Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries
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Locomotive Firers
Locomotive Firers monitor locomotive instruments and watch for dragging equipment, obstacles on rights-of-way, and train signals during run. Watch for and relay traffic signals from yard workers to yard engineer in railroad yard.
Table of contents
- Average salary
- Starting salary
- Salary rank
- Salary range
- Highest paying states
- Highest paying industries
Average salary
Starting salary
Entry-level Locomotive Firers with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $35,430 to $45,160 per year or $17 to $22 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.
Salary rank
We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Locomotive Firers to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.
Salary range
| Level | Hourly | Annual |
|---|---|---|
| Highest (Top 10%) | $35 | $73,620 |
| Senior (Top 25%) | $31 | $65,450 |
| Middle (Mid 50%) | $28 | $57,870 |
| Junior (Bottom 25%) | $22 | $45,160 |
| No experience (Bottom 10%) | $17 | $35,430 |
Highest paying states
| State | Hourly | Annual |
|---|---|---|
| NJ | $34 | $70,350 |
| MA | $33 | $68,460 |
| OK | $32 | $66,950 |
| VA | $30 | $62,010 |
| IN | $30 | $61,610 |
| IL | $30 | $61,480 |
| MO | $29 | $61,100 |
| CA | $29 | $60,050 |
| OR | $29 | $59,940 |
| NV | $28 | $58,620 |
Another simple way to increase your salary as a Locomotive Firer is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like NJ doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at NJ might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.
According to BLS, the highest paid Locomotive Firers are in the states of NJ, MA, OK, VA and IN.
Highest paying industries
| Salary by industry | Annual | Hourly |
|---|---|---|
| State Government | $83910 | $40.34 |
| Local Government | $74760 | $35.94 |
| Federal Executive Branch | $56300 | $27.07 |
| Rail Transportation | $55780 | $26.82 |
| Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing | $49330 | $23.72 |
| Support Activities for Rail Transportation | $46120 | $22.17 |
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