Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers

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2020 Workforce

22.7k

Average Age

43.5

Average Salary

$65,292

Average Male Salary

$66,953

Average Female Salary

$52,172

About

Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers are most often employed by the Rail transportation industry. The average yearly wage for Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers was $65,292 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers by wage are Computer support specialists, Tax examiners & collectors, & revenue agents, and Occupational therapists.

Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers are part of the Transportation Occupations, along with Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers, Aircraft pilots & flight engineers, Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists, Flight attendants, Ambulance drivers & attendants, except emergency medical technicians, and 17 more.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers are Queens Village, Cambria Heights & Rosedale PUMA, NY, East New York & Starrett City PUMA, NY, and Thornton Township PUMA, IL. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers are East New York & Starrett City PUMA, NY, Thornton Township PUMA, IL, and East Flatbush, Farragut & Rugby PUMA, NY.

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Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers and on wages and locations for those in the field. Rail transportation is the industry that employs the most Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers, by average wage, is Support activities for mining. Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers are paid most in Wakefield, Williamsbridge & Woodlawn PUMA, NY but are relatively concentrated in East New York & Starrett City PUMA, NY.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$65,292

AVERAGE SALARY

± $7,208

In 2020, Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers earned an average of $65,292, $9,338 more than than the average national salary of $55,954.

Computer support specialists make somewhat more than Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers while Occupational therapists make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.276

WAGE GINI

In 2015, Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.276, which is lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers.

Industries

Most Common

The most common industries employing Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers, by number of employees, are Rail transportation, Bus service & urban transit, Support activities for mining, Services incidental to transportation, Amusement & Recreation, Construction, and Administration of economic programs & space research.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers, by average wage, are Support activities for mining, Administration of economic programs & space research, and Construction.

Industries by Share

22.7k

2020 Workforce

± 3,699

−3%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 23.6%

The number of people employed as Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers has been declining at a rate of −3%, from 23,400 people in 2019 to 22,699 people in 2020.

This graphic shows the share of Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers employed by various industries. Rail transportation employs the largest share of Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers at 52.7%, followed by Bus service & urban transit with 31.7% and Support activities for mining with 4.02%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers in the US. The average age of male Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers in the workforce is 43.3 and of female Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers is 45.5, and the most common race/ethnicity for Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers is White (Non-Hispanic).

Composition by Sex

20.1k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 3,485

2.55k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 1,240

88.8% of Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers are Male, making them the more common sex in the occupation. This chart shows the sex breakdown of Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers

White (Non-Hispanic)
Black (Non-Hispanic)
White (Hispanic)

54.1% of Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 26.4% of Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers, Black (Non-Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers.

Age by Sex

43.3

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 2.17

45.5

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 5.97

The median age of Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers is 43.5, and Male employees are generally 2.24 years younger than than their Female counterparts.

Education

Data on higher education choices for Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers is Business but a relatively high number of Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers hold a major in History.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.

MOST COMMON MAJORS

MOST SPECIALIZED MAJORS

Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers need many skills, but most especially Operation and Control and Operation Monitoring. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers need more than the average amount of Operation and Control, Operation Monitoring, and Troubleshooting.