Table 6-7: Freight Railroad Employment, Retirement, and Wages: 2006

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

State	Number of employees	Wages ($ millions)	Number of retirement beneficiaries	Retirement payments ($ millions)
Alabama	3,850	244	9,371	143
Alaska	426	25	207	3
Arizona	3,056	212	9,698	148
Arkansas	3,671	244	9,410	143
California	10,478	726	29,196	445
Colorado	3,042	212	7,349	112
Connecticut	185	11	2,798	43
Delaware	182	11	1,869	28
District of Columbia	8	<0.5	533	8
Florida	5,635	352	30,137	459
Georgia	7,288	456	15,379	234
Hawaii	0	0	212	3
Idaho	1,417	95	4,510	69
Illinois	12,925	887	34,951	533
Indiana	6,094	384	15,801	241
Iowa	4,072	277	9,073	138
Kansas	5,700	405	13,724	209
Kentucky	4,479	283	14,457	220
Louisiana	3,305	221	7,422	113
Maine	655	38	2,911	44
Maryland	1,615	102	9,359	143
Massachusetts	763	45	4,256	65
Michigan	3,756	255	14,483	221
Minnesota	4,475	313	15,854	242
Mississippi	1,907	133	6,106	93
Missouri	7,286	506	18,916	288
Montana	2,792	193	5,799	88
Nebraska	11,464	802	11,186	171
Nevada	906	62	3,368	51
New Hampshire	198	11	878	13
New Jersey	1,179	73	9,314	142
New Mexico	1,826	132	4,651	71
New York	3,173	197	22,768	347
North Carolina	2,426	151	10,164	155
North Dakota	1,811	129	3,091	47
Ohio	7,973	498	27,907	425
Oklahoma	1,977	137	5,203	79
Oregon	2,443	164	8,295	126
Pennsylvania	7,257	452	37,482	571
Rhode Island	73	4	542	8
South Carolina	1,861	116	6,488	99
South Dakota	771	53	1,328	20
Tennessee	4,245	276	11,851	181
Texas	17,394	1,211	33,037	504
Utah	2,043	138	5,360	82
Vermont	240	12	872	13
Virginia	5,410	339	18,065	275
Washington	4,168	298	11,280	172
West Virginia	2,856	180	9,376	143
Wisconsin	3,242	232	9,872	151
Wyoming	2,959	208	2,858	44
United States, total	186,957	12,508	549,017	8,371

¹ Includes Class I, Regional, Switching and Terminal, and Local freight railroads.

NOTE: Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding. Wages do not include fringe benefits.

SOURCE: Association of American Railroads, personal communication, Jan. 8, 2008.

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