* Including bonuses, does not include benefits.
The statistic includes data for the following class I railroads: BNSF Railway, CSX Transportation, Grand Trunk Corporation, Kansas City Southern Railway, Norfolk Southern, Soo Line Corporation and Union Pacific
The figures were rounded. Values up to 2016 was taken from a previous edition. 2017 figure is provisional.
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Labor costs - U.S. freight rail industry 2014-2017
This statistic gives the annual average labor costs per employee in the U.S. freight rail transportation from 2014 to 2017. In 2017, the average labor costs including bonuses of an employee working for U.S. Class I railroads came to around * U.S. dollars.
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