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Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers salary in the United States

Median annual pay
$58,030

Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers in the United States earn a median of $58,030 a year, about $27.90 an hour.

$44,510 10th $51,770 25th $58,030 Median $65,530 75th $79,070 90th
The middle half of workers — the shaded block — earn between $51,770 and $65,530. One in ten earns less than $44,510; one in ten earns more than $79,070.
Median
$58,030
per year
Hourly
$27.90
as published
Mean
$60,810
pulled up by top earners
Workers
3,300
in this occupation

Where it pays more in the United States

Median pay for this occupation by area, highest-employing first.

AreaType Medianvs national
IndianaState $47,960 -17%
CaliforniaState $65,500 +13%
New JerseyState $59,450 +2%
GeorgiaState $48,700 -16%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJMetro $52,590 -9%
KentuckyState $50,090 -14%
TexasState $53,250 -8%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GAMetro $38,580 -34%
West VirginiaState $70,480 +21%
PennsylvaniaState $64,130 +11%
KansasState $52,710 -9%
North DakotaState $73,620 +27%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-INMetro $65,120 +12%
AlabamaState $57,050 -2%
FloridaState $58,220 +0%
ArkansasState $47,780 -18%
New YorkState $73,840 +27%
OhioState $58,000 -0%

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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