Table 6-7: Freight Railroad Employment, Retirement, and Wages: 2005

State	Employment	Wages ($ millions)	Retirement beneficiaries	Retirement payments ($ millions)
Alabama	3,677	230	9,347	136
Alaska	429	25	217	3
Arizona	2,895	197	10,018	145
Arkansas	3,651	235	9,344	136
California	10,282	694	30,190	438
Colorado	2,906	198	7,424	108
Connecticut	107	6	2,905	42
Delaware	202	12	1,870	27
District of Columbia	8	<1	568	8
Florida	5,904	366	30,731	446
Georgia	7,049	438	15,330	222
Hawaii	0	0	233	3
Idaho	1,374	89	4,563	66
Illinois	12,742	856	35,638	517
Indiana	5,860	363	15,935	231
Iowa	3,896	259	9,109	132
Kansas	5,571	389	13,769	200
Kentucky	4,341	272	14,504	210
Louisiana	3,265	210	7,487	109
Maine	679	39	3,020	44
Maryland	1,555	97	9,667	140
Massachusetts	812	47	4,488	65
Michigan	3,916	262	14,682	213
Minnesota	4,379	300	16,226	235
Mississippi	1,762	122	6,082	88
Missouri	6,879	467	19,176	278
Montana	2,719	185	5,885	85
Nebraska	10,626	726	10,999	160
Nevada	830	55	3,462	50
New Hampshire	217	12	926	13
New Jersey	1,154	69	9,595	139
New Mexico	1,729	124	4,787	69
New York	2,973	182	23,382	339
North Carolina	2,389	148	10,238	149
North Dakota	1,704	120	3,169	46
Ohio	8,007	494	28,600	415
Oklahoma	1,807	123	5,297	77
Oregon	2,408	156	8,366	121
Pennsylvania	7,159	440	39,022	566
Rhode Island	71	4	566	8
South Carolina	1,732	107	6,487	94
South Dakota	758	51	1,298	19
Tennessee	4,054	261	11,853	172
Texas	16,771	1,138	33,123	480
Utah	1,946	126	5,483	80
Vermont	202	10	915	13
Virginia	5,409	337	18,354	266
Washington	4,132	290	11,313	164
West Virginia	2,804	175	9,568	139
Wisconsin	3,236	227	10,092	146
Wyoming	2,829	194	2,902	42
United States, total	181,807	11,930	558,205	8,098

¹Freight railroads include Class I, regional, switching and terminal, and local.

NOTE: Wages do not include fringe benefits.

SOURCE: Association of American Railroads, Railroads and States 2005, Washington, DC: 2006, available at http://www.aar.org/AboutTheIndustry/StateInformation.asp as of Dec. 5, 2006.

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