Table 6-7: Freight Railroad Employment, Retirement, and Wages: 2007

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

State	Number of employees	Wages ($ millions)	Number of retirement beneficiaries	Retirement payments ($ millions)
Alabama	3,877	253	9,336	149
Alaska	426	25	206	3
Arizona	3,102	218	9,513	151
Arkansas	3,606	239	9,525	152
California	10,499	731	28,405	452
Colorado	3,013	212	7,317	117
Connecticut	114	7	2,744	44
Delaware	183	12	1,874	30
District of Columbia	9	1	501	8
Florida	5,600	364	29,522	470
Georgia	7,399	477	15,437	246
Hawaii	0	0	200	3
Idaho	1,367	92	4,485	71
Illinois	12,483	870	34,299	546
Indiana	6,141	398	15,623	249
Iowa	4,038	276	8,970	143
Kansas	5,521	399	13,684	218
Kentucky	4,554	298	14,384	229
Louisiana	3,431	233	7,337	117
Maine	730	43	2,795	45
Maryland	1,642	108	9,102	145
Massachusetts	773	47	4,077	65
Michigan	3,617	253	14,321	228
Minnesota	4,319	308	15,586	248
Mississippi	1,888	137	6,045	96
Missouri	7,168	505	18,689	298
Montana	2,765	196	5,762	92
Nebraska	11,849	834	11,278	180
Nevada	849	57	3,299	53
New Hampshire	217	13	845	13
New Jersey	1,121	71	9,167	146
New Mexico	1,758	130	4,535	72
New York	3,222	208	22,239	354
North Carolina	2,481	160	10,072	160
North Dakota	1,824	132	3,042	48
Ohio	7,983	514	27,261	434
Oklahoma	1,953	138	5,165	82
Oregon	2,457	165	8,166	130
Pennsylvania	7,149	456	36,301	578
Rhode Island	76	5	522	8
South Carolina	1,876	121	6,538	104
South Dakota	829	59	1,349	21
Tennessee	4,310	289	11,826	188
Texas	17,554	1,235	32,949	525
Utah	2,004	134	5,311	85
Vermont	194	10	856	14
Virginia	5,431	349	17,799	283
Washington	4,206	308	11,265	179
West Virginia	2,884	188	9,155	146
Wisconsin	3,213	235	9,626	153
Wyoming	3,107	220	2,865	46
United States, total	186,812	12,733	541,170	8,617

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. 23, 2009.

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