How much do Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators make in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI?

Percentile spread

For Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators, the published 10th percentile is $45,090 and the 90th percentile is $85,120. The difference is $40,030, which is 88.8% 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 $45,090 to the 75th at $68,950, covers $23,860.

The mean annual wage is $56,090, which sits above the median of $45,090. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI median is 35.7% lower than the national median of $70,070 for Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $43,016, which is 38.6% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 9.2% lower than the Minnesota median of $49,640.

Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Minnesota, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI is 104.822, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $45,090 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators at $43,016 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.