SOC 49-3043 · Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations · May 2025

How much do Rail Car Repairers make in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Rail Car Repairers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is $54,120. The 10th percentile is $47,840 and the 90th percentile is $66,400. Employment is 80.

Median annual wage

$54,120

10th percentile
$47,840
25th percentile
$47,840
Median
$54,120
75th percentile
$63,050
90th percentile
$66,400
Mean
$54,940

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

A transit bus driver standing beside a bus at a rest stop in Denali
Denali transit bus driver Gary at Teklanika Rest Stop, August 29, 2019. Photograph by Emily Mesner, National Park Service. Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Percentile spread

For Rail Car Repairers, the published 10th percentile is $47,840 and the 90th percentile is $66,400. The difference is $18,560, which is 34.3% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $47,840 to the 75th at $63,050, covers $15,210.

The mean annual wage is $54,940, which sits above the median of $54,120. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA median is 19.9% lower than the national median of $67,530 for Rail Car Repairers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $47,655, which is 29.4% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 20.8% lower than the California median of $68,370.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 113.566, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $54,120 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Rail Car Repairers at $47,655 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Rail Car Repairers. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ranks 1st of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA is 110 miles away, with a median of $49,910 and employment of 110. That median is 7.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $44,608, against $47,655 here.

Employment share

Rail Car Repairers accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA (80 of 6,271,560). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (21,350 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.09 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

Highest-paying jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA · Rail Car Repairers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Rail Car Repairers make in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Rail Car Repairers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is $54,120. The 10th percentile is $47,840 and the 90th percentile is $66,400. Employment is 80.

How does that compare with the national median for Rail Car Repairers?

The local median is 19.9% lower than the national median of $67,530.

What is Rail Car Repairers pay in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 113.566, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $54,120 is $47,655. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA compare with nearby metros for Rail Car Repairers?

San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 110 miles away, at $49,910. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ranks 1st of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.