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Highest-paying Cities for Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers

The top 24 highest paying cities for rail yard engineers, dinkey operators, and hostlers (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 yard engineers, dinkey operators, and hostlers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $86,460, North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia is the highest paying city for rail yard engineers, dinkey operators, and hostlers. It is followed by New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York (average annual salary $85,610). 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 yard engineers, dinkey operators, and hostlers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 24 Highest-paying cities/areas for Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, West Virginia	$86,460	$60,470	40
2	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$85,610	$78,300	60
3	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$69,570	$40,790	100
4	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$58,340	$51,900	60
5	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$55,710	$36,010	50
6	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$53,200	$41,570	30
7	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$52,770	$33,720	n/a
8	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$52,150	$32,510	50
9	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$48,680	$47,160	40
10	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$48,520	$48,170	30

11	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$47,390	$42,120	160
12	Salt Lake City, Utah	$47,050	$29,360	50
13	West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$47,040	$35,710	30
14	Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$46,760	$37,590	40
15	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$46,480	$37,750	40
16	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$46,350	$42,420	30
17	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$43,770	$30,170	460
18	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$42,270	$29,200	50
19	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$41,920	$27,320	60
20	Kansas City, Missouri	$41,040	$34,090	220
21	St Louis, Missouri	$38,950	$28,120	30
22	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$37,190	$29,130	60
23	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$36,540	$28,490	60
24	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$35,060	$35,060	200