Perm Visa Data for Line-Haul Railroads : Top Employers, Top Jobs and Employees Trends

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Line-Haul Railroads (NAICS code 482111) has an average growth rate of 0.23% as an Perm industry with 230 employees hired as of 2025

Top Line-Haul Railroads Employers

Company	Employees	Average Wage
Csx Transportation, Inc.	36	$73,909
National Railroad Passenger Corporation (amtrak)	23	$111,748
Union Pacific Railroad	13	$79,362
Soo Line Railroad Company	8	$102,092
Illinois Central Railroad Company	5	$73,981
The Kansas City Southern Railway Company	5	$107,510
Norfolk Southern Corporation	4	$98,743
Bnsf Railway Company	1	$47,403

Top Line-Haul Railroads Jobs

Job Title	Number of Jobs	Average Wage
Software Developers, Applications	43	$87,649
Computer Systems Analysts	11	$97,075
Operations Research Analysts	7	$39,876
Computer And Information Systems Managers	5	$138,229
Network And Computer Systems Administrators	5	$75,387
Computer Occupations, All Other	4	$116,673
Transportation, Storage, And Distribution Managers	4	$120,723
Civil Engineers	3	$81,938
Electrical And Electronic Engineering Technicians	2	$71,095
Statisticians	2	$60,341

Employees Over Time vs Average Salary Over Time

The Line-haul Railroads industry has been in the H1B Visa program since 2010 where 10 employees were hired. They peaked in 2018 with 20 employees, and have since been on a decline with the most recent number of employees being 6 in 2024.

The Line-haul Railroads industry has been in the H1B Visa program since 2010 where the average salary was $66,387. The industry peaked in 2024 with an average salary of $119,607, and the recent trend shows the average salary on an incline.