Highest-paying Cities for Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators

The top 46 highest paying cities for rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $84,460, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York is the highest paying city for rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators. It is followed by Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington (average annual salary $73,720). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 46 Highest-paying cities/areas for Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$84,460	$53,200	2,900
2	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$73,720	$54,950	80
3	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$71,290	$59,530	260
4	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$71,290	$59,530	260
5	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$67,400	$53,460	380
6	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$65,180	$65,180	370
7	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$63,020	$49,180	40
8	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$62,870	$49,170	50
9	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$61,770	$54,390	30
10	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$59,930	$37,710	60
11	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$57,990	$34,870	230
12	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$57,210	$49,840	1,820
13	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$56,610	$44,280	180
14	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$55,980	$50,770	30
15	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$55,820	$42,630	170
16	Memphis, Tennessee	$55,060	$38,180	130
17	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$54,170	$35,660	100
18	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$54,060	$32,640	n/a
19	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$53,570	$36,890	120
20	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$52,910	$28,540	180
21	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$52,540	$30,580	110
22	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$50,370	$35,430	240
23	St Louis, Missouri	$46,340	$34,630	60
24	Salt Lake City, Utah	$45,970	$44,380	70
25	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$45,470	$37,030	50
26	Winnsboro nonmetropolitan area, Louisiana	$44,970	$38,860	30
27	Kansas City, Missouri	$44,130	$32,770	60
28	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$43,290	$28,330	150
29	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$42,990	$32,900	50
30	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$41,500	$32,350	n/a
31	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$40,560	$32,720	30
32	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$40,430	$26,560	130
33	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$38,480	$31,770	90
34	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$38,090	$27,280	30
35	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$37,790	$33,470	180
36	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$37,360	$33,410	n/a
37	Jacksonville, Florida	$36,410	$28,380	50
38	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$36,390	$27,800	370
39	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$36,260	$26,530	50
40	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$36,040	$22,500	40
41	Prescott, Arizona	$35,550	$22,110	40
42	Columbus, Ohio	$34,500	$22,500	50
43	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$33,220	$25,130	n/a
44	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$31,260	$26,810	60
45	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$30,930	$30,930	30
46	Huntington-Ashland, West Virginia	$30,500	$22,530	80

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