Highest-paying Cities for Rail Car Repairers

The top 83 highest paying cities for rail car repairers (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 car repairers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $83,200, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York is the highest paying city for rail car repairers. It is followed by Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia (average annual salary $80,660). 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 car repairers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 83 Highest-paying cities/areas for Rail Car Repairers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$83,200	$62,510	990
2	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$80,660	$64,630	800
3	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$77,310	$57,890	190
4	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$76,950	$66,500	140
5	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$74,630	$54,300	180
6	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$72,470	$53,290	n/a
7	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$69,010	$32,730	50
8	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$66,960	$42,870	910
9	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$66,440	$55,690	n/a
10	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$66,370	$49,260	260
11	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$65,950	$31,760	150
12	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$65,710	$53,110	1,010
13	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$65,510	$46,520	130
14	Stockton, California	$64,410	$36,290	30
15	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$62,940	$35,890	280
16	Western Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$61,720	$49,400	70
17	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$60,530	$37,650	80
18	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$60,440	$31,560	740
19	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$59,180	$35,610	40
20	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$58,450	$39,480	300
21	Camden, New Jersey	$57,670	$52,170	30
22	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$56,990	$35,920	90
23	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$56,250	$27,420	110
24	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$55,450	$38,730	n/a
25	Southeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area, Mississippi	$55,450	$35,820	140
26	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$53,760	$44,090	100
27	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$51,550	$30,950	230
28	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$50,490	$38,820	90
29	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$50,210	$35,400	40
30	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$49,980	$38,350	80
31	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$49,910	$42,770	30
32	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$47,930	$28,160	30
33	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$47,720	$36,670	320
34	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$47,440	$34,980	n/a
35	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$46,910	$28,930	50
36	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$46,890	$36,140	560
37	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$46,820	$45,200	130
38	Memphis, Tennessee	$46,780	$35,550	40
39	Texarkana-Texarkana, Texas	$46,780	$29,140	30
40	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$46,520	$41,530	30
41	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$46,420	$31,870	70
42	Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$46,350	$33,680	60
43	Jacksonville, Florida	$46,000	$30,920	80
44	Longview, Texas	$45,330	$30,000	290
45	Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$45,170	$35,760	50
46	St Louis, Missouri	$44,870	$29,350	130
47	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$44,220	$31,710	n/a
48	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$43,970	$27,840	200
49	Kansas City, Missouri	$43,140	$28,960	140
50	West Arkansas nonmetropolitan area, Arkansas	$43,120	$21,140	40
51	Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$42,580	$33,610	70
52	Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida	$42,410	$37,650	40
53	Montgomery, Alabama	$41,770	$32,600	90
54	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$41,730	$32,390	30
55	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$41,050	$32,300	180
56	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$40,810	$32,180	50
57	North Arizona nonmetropolitan area, Arizona	$40,670	$26,090	n/a
58	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$40,620	$33,450	30
59	Salt Lake City, Utah	$40,580	$32,670	140
60	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$40,080	$31,210	100
61	South Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$39,860	$31,360	40
62	Huntington-Ashland, West Virginia	$39,580	$22,950	40
63	North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$38,890	$30,870	130
64	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$38,820	$31,470	30
65	Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$38,640	$28,510	100
66	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$38,430	$31,110	220
67	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$38,340	$26,480	120
68	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$38,250	$31,680	50
69	Gary, Indiana	$38,190	$27,550	100
70	West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$37,820	$28,600	110
71	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$37,140	$36,890	170
72	Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$36,300	$32,560	50
73	Wilmington, New Jersey	$36,290	$32,290	90
74	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$35,990	$19,220	50
75	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$35,990	$23,650	n/a
76	Wichita, Kansas	$35,920	$35,570	30
77	Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area, Alabama	$35,740	$28,210	40
78	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$35,140	$27,260	40
79	Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$34,990	$31,410	110
80	Terre Haute, Indiana	$32,260	$25,530	30
81	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$32,030	$26,200	180
82	Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Pennsylvania	$29,890	$24,620	30
83	Savannah, Georgia	$29,710	$25,860	70

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