Overview
1. Automation Risk
2. User Poll
3. Growth
4. Wages
5. Volume
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Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators

Moderate Risk
48%
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AUTOMATION RISK
CALCULATED
58%
(Moderate Risk)
POLLING
39%
(Low Risk)
Average: 48%
LABOR DEMAND
GROWTH
2.5%
by year 2033
WAGES
$67,000
or $32.21 per hour
Volume
18,770
as of 2023
SUMMARY
JOB SCORE
4.5/10

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Calculated automation risk

58% (Moderate Risk)

Moderate Risk (41-60%): Occupations with a moderate risk of automation usually involve routine tasks but still require some human judgment and interaction.

More information on what this score is, and how it is calculated is available here.

Some quite important qualities of the job are difficult to automate:

  • Manual Dexterity

  • Finger Dexterity

User poll

39% chance of full automation within the next two decades

Our visitors have voted there's a low chance this occupation will be automated. However, the automation risk level we have generated suggests a higher chance of automation: 58% chance of automation.

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Growth

Slow growth relative to other professions.

The number of 'Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators' job openings is expected to rise 2.5% by 2033

Total employment, and estimated job openings

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period between 2021 and 2031
Updated projections are due 09-2024.

Wages

High paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators' was $67,000, or $32 per hour

'Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators' were paid 39.4% higher than the national median wage, which stood at $48,060

Wages over time

* Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics

Volume

Lower range of job opportunities compared to other professions

As of 2023 there were 18,770 people employed as 'Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators' within the United States.

This represents around < 0.001% of the employed workforce across the country

Put another way, around 1 in 8 thousand people are employed as 'Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators'.

Job description

Lay, repair, and maintain track for standard or narrow-gauge railroad equipment used in regular railroad service or in plant yards, quarries, sand and gravel pits, and mines. Includes ballast cleaning machine operators and railroad bed tamping machine operators.

SOC Code: 47-4061.00

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