The top 15 highest paying cities for transit and railroad police (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 transit and railroad police in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $101,720, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia is the highest paying city for transit and railroad police. It is followed by Newark-Union, Pennsylvania (average annual salary $89,920). 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 transit and railroad police 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 | $101,720 |
260 | |
| 2 | Newark-Union, Pennsylvania | $89,920 |
330 | |
| 3 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California | $81,720 |
210 | |
| 4 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington | $81,380 |
40 | |
| 5 | Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington | $78,510 |
30 | |
| 6 | Baltimore-Towson, Maryland | $78,330 |
210 | |
| 7 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia | $75,830 |
170 | |
| 8 | Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania | $75,150 |
100 | |
| 9 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas | $62,220 |
90 | |
| 10 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California | $60,870 |
420 | |
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| 11 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | $60,590 |
60 | |
| 12 | Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas | $59,760 |
90 | |
| 13 | New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York | $57,470 |
1,280 | |
| 14 | Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas | $56,430 |
220 | |
| 15 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington | $30,610 |
70 | |