United States
Locomotive Engineers salary in the United States
Median annual pay
$77,400
Locomotive Engineers in the United States earn a median of $77,400 a year, about $37.21 an hour.
Median
$77,400
per year
Hourly
$37.21
as published
Mean
$81,540
pulled up by top earners
Workers
31,990
in this occupation
Where it pays more in the United States
Median pay for this occupation by area, highest-employing first.
| Area | Median | vs national |
|---|---|---|
| Texas | $77,080 | -0% |
| Illinois | $83,690 | +8% |
| California | $74,710 | -3% |
| Iowa | $87,550 | +13% |
| Pennsylvania | $81,210 | +5% |
| New York | $107,290 | +39% |
| Kansas | $76,680 | -1% |
| Montana | $81,160 | +5% |
| Georgia | $75,680 | -2% |
| Indiana | $63,160 | -18% |
| Missouri | $76,910 | -1% |
| Washington | $73,410 | -5% |
| Minnesota | $79,370 | +3% |
| Nebraska | $84,870 | +10% |
| Arkansas | $77,010 | -1% |
| Florida | $82,000 | +6% |
| Tennessee | $76,290 | -1% |
| Oregon | $77,210 | -0% |
| Virginia | $61,350 | -21% |
| Massachusetts | $104,950 | +36% |
| Alabama | $73,780 | -5% |
| Colorado | $79,960 | +3% |
| Wisconsin | $82,190 | +6% |
| Kentucky | $79,690 | +3% |
| Arizona | $81,170 | +5% |
Regional figures come from the same release as the national one. Where an area is missing, the source suppressed it for sample-size reasons rather than reporting an unreliable estimate.
How United States measured this
Employer payroll survey of ~1.1m establishments
Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2024 · Public domain (US Government work)
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