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Average Rail Transportation Workers, All Other Salary in Texas

Rail Transportation Workers, All Other in Texas earn a median annual salary of $43,150, which is -23.4% compared to the national median. There are 120 workers employed locally in this occupation.

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

$43,150
Texas median annual wage
$21/hour median
-23.4%
Difference vs national median
National median is $56,360
120
Local employment
0.0 jobs per 1,000 workers
1.18
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$21,880
25th
$22,610
Median
$43,150
75th
$50,340
90th
$59,740

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 Texas, 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
97.1%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$44,458
Goods: 98.1%
Services: 87.5%
Rents: 96.5%
Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

State Median annual wage Compare Employment
Washington $86,650 Compare 90
Georgia $78,500 Compare 50
California $60,360 Compare 230
Tennessee $48,660 Compare 110

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 Texas

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Cardiologists $410,150 1.31
Neurologists $360,640 0.69
Physicians, Pathologists $345,830 1.52
Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric $323,010 N/A
Radiologists $319,320 0.96
Emergency Medicine Physicians $316,830 0.26
Dentists, All Other Specialists $286,510 1.55
Obstetricians And Gynecologists $271,960 0.76

Texas has salary data for 801 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Cardiologists.

Historical series

Trend for Rail Transportation Workers, All Other in Texas

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

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Rail Transportation Workers, All Other are projected to change by +3.9% from 2024 to 2034, with 200 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.