Rail Transportation Workers, All Other Salary and Pay
How much do Rail Transportation Workers, All Other make?
Rail Transportation Workers, All Other pay a median of $49,330 a year in the BLS May 2024 survey, with a mean of $53,500 across 1,520 counted jobs. Half of all workers in the occupation earn between $40,460 and $64,710.
What Rail Transportation Workers, All Other actually pay, from the federal wage survey: a $49,330 median, the full percentile ladder, every state's table, and the metros where the jobs and the money sit, on one page.
Updated November 5, 2026
Salary converter for this occupation
Conversions use 12 months, 26 biweekly periods, 52 weeks, and 2,080 hours. No level in this occupation's ladder reaches the BLS top code, so every figure the converter shows is a published estimate rather than a floor.
The national wage ladder (BLS OEWS, May 2024)
| Pay level | Annual wage | Hourly wage |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $34,690 | $16.68 |
| 25th percentile | $40,460 | $19.45 |
| Median (50th) | $49,330 | $23.72 |
| 75th percentile | $64,710 | $31.11 |
| 90th percentile | $82,620 | $39.72 |
Percentiles answer the question a single average cannot: where would a given Rail Transportation Workers, All Other offer sit among all 1,520 workers doing this job? The survey top-codes at $239,200+ and withholds unreliable cells, shown as n/p in the table.
Employment and concentration
BLS counted 1,520 Rail Transportation Workers, All Other jobs in May 2024, which is 0.00% of all U.S. employment in the survey. Work is most concentrated in West Virginia, where the location quotient is 13.75, meaning the occupation holds 13.75 times its national share of local jobs. California employs the most people outright, 320 of them, and the three largest state employers together account for 48.7% of the national total.
One in ten workers in this field earns $34,690 or less, and one in ten earns $82,620 or more, so the top-to-bottom ratio is 2.4 to 1 and the annual gap is $47,930. The mean ($53,500) versus median ($49,330) comparison shows a right-skewed ladder where senior and specialist roles lift the average in this occupation.
Pay by state
New Jersey posts the highest median annual wage in the state table at $84,190, and California the largest headcount. The full table, sorted by employment:
| State | Employment | Jobs per 1,000 | Location quotient | Mean annual | Median annual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 320 | 0.0 | 1.77 | $56,210 | $54,710 |
| Tennessee | 270 | 0.1 | 8.31 | $49,520 | $47,480 |
| Texas | 150 | 0.0 | 1.12 | $32,870 | $22,160 |
| Washington | 100 | 0.0 | 2.83 | $81,820 | $82,910 |
| West Virginia | 100 | 0.1 | 13.75 | $48,260 | $44,200 |
| Georgia | 60 | 0.0 | 1.26 | $55,650 | $61,820 |
| Kentucky | 60 | 0.0 | 3.02 | $46,430 | $43,770 |
| New Jersey | 50 | 0.0 | 1.13 | $81,730 | $84,190 |
| Illinois | n/p | n/p | n/p | $48,820 | $49,320 |
The occupation in context
Ranked against all 826 published occupations, Rail Transportation Workers, All Other stands number 811 by employment and number 534 by median pay. Inside its own major group, Transportation and Material Moving Occupations, the group median wage is $52,310 across 50 detailed occupations, so this occupation pays 6% less than its group median, and it supplies 0.0% of the group's 13,645,590 jobs. In 4 of the 9 states with a published median, the state median beats the national median of $49,330, which is the single best quick test of whether this occupation's pay is set nationally or locally: a high count means local markets regularly outbid the national figure.
Metropolitan areas: where the jobs and the pay sit
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is the largest metro employer with 210 jobs, 13.8% of the national total. Below, the biggest employers come first; the pay table after it only counts metros with 500 or more jobs in the occupation, so its leader is a real market and not a statistical artifact.
Largest metro employers
| Metropolitan area | Employment | Mean annual | Median annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 210 | $55,790 | $54,710 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | 120 | $48,660 | $47,480 |
| Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | 50 | $30,310 | $21,290 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 30 | $44,620 | $45,540 |
What the median pay looks like as a budget
Budget arithmetic on the median: $4,111 a month before tax, $1,897 biweekly, $949 weekly. Moving from the 25th percentile ($40,460) to the 75th ($64,710) is worth $24,250 a year, which is the realistic size of the experience and specialization premium inside this occupation. To turn any of these gross figures into spendable money, run them through the paycheck calculator; to weigh an offer against your current role, use the salary calculator; to test a raise against prices, the raise vs inflation calculator.
To place a real offer: a salary of $54,263 would sit between the median ($49,330) and the 75th percentile ($64,710), inside the top half but outside the top quarter of this occupation's ladder. An offer at the 25th percentile, $40,460, is $8,870 under the median, the typical size of the discount attached to entry-level or low-cost-market postings in this field.
Related occupations in Transportation and Material Moving Occupations
Pay for the neighboring roles in the same BLS major group: Light Truck Drivers, Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators, First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors, Packers and Packagers, Hand, Driver/Sales Workers, Bus Drivers, School. The full directory is on the Careers hub.
Frequently asked questions
How much do Rail Transportation Workers, All Other make?
The median annual wage is $49,330 and the mean is $53,500 in the BLS OEWS May 2024 estimates. The middle half of workers earn between $40,460 and $64,710 a year.
Which state pays Rail Transportation Workers, All Other the most?
By median annual wage, New Jersey leads the state table at $84,190, based on 50 jobs in that state. By mean wage and by headcount the leaders can differ, so the state table on this page shows all three measures side by side.
How many Rail Transportation Workers, All Other are there in the United States?
BLS counted 1,520 wage and salary workers in this occupation in May 2024, 0.00% of all U.S. employment in the survey. The largest state employer is California with 320 jobs.
What do the OEWS percentiles mean for Rail Transportation Workers, All Other?
They mark points in this occupation's pay distribution. One worker in ten earns $34,690 or less and one in ten earns $82,620 or more; the median, $49,330, is the wage of the worker exactly in the middle of the 1,520 counted jobs.