Highest-paying Cities for Railroad Brake, Signal, and Switch Operators

The top 19 highest paying cities for railroad brake, signal, and switch 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 railroad brake, signal, and switch operators in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $84,380, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York is the highest paying city for railroad brake, signal, and switch operators. It is followed by New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York (average annual salary $82,670). 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 railroad brake, signal, and switch operators in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 19 Highest-paying cities/areas for Railroad Brake, Signal, and Switch Operators

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$84,380	$38,850	180
2	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$82,670	$58,040	140
3	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$63,440	$48,600	n/a
4	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$62,320	$50,910	80
5	Memphis, Tennessee	$59,360	$29,360	130
6	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	$49,180	$34,050	180
7	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$45,650	$40,320	n/a
8	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$44,640	$28,060	n/a
9	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$43,870	$33,980	410
10	Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$43,160	$33,880	50
11	Gary, Indiana	$41,910	$34,810	80
12	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$41,390	$32,500	200
13	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$37,630	$25,160	70
14	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$36,760	$32,910	40
15	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$35,090	$28,600	40
16	Kansas City, Missouri	$34,570	$27,590	30
17	Montgomery, Alabama	$32,800	$27,620	50
18	Longview, Texas	$32,230	$26,280	50
19	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$31,110	$21,490	30

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