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Highest-paying States for Rail Car Repairers

The highest-paying states for rail car repairers (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 rail car repairers in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $83,710, Missouri is the highest paying state for rail car repairers. It is followed by Massachusetts (average annual salary $79,390). 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 rail car repairers in a specific state, use the links in the table.

Table 1. Highest-paying States for Rail Car Repairers (2022 Survey)

Rank	State	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Missouri	$83,710	$36,350	220
2	Massachusetts	$79,390	$62,600	390
3	Wisconsin	$76,230	$43,620	150
4	Virginia	$75,570	$59,170	710
5	Minnesota	$75,430	$45,200	350
6	Colorado	$74,590	$39,340	330
7	Maryland	$72,070	$67,630	750
8	North Dakota	$70,790	$45,690	100
9	Alaska	$70,450	$55,230	170
10	Indiana	$70,140	$37,960	510
11	New Jersey	$69,900	$53,310	350
12	New York	$64,390	$44,370	2,810
13	Kentucky	$63,790	$39,250	550
14	Pennsylvania	$63,500	$40,450	1,170
15	Illinois	$62,660	$38,890	1,640
16	Nebraska	$62,040	$47,390	510
17	North Carolina	$61,890	$43,720	230
18	Iowa	$61,350	$37,130	190
19	Ohio	$60,650	$38,720	430
20	California	$59,840	$46,460	750
21	Florida	$59,570	$37,450	470
22	Oklahoma	$58,650	$39,660	100
23	Maine	$58,030	$44,100	50
24	Oregon	$51,600	$49,210	90
25	Tennessee	$50,200	$35,430	150
26	Nevada	$49,230	$42,410	70
27	Georgia	$48,860	$32,830	500
28	West Virginia	$48,580	$34,680	190
29	Idaho	$48,500	$35,650	40
30	New Mexico	$48,250	$30,150	170
31	Utah	$47,940	$32,670	190
32	Arizona	$47,320	$37,000	150
33	Wyoming	$47,140	$29,080	180
34	Texas	$47,120	$36,140	2,190
35	Louisiana	$46,930	$36,820	230
36	Montana	$46,690	$34,290	0
37	South Dakota	$46,690	$33,570	0
38	Arkansas	$46,140	$35,070	290
39	Kansas	$46,040	$35,570	250
40	Washington	$45,620	$41,980	280
41	Alabama	$45,340	$34,690	440
42	Mississippi	$44,230	$35,550	270
43	South Carolina	$42,750	$37,450	150
44	Michigan	$39,520	$31,680	150

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