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What locomotive engineers make
Median
$104,000
Lower end
$69,000
Upper end
$143,000
Job Bank's national median is $50 an hour, about $104,000 a year at 40 hours a week. The lower end ($33) and upper end ($68.85) are the bottom and top of the wage range for everyone in the group. Pay is often worked out as a mileage and trip rate rather than by the hour.