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Locomotive Engineers pay in New York and Texas
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Locomotive Engineers is $109,220 per year in New York. It is $79,000 per year in Texas. New York is 38.3% above Texas 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 1,510 wage and salary jobs in New York and 3,780 in Texas. 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