Locomotive Engineer

BLS OEWS, May 2025, national. The matching BLS detailed occupation is Locomotive Engineers (53-4011).

BLS occupation title

Locomotive Engineers

SOC code

53-4011

National employment

33,470

Median hourly wage

$39.14

Mean hourly wage

$41.30

Median annual wage

$81,410

Mean annual wage

$85,900

10th percentile hourly wage

$29.17

90th percentile hourly wage

$52.51

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 national estimates, https://www.bls.gov/oes/. Record: 53-4011.

What these figures are

National estimates for one BLS occupation across all employers, not a rate for any one job and not a statement about any shift pattern. The median is the wage at which half the workers in the occupation are above and half below. Where BLS does not publish a value, the page says so and does not estimate it.

Shift hours

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