Rail transportation

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Workforce

214k

2018 BLS Estimate

Average Employee Age

43.2

Estimated Job Growth

-0.3%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$74,627

Average Male Salary

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Average Female Salary

N/A

About

The top three occupations in the Rail transportation Industry Group are N/A. On average, full-time employees in the Rail transportation Industry Group work N/A hours per week and have an average annual salary of N/A. Part-time employees in the same industry work N/A hours and earn an average annual salary of N/A.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Rail transportation Industry Group are Southwest Nebraska PUMA, NE, Lincoln City (North) PUMA, NE, and East of I-35W & West of US-377 PUMA, TX. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Rail transportation.

Transportation & Warehousing Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities

Workforce

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Rail transportation Industry Group. N/A are the most common position, but the Rail transportation Industry Group employs a relatively high number of N/A, compared to other industries.

The highest average salary in Rail transportation goes to N/A.

Occupations

Occupations by Share

214k

Workforce (BLS Estimate)

ACS Estimate: N/A

-5.61%

1 Year Growth

± 7.39%

The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that there were 214k people employed in the Rail transportation Industry Group in 2018.

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Rail transportation Industry Group has been declining at a rate of -5.61%, , from 254k people in 2017 to 240k people in 2018.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Rail transportation by various occupations according to ACS estimates. N/A represent the largest share of positions held in Rail transportation at NaNk%, followed by N/A with NaNk% and N/A with NaNk%.

Most Common

The most common occupations in the Rail transportation Industry Group, by number of employees, are N/A.

Most Specialized

Compared to other Industry Groups, Rail transportation employs an unusually high number of N/A.

Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in Rail transportation, by average wage, are N/A.

Wages

Average Salary

$74,627

AVERAGE WAGE

± $2,139

On average, employees in the Rail transportation Industry Group make $74,627 per year. This number makes Rail transportation the 51 highest paying Industry Group in the United States out of a total of 269 Industry Groups.

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUBLIC USE MICRODATA AREA

This map shows which public use microdata areas (PUMAs) pay the highest average salary to employees in the Rail transportation Industry Group.

Wage Distribution

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WAGE GINI

Rail transportation has a wage GINI of N/A, which is approximately the same than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Rail transportation (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

Opportunities

Spatial Concentration

Public Use Microdata Areas with RCA

This map shows the PUMAs in the United States that have revealed comparative advantage in the Rail transportation Industry Group.

These are locations that employ more people in the Rail transportation Industry Group than expected given both the size of that location's overall labor pool and the national size of the Rail transportation Industry Group.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Rail transportation Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn less than Female employees, with average respective salaries of N/A and N/A. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Gender Composition

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FEMALE WORKFORCE

±N/A

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MALE WORKFORCE

±N/A

N/A% of workers in the Rail transportation Industry Group are N/A, making them the more common gender in the workforce. This chart shows the gender breakdown of the Rail transportation Industry Group.

Wage by Gender in Common Jobs

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AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±N/A

N/A

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±N/A

On average, Male workers in the Rail transportation Industry Group make NaNk times less than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the gender-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Rail transportation Industry Group.

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Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

On average, N/A employees in the Rail transportation Industry Group earn NaNk times more than other races and ethnicities. This chart shows the race and ethnicity-based wage disparities in the 5 most common occupations in the Rail transportation Industry Group.

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Input/Output

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Rail transportation Industry Group. Based on estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, this section indicates the amount of money spent by a specific industry in other industries. Transportation and warehousing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Rail transportation Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Rail transportation Industry Group is Manufacturing.

In this visualization, click on a category to expand or collapse it. All of the industries listed to the left are those places from which the highlighted industry has made purchases. They are the intermediate inputs to the highlighted industry. All those industries listed on the right side are those industries that have made purchases from the highlighted industry. They are the use of outputs of the highlighted industry. The visualizations below offer alternative ways to see and understand this data.

Industrial Flow

Intermediate Inputs

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Rail transportation Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Transportation and warehousing Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

Use of Output by Other Industries

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Manufacturing Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Rail transportation Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Rail transportation Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Projections

Growth projections of the rail transportation industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 6.89% in the next ten years. The rail transportation industry has a lower projected workforce growth at -0.3%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (0.3%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (22.9%).