The top 17 highest paying cities for railroad conductors and yardmasters (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 conductors and yardmasters in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $71,480, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia is the highest paying city for railroad conductors and yardmasters. It is followed by New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York (average annual salary $68,960). 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 conductors and yardmasters 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 | $71,480 |
640 | |
| 2 | New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York | $68,960 |
4,330 | |
| 3 | Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington | $65,110 |
n/a | |
| 4 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington | $63,330 |
620 | |
| 5 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas | $57,830 |
120 | |
| 6 | Memphis, Tennessee | $57,540 |
210 | |
| 7 | New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York | $57,270 |
2,820 | |
| 8 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington | $56,710 |
100 | |
| 9 | Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas | $56,020 |
80 | |
| 10 | Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona | $54,810 |
n/a | |
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| 11 | Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois | $53,640 |
30 | |
| 12 | Gary, Indiana | $53,290 |
50 | |
| 13 | Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas | $51,570 |
40 | |
| 14 | Kansas City, Missouri | $47,900 |
40 | |
| 15 | Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado | $45,570 |
n/a | |
| 16 | Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois | $44,220 |
270 | |
| 17 | St Louis, Missouri | $37,150 |
50 | |