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Rail Car Repairers
Diagnose, adjust, repair, or overhaul railroad rolling stock, mine cars, or mass transit rail cars.
What a rail car repairer does
Become a rail car repairer
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good rail car repairer
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different ways to solve a problem.
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
- Figuring out what is causing equipment, machines, wiring, or computer programs to not work.
- Repairing machines or systems using the right tools.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Average hourly rate is $26 per hour with an average salary of $53,100 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $20 and $30 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $42,200 and $62,900 per year.
Rail Car Repairer job outlook
- There are 283 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 37 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.