Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers

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Total Workforce

23k

Average Age

45.3

Average Salary

$53,324

Average Male Salary

$54,477

Average Female Salary

$45,429

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 $53,324 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers by wage are Chemical processing machine setters, operators, & tenders, Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers, and Statistical assistants.

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 Bell County (North, East & South)Temple & Belton Cities PUMA, TX. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers are Bell County (North, East & South)Temple & Belton Cities PUMA, TX.

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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 Services incidental to transportation. Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers are paid most in Queens Village, Cambria Heights & Rosedale PUMA, NY but are relatively concentrated in Bell County (North, East & South)Temple & Belton Cities PUMA, TX.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$53,324

AVERAGE SALARY

± $5,504

In 2018, Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers earned an average of $53,324, $565 less than than the average national salary of $53,888.

Chemical processing machine setters, operators, & tenders make somewhat more than Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers while Statistical assistants 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

0.322

WAGE GINI

In 2018, Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.322, which is lower than than the national average of 0.479. 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, and Services incidental to transportation.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers, by average wage, are Services incidental to transportation, Bus service & urban transit, Rail transportation, Rail transportation, Bus service & urban transit, and Support activities for mining.

Industries by Share

23k

2018 Workforce

± 3,725

8.51%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 21.5%

The number of people employed as Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers has been growing at a rate of 8.51%, from 21,221 people in 2017 to 23,026 people in 2018.

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 48.1%, followed by Bus service & urban transit with 37.9% and Services incidental to transportation with 3.32%.

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 44.7 and of female Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers is 49.5, and the most common race/ethnicity for Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers is White (Non-Hispanic).

Gender Composition

20.1k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 3,480

2.94k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 1,330

87.2% of Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers are Male, making them the more common gender in the occupation. This chart shows the gender 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)

52.9% of Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 34.1% 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 Gender

44.7

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 2.29

49.5

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 5.98

The median age of Subway, streetcar, & other rail transportation workers is 45.3, and Male employees are generally 4.79 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 Business.

Majors

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

MOST COMMON MAJORS

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Business

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.