The top 13 highest paying cities for railroad brake, signal, and switch operators and locomotive firer (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 and locomotive firer in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $112,970, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York is the highest paying city for railroad brake, signal, and switch operators and locomotive firer. It is followed by Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois (average annual salary $77,290). 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 and locomotive firer in a specific city, use the links in the table.
| Rank | City/Area | Average Salary i | # of Empl. i |
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| 1 | New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York | $112,970 |
90 | |
| 2 | Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois | $77,290 |
460 | |
| 3 | Salt Lake City, Utah | $68,620 |
50 | |
| 4 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia | $64,870 |
80 | |
| 5 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington | $52,100 |
40 | |
| 6 | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | $51,880 |
200 | |
| 7 | Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas | $50,510 |
200 | |
| 8 | Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming | $49,490 |
n/a | |
| 9 | Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida | $48,010 |
60 | |
| 10 | Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama | $39,380 |
n/a | |
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| 11 | North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas | $38,960 |
50 | |
| 12 | Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming | $37,210 |
50 | |
| 13 | Montgomery, Alabama | $34,410 |
40 | |