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Highest-paying States for Locomotive Engineers

The highest-paying states for locomotive engineers (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 locomotive engineers in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $91,780, Massachusetts is the highest paying state for locomotive engineers. It is followed by Delaware (average annual salary $88,320). 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 locomotive engineers in a specific state, use the links in the table.

Table 1. Highest-paying States for Locomotive Engineers (2022 Survey)

Rank	State	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Massachusetts	$91,780	$48,940	310
2	Delaware	$88,320	$46,650	80
3	Missouri	$87,770	$87,630	680
4	Texas	$86,950	$62,300	3,990
5	Wyoming	$86,310	$64,500	390
6	Connecticut	$83,180	$74,980	420
7	Arkansas	$83,040	$62,890	690
8	Pennsylvania	$82,630	$62,840	1,570
9	District of Columbia	$82,250	$48,020	320
10	Wisconsin	$80,530	$48,040	490
11	North Dakota	$79,610	$78,870	320
12	Idaho	$79,600	$50,010	130
13	Oklahoma	$79,370	$58,990	410
14	Georgia	$79,070	$49,420	850
15	Nevada	$78,690	$70,400	180
16	Washington	$77,830	$53,060	1,110
17	North Carolina	$77,160	$62,980	420
18	Kentucky	$76,250	$49,200	660
19	Minnesota	$75,570	$65,040	740
20	New Hampshire	$75,390	$73,810	50
21	Colorado	$75,030	$57,280	490
22	Florida	$73,980	$56,590	540
23	Montana	$73,770	$73,720	1,040
24	Maryland	$73,480	$66,090	310
25	Arizona	$73,170	$44,460	350
26	Virginia	$72,690	$64,130	690
27	Ohio	$72,140	$63,460	950
28	New Mexico	$71,930	$65,310	470
29	Iowa	$71,690	$43,680	860
30	New Jersey	$71,240	$62,590	830
31	Nebraska	$71,200	$63,010	840
32	Utah	$70,760	$42,390	0
33	Illinois	$68,740	$51,210	1,940
34	Louisiana	$66,650	$55,720	700
35	Tennessee	$66,190	$62,850	770
36	California	$66,130	$56,070	2,900
37	Oregon	$64,540	$63,730	420
38	Alabama	$64,150	$50,290	630
39	West Virginia	$64,140	$61,160	450
40	Maine	$63,100	$42,690	140
41	New York	$62,760	$46,700	2,440
42	South Dakota	$62,670	$61,220	170
43	Kansas	$61,610	$50,850	1,090
44	Mississippi	$61,300	$49,860	320
45	Indiana	$59,700	$46,900	750
46	Michigan	$55,170	$54,540	770
47	Vermont	$46,980	$30,960	30
48	South Carolina	$45,690	$45,650	180

Note: some states are missing from this table because the median salary information of locomotive engineers in those states is not available at this time.