Rail Car Repairers salary
The median pay for rail car repairers in the United States is $67,530 a year. About 21,350 people hold this job.
- 10th percentile
- $46,800
- 25th percentile
- $54,520
- Median percentile
- $67,530
- 75th percentile
- $84,570
- 90th percentile
- $95,100
Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience. BLS does not report experience, so reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only a rough guide. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025.
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Highest-paying states · Highest-paying cities
By state
- Massachusetts $108,680
- Maryland $89,430
- Oregon $87,470
- Colorado $86,630
- Idaho $85,420
- New York $84,580
- Illinois $84,570
- Utah $83,980
- Virginia $83,720
- Arizona $81,230
- Delaware $78,900
- New Jersey $78,750
- Minnesota $77,800
- South Dakota $71,750
- California $68,370
- Missouri $68,290
- New Mexico $67,550
- Michigan $64,370
- Georgia $64,230
- Washington $63,410
- Pennsylvania $62,350
- Florida $62,260
- Iowa $60,550
- Oklahoma $60,540
- Indiana $60,490
- Maine $60,090
- Tennessee $60,090
- Kentucky $59,430
- Texas $59,330
- Wyoming $59,040
- Wisconsin $58,870
- Alabama $58,080
- Arkansas $53,810
- Ohio $53,480
- West Virginia $50,800
- Kansas $48,160
- Nevada $48,100
- Louisiana $47,970
- North Carolina $47,880
- Mississippi $47,480
By metro area
- Washington, DC $103,540
- New York, NY $92,250
- Baltimore, MD $89,430
- Portland, OR $87,470
- Charlotte, NC $76,870
- Chicago, IL $62,250
- Philadelphia, PA $61,120
- Dallas, TX $59,820
- Pittsburgh, PA $59,810
- Houston, TX $59,310
- San Antonio, TX $58,120
- Beaumont, TX $56,820
- Los Angeles, CA $54,120
- Harrisburg, PA $53,530
- Kansas City, MO $50,910
- San Diego, CA $49,910
- Detroit, MI $46,480
- Wichita, KS $38,840