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 (overheads) 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. Overheads 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 employment data. Those for 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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