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Average Rail Car Repairers Salary in Idaho

Rail Car Repairers in Idaho earn a median annual salary of $85,420, which is +26.5% compared to the national median. There are 110 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Idaho (state).

$85,420
Idaho median annual wage
$41/hour median
+26.5%
Difference vs national median
National median is $67,530
110
Local employment
0.1 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.98
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$46,120
25th
$53,170
Median
$85,420
75th
$85,420
90th
$85,420

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Idaho, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
95.5%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$89,451
Goods: 96.3%
Services: 70.4%
Rents: 90.0%
Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

State Median annual wage Compare Employment
Massachusetts $108,680 Compare 770
Maryland $89,430 Compare 560
Oregon $87,470 Compare 230
Colorado $86,630 Compare 250
New York $84,580 Compare 1,730
Illinois $84,570 Compare 1,850

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Idaho

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Airline Pilots, Copilots, And Flight Engineers $507,640 0.57
Anesthesiologists $449,990 N/A
General Internal Medicine Physicians $355,390 0.34
Family Medicine Physicians $347,160 1.17
Physicians, All Other $299,340 0.90
Pediatricians, General $297,680 0.29
Dermatologists $281,920 0.89
Nurse Anesthetists $263,130 N/A

Idaho has salary data for 637 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Airline Pilots, Copilots, And Flight Engineers.

Historical series

Trend for Rail Car Repairers in Idaho

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Rail Car Repairers are projected to change by +2.8% from 2024 to 2034, with 1,500 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.