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Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters pay in North Carolina and Oklahoma
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters is $58,930 per year in North Carolina. It is $102,260 per year in Oklahoma. North Carolina is 42.4% below Oklahoma on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 53-4031 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 Not published wage and salary jobs in North Carolina and 310 in Oklahoma. 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