Start with the answer
Locomotive Engineers pay in New Hampshire and New York
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Locomotive Engineers is $70,670 per year in New Hampshire. It is $109,220 per year in New York. New Hampshire is 35.3% below New York on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 53-4011 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 30 wage and salary jobs in New Hampshire and 1,510 in New York. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings