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Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers pay in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ and Salt Lake City-Murray, UT
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Rail Yard Engineers, Dinkey Operators, and Hostlers is $53,890 per year in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. It is $61,230 per year in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 12.0% below Salt Lake City-Murray, UT on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 53-4013 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 60 wage and salary jobs in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ and Not published in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT. 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.