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Locomotive Engineers — wages and employment

Locomotive Engineers earned a median annual wage of $77,400 in the United States in May 2024, with 31,990 people employed, according to the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.

MEDIAN 2024: $77,400SOURCE: BLS OEWSEvery value source-linked

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What stands out

Locomotive Engineers earned a median annual wage of $77,400 in the United States in May 2024, with 31,990 people employed, according to the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The lowest-paid tenth earned $60,980 or less, the best-paid tenth $100,690 or more. Since May 2023 the median moved from $74,770 to $77,400, +3.5 %. The best-paying state is New York at $107,290; the lowest Virginia at $61,350. Among metropolitan areas, Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA pays the highest median, $80,490. Wages are as published by BLS for May of each year; '≥ $239,200' is BLS's top code. Every value links to its fact record.

United States, year by year

Annual wages at the median, mean and four percentiles; employment is the May estimate.

By state

Median annual wage, May 2024, highest first. Each state has its own record with the full series.

StateMedian annualEmployment
New York$107,2901,290
Massachusetts$104,950500
Connecticut$103,010360
Iowa$87,5501,520
Oklahoma$86,520330
Nebraska$84,870720
New Jersey$84,230—
Illinois$83,6902,130
Delaware$82,920300
Wisconsin$82,190400
Florida$82,000620
Pennsylvania$81,2101,460
Arizona$81,170380
Montana$81,160970
Colorado$79,960450
Utah$79,800350
Kentucky$79,690400
Minnesota$79,370730
Oregon$77,210530
Texas$77,0804,040
Arkansas$77,010700
Wyoming$76,990—
Missouri$76,910810
Kansas$76,680990
Tennessee$76,290610
Georgia$75,680870
California$74,7101,670
Alabama$73,780490
Washington$73,410810
West Virginia$72,660220
South Dakota$67,950150
New Hampshire$65,37060
North Carolina$64,110260
Indiana$63,160860
Ohio$62,130190
Virginia$61,350520

Highest-paying metropolitan areas

Top 20 by median annual wage.

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