Table 6-7: Freight Railroad Employment, Retirement, and Wages: 2008

Tuesday, January 3, 2012

State	Number of employees	Wages ($ millions)	Number of retirement beneficiaries	Retirement payments ($ millions)
Alabama	3,825	259	9,293	156
Alaska	380	22	210	4
Arizona	2,994	222	9,353	157
Arkansas	3,422	247	9,671	162
California	9,869	731	27,803	466
Colorado	2,992	223	7,314	123
Connecticut	112	7	2,680	45
Delaware	180	12	1,848	31
District of Columbia	9	1	484	8
Florida	5,549	378	29,218	490
Georgia	7,254	487	15,614	262
Hawaii	0	0	180	3
Idaho	1,376	100	4,520	76
Illinois	12,482	905	33,827	567
Indiana	6,120	409	15,576	261
Iowa	3,987	288	8,876	149
Kansas	5,450	410	13,610	228
Kentucky	4,506	308	14,416	242
Louisiana	3,352	244	7,232	121
Maine	757	44	2,763	46
Maryland	1,600	111	8,870	149
Massachusetts	757	47	3,963	66
Michigan	3,552	254	14,115	237
Minnesota	4,314	315	15,334	257
Mississippi	1,827	137	6,013	101
Missouri	7,167	530	18,523	311
Montana	2,724	192	5,740	96
Nebraska	12,246	917	11,509	193
Nevada	755	56	3,259	55
New Hampshire	216	12	835	14
New Jersey	1,133	73	8,942	150
New Mexico	1,723	131	4,470	75
New York	3,156	213	21,792	366
North Carolina	2,425	163	10,013	168
North Dakota	1,769	130	2,991	50
Ohio	7,825	523	26,599	446
Oklahoma	1,926	142	5,107	86
Oregon	2,131	155	8,059	135
Pennsylvania	7,017	460	35,189	590
Rhode Island	71	4	511	9
South Carolina	1,830	124	6,541	110
South Dakota	840	60	1,367	23
Tennessee	4,213	293	11,894	199
Texas	17,251	1,284	32,918	552
Utah	1,958	143	5,241	88
Vermont	188	10	806	14
Virginia	5,458	363	17,567	295
Washington	4,009	302	11,164	187
West Virginia	2,916	199	8,930	150
Wisconsin	3,158	236	9,532	160
Wyoming	2,972	223	2,900	49
United States, total	183,743	13,101	535,182	8,976

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

NOTE: Wages do not include fringe benefits.

SOURCE: Association of American Railroads, personal communication, Apr. 29, 2010.

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