Freight Conductor Salaries in the United States
How much does a Freight Conductor make in the United States?
Freight Conductors earn $45,000 annually on average, or $22 per hour, which is 38% less than the national average for all working Americans. Our data indicates that the best paid Freight Conductors work for CSX Transportation at $45,000 annually while the lowest paid Freight Conductors work for Norfolk Southern Railway earning approximately $44,000 each year.
Submit a Salary$98K CN's Average Freight Conductor Salary (1 salaries)
+$53K (74%) more than national average Freight Conductor salary ($45K)
+$36K (45%) more than average CN salary ($62K)
Equal to average CN Freight Conductor salary ($98K)
"Salary was VERY competitive and I loved that."
$63K CSXT Transportation's Average Freight Conductor Salary (1 salaries)
+$18K (33%) more than national average Freight Conductor salary ($45K)
-$2K (3%) less than average CSXT Transportation salary ($65K)
Equal to average CSXT Transportation Freight Conductor salary ($63K)
"Well, from back when it was old school clinchfield, that was good $. We're lucky to even get paid nowadays. Shoot, you have to fight about getting some claims paid that are legit black and white we are due 100% hands down. It's a disgrace to their employees. We are who make the company. Without us, there is no company. They don't get that and that's another comment they will never understand."
$45K CSX Transportation's Average Freight Conductor Salary (36 salaries)
Equal to national average Freight Conductor salary ($45K)
Equal to average CSX Transportation salary ($45K)
+$7K (14%) more than average CSX Transportation Freight Conductor salary ($45K)
-$4K (9%) less than average CSX Transportation Freight Conductor salary ($45K)
+$26K (44%) more than average CSX Transportation Freight Conductor salary ($45K)
$44K Norfolk Southern Railway's Average Freight Conductor Salary (5 salaries)
-$1K (2%) less than national average Freight Conductor salary ($45K)
-$7K (14%) less than average Norfolk Southern Railway salary ($51K)
-$6K (14%) less than average Norfolk Southern Railway Freight Conductor salary ($44K)
-$14K (37%) less than average Norfolk Southern Railway Freight Conductor salary ($44K)
-$4K (9%) less than average Norfolk Southern Railway Freight Conductor salary ($44K)
$45K Union Pacific Railroad's Average Freight Conductor Salary (4 salaries)
Equal to national average Freight Conductor salary ($45K)
-$10K (20%) less than average Union Pacific Railroad salary ($55K)
-$5K (11%) less than average Union Pacific Railroad Freight Conductor salary ($45K)
+$5K (10%) more than average Union Pacific Railroad Freight Conductor salary ($45K)
-$5K (11%) less than average Union Pacific Railroad Freight Conductor salary ($45K)
$65K Canadian Pacific Railway's Average Freight Conductor Salary (1 salaries)
+$20K (36%) more than national average Freight Conductor salary ($45K)
+$16K (28%) more than average Canadian Pacific Railway salary ($49K)
Equal to average Canadian Pacific Railway Freight Conductor salary ($65K)
$50K Conrail's Average Freight Conductor Salary (1 salaries)
+$5K (10%) more than national average Freight Conductor salary ($45K)
+$9K (19%) more than average Conrail salary ($41K)
Equal to average Conrail Freight Conductor salary ($50K)
$40K Brown College's Average Freight Conductor Salary (1 salaries)
-$5K (11%) less than national average Freight Conductor salary ($45K)
Equal to average Brown College salary ($40K)
Equal to average Brown College Freight Conductor salary ($40K)
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