Ok money. Not GOOD MONEY. Gets less gooder with each contract.
I wonder how you feel about the pay for dispatchers and on above? Managers? VPs? CEO?
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Six figures doesnât buy what it used to.
In all the railroad crafts - with a little seniority and a willingness to work you end up setting your own paycheck.
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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, at the end of 2023, 32,390 persons were employed as railroad engineers in the United States. Annual wage ranged from $59,450 (10th percentile) to $92,670 (90th percentile), with a median of $74,770. It is probably safe to add another 25 percent to each category for labor burden (benefits, disability premiums, etc.) and an adjustment for wage increases in 2024.
According to Zip Recruiter, annual wages for locomotive engineers in Texas ranged from$31,700 at the 25th percentile to $112,730 for top earners, with an average of $52,145. When narrowed to Class 1s, the average annual wage is $101,752, with top earners making as much as $178,412. Labor burdens probably add another 25 percent to these figures.
The statistics compiled by the BLS are generated by statistical models that use robust methodologies to gather, process, and analyze data. The statistics quoted by Zip Recruiter are based on relatively small samples and more often than not are self-reported by people using the recruiting service.
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Dispatchers and most field management make less then most train and engine crews that work the through freights. Dispatchers and managers do get to go home every night. Although managers normally arenât covered by hours of service so sometimes their day may be very long, without overtime. Dispatchers at least have hours of service.
Managers have had some other perks that non-agreement donât have. However, with them running out of places to cut, field managers have now faced cuts, in number and loss of or modified (not for the better) perks.
I donât think senior management have yet been affected.
Jeff
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Agree with âsix figures dont buy as much as they did.â
Inflation has taken a huge bite out of working folks.
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They are always the last to be cut because they are so âvaluableâ to the company!
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Thatâs True, @charlie_hebdo2, from my momâs side of the family, her uncle has been working with NS since the 80s, and he still hasnât been cut, and he started working for NS when he moved to PA from Texas a few months after he came to the US
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There is a big difference between âseniorâ management and the management most employees deal with on a day to day basis.
The management that employees deal with on a daily basis are the lowest of the low with absolutely no job protections. Wage Slaves in the truest form. When finances get tight they are the first to go, and Senior Management gets POâd when the find out that the Wage Slaves they are terminating have craft seniority to fall back upon. Been there, done that and got 26 years more employment at a higher wage rate than I had as a non-contract Wage Slave. In Retirement I still had enough years to qualify for the âCompany Officialâ pension.
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True. Before I retired I was part of the Management Team of the company I worked for. I worked on the shop floor in Leeds and Newcastle. Senior Management were in their âivory towersâ in London. I never met them. Just had messages passed down to me.
So was the IC commuter train accident 1972.
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I just keep thinking how a student with an instructor on board just âthoughtâ that the train ahead of him would keep moving. Itâs arrogant to do that all alone. Itâs double arrogance to do it with an instructor in board. Did he think he was going to pass?
Iâm not sure Iâd ever trust that engineer again. Itâs not training. Heâs just not getting it. At all.
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Now that would make sense!
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