The annual salary statistics of rail car repairers in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington is shown in Table 1. The wage information of rail car repairers in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $39,480 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $50,870 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $58,450 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $68,070 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $75,530 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for rail car repairers in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $75,530. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $58,450. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $39,480.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of rail car repairers from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $58,450 | 4.77% | 15.38% |
| 2016 | $55,660 | -0.22% | - |
| 2015 | $55,780 | 1.47% | - |
| 2014 | $54,960 | 9.64% | - |
| 2013 | $49,660 | 0.40% | - |
| 2012 | $49,460 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $58,450, Seattle-Bellevue-Everett is the second highest paying city for rail car repairers in state of Washington, following the highest paying city Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro (median annual salary of $77,310). Compared with Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, the median annual salary of rail car repairers in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett is 24.4 percent (24.4%) lower.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro | |
| Seattle-Bellevue-Everett | |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue |