The top 14 highest paying cities for other rail transportation workers (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 other rail transportation workers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $81,450, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia is the highest paying city for other rail transportation workers. It is followed by Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington (average annual salary $75,270). 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 other rail transportation workers in a specific city, use the links in the table.
| Rank | City/Area | Average Salary i | # of Empl. i |
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| 1 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia | $81,450 |
40 | |
| 2 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington | $75,270 |
40 | |
| 3 | Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois | $68,790 |
1,640 | |
| 4 | Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois | $68,790 |
1,640 | |
| 5 | New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York | $61,430 |
130 | |
| 6 | Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington | $59,690 |
n/a | |
| 7 | Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia | $53,660 |
60 | |
| 8 | Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas | $53,550 |
n/a | |
| 9 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California | $39,700 |
500 | |
| 10 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California | $37,810 |
70 | |
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| 11 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California | $37,690 |
90 | |
| 12 | Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin | $37,100 |
n/a | |
| 13 | Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado | $35,740 |
n/a | |
| 14 | Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico | $26,120 |
50 | |