — $77,600 230
Tennessee $48,660 $44,830 $44,830 — $65,430 110
Texas $43,150 $21,880 $21,880 — $59,740 120

No estimate is published for 1 states: the survey withholds a figure when too few employers report it. Nothing has been filled in for them.

Place 452 of 788 by median pay

Better paid than 43% of the occupations in the survey.

  1. 450 Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles $56,460
  2. 451 Hoist and Winch Operators $56,450
  3. 452 Rail Transportation Workers, All Other $56,360
  4. 453 Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers $56,210
  5. 454 First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers $55,940

Writing a resume for rail transportation workers, all other

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  • Received starting signals from conductors and use controls such as throttles or air brakes to drive electric, diesel-electric, steam, or gas turbine-electric locomotives.
  • Observed and responded to wayside and cab signals, including color light signals, position signals, torpedoes, flags, and hot box detectors.
  • Signaled locomotive engineers to start or stop trains when coupling or uncoupling cars, using hand signals, lanterns, or radio communication.

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Questions people often ask

How much do rail transportation workers, all other make a year?

The national median is $56,360 a year (2025 survey). The middle half earn between $47,570 and $74,090.

What is the hourly pay for rail transportation workers, all other?

The median is $27.10 an hour; the average is $60,140 a year.

What do rail transportation workers, all other earn when they start?

A beginner is usually paid nearer the 25th percentile, $47,570 a year, and sometimes as low as the 10th, $40,080.

Which state pays rail transportation workers, all other the most?

Washington, with a median of $86,650 a year.

How many people work as rail transportation workers, all other?

About 1,120 in the United States — number 452 of 788 occupations by median pay.

Work that pays nearly the same

Median pay within $240 of what rail transportation workers, all other earn — $56,360 a year — but not always the same spread.

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