Home / Rail Car Repairers / Best Cities Best Cities for Rail Car Repairerss Cities ranked by purchasing power — where rail car repairerss get the most value from their salary after accounting for cost of living. A score above 1.00 means better than national average.
How we calculate this: City Score = (Local Salary ÷ National Median) ÷ (Local Cost ÷ National Avg Cost). A score of 1.20 means 20% better purchasing power than average.
# Location Score Raw Salary Adjusted Salary Rent/Income 1 Massachusetts State 1.48 $108,680 $100,166 25% 2 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metro 1.36 $103,540 $91,791 23% 3 Idaho State 1.31 $85,420 $88,518 17% 4 Illinois State 1.29 $84,570 $86,828 19% 5 Oregon State 1.26 $87,470 $84,922 22% 6 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metro 1.25 $89,430 $84,527 23% 7 Utah State 1.24 $83,980 $83,812 21% 8 Colorado State 1.22 $86,630 $82,192 26% 9 Maryland State 1.21 $89,430 $81,896 23% 10 Virginia State 1.20 $83,720 $80,889 23% 11 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metro 1.20 $87,470 $81,141 25% 12 Arizona State 1.19 $81,230 $80,505 22% 13 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metro 1.19 $76,870 $80,240 23% 14 Minnesota State 1.18 $77,800 $79,388 20% 15 South Dakota State 1.17 $71,750 $79,020 16% 16 Delaware State 1.16 $78,900 $78,119 21% 17 Missouri State 1.14 $68,290 $77,077 18% 18 New York State 1.11 $84,580 $75,182 26% 19 New Mexico State 1.09 $67,550 $73,424 19% 20 New Jersey State 1.07 $78,750 $72,381 27% 21 Michigan State 1.03 $64,370 $69,740 21% 22 Georgia State 1.02 $64,230 $68,769 26% 23 Iowa State 1.01 $60,550 $67,881 19% 24 Oklahoma State 1.01 $60,540 $68,407 19% 25 Alabama State 0.99 $58,080 $66,682 20% 26 Indiana State 0.99 $60,490 $66,840 21% 27 Kentucky State 0.99 $59,430 $67,153 19% 28 Tennessee State 0.97 $60,090 $65,672 25% 29 Pittsburgh, PA Metro 0.96 $59,810 $64,659 24% 30 Pennsylvania State 0.95 $62,350 $64,278 25% 31 Wisconsin State 0.94 $58,870 $63,781 22% 32 Wyoming State 0.94 $59,040 $63,484 20% 33 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX Metro 0.94 $58,120 $63,174 27% 34 Arkansas State 0.92 $53,810 $62,352 20% 35 Texas State 0.92 $59,330 $62,061 28% 36 California State 0.91 $68,370 $61,762 40% 37 Florida State 0.91 $62,260 $61,340 33% 38 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metro 0.91 $59,820 $61,543 32% 39 Maine State 0.89 $60,090 $60,210 26% 40 West Virginia State 0.89 $50,800 $60,333 20% 41 Ohio State 0.88 $53,480 $59,159 23% 42 Washington State 0.88 $63,410 $59,096 36% 43 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Metro 0.87 $61,120 $59,053 31% 44 Mississippi State 0.83 $47,480 $55,991 23% 45 Kansas City, MO-KS Metro 0.81 $50,910 $54,860 30% 46 Kansas State 0.79 $48,160 $53,511 26% 47 Louisiana State 0.79 $47,970 $53,241 26% 48 North Carolina State 0.75 $47,880 $50,720 33% 49 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI Metro 0.75 $46,480 $50,965 31% 50 Nevada State 0.71 $48,100 $48,004 36% 51 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro 0.69 $54,120 $46,455 50%
Data Sources: Salary: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS). Cost of Living: BEA Regional Price Parities (2024). Rent: HUD Fair Market Rents (FY2025).