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Last updated: April 16, 2024
Conductor Road Freight Salary
in Maryland, United States
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$67,022 (USD)
Average Salary
$32/hr
Average Hourly
$1,253
Average Bonus
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The average pay for a Conductor Road Freight is $67,022 a year and $32 an hour in Maryland, United States. The average salary range for a Conductor Road Freight is between $48,055 and $80,762. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Maryland, United States.
ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.
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About Maryland, United States
Maryland Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Maryland (US: MERR-il-ənd) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. The state borders Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, Delaware to its east, the Atlantic Ocean, and the national capital of Washington, D.C. With a total area of 12,407 square miles (32,130 km2), Maryland is the ninth-smallest state by land area, and its population of 6,177,224 ranks it the 18th-most populous state and the fifth-most densely populated. Maryland's capital is Annapolis, and the most populous city is Baltimore. Occasional nicknames include Old Line State, the Free State, and...
Job Summary
Description:
- Coordinates activities of train crew engaged in transporting freight on freight train: reads train orders, schedules, and other written instructions received from train dispatcher and discusses their contents with locomotive engineer and train crew.
- Inspects couplings and airhoses to ensure that they are securely fastened.
- Inspects journal boxes to ensure that they are lubricated.
- Inspects handbrakes on cars to ensure that they are released before train begins to run.
- Inspects freight cars to ensure that they are securely sealed.
- Records number of car and corresponding seal number and compares listing with waybill to ensure accuracy of routes and destinations.
- Compares watch with watch of locomotive engineer to ensure that departure time from station or terminal is in accordance with timetable schedules.
- Signals locomotive engineer via radiotelephone or by waving lantern to begin train run.
- Talks to locomotive engineer and traffic control center personnel via telephone during run to give or receive instructions or information concerning stops, delays, or oncoming trains.
- Instructs workers to set warning signals in front of and at rear of train during emergency stops to warn oncoming trains.
- Supervises workers engaged in inspection and maintenance of cars and mechanical equipment during run to ensure that train is operating efficiently and safely.
- Records time of departures and arrivals at all destinations.
- Prepares reports at end of run to explain accidents, unscheduled stops, or delays.
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Salary Recap
The average pay for a Conductor Road Freight is $67,022 a year and $32 an hour in Maryland, United States. The average salary range for a Conductor Road Freight is between $48,055 and $80,762. This compensation analysis is based on salary survey data collected directly from employers and anonymous employees in Maryland, United States.
ERI's compensation data are based on salary surveys conducted and researched by ERI. Cost of labor data in the Assessor Series are based on actual housing sales data from commercially available sources, plus rental rates, gasoline prices, consumables, medical care premium costs, property taxes, effective income tax rates, etc.
Find actuarial salary survey data and benchmark salary and pay.
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Conductor Road Freight Job Prevalence in the United States
Job family: Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters
Job family population: 40,940
Estimated population of Conductor Road Freight jobs: 7,958
Rate of error: 0.4%
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About Maryland, United States
Maryland Cost of Living Score:
Description:
Maryland (US: MERR-il-ənd) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. The state borders Virginia to its south, West Virginia to its west, Pennsylvania to its north, Delaware to its east, the Atlantic Ocean, and the national capital of Washington, D.C. With a total area of 12,407 square miles (32,130 km2), Maryland is the ninth-smallest state by land area, and its population of 6,177,224 ranks it the 18th-most populous state and the fifth-most densely populated. Maryland's capital is Annapolis, and the most populous city is Baltimore. Occasional nicknames include Old Line State, the Free State, and...
Job Summary
Description:
- Coordinates activities of train crew engaged in transporting freight on freight train: reads train orders, schedules, and other written instructions received from train dispatcher and discusses their contents with locomotive engineer and train crew.
- Inspects couplings and airhoses to ensure that they are securely fastened.
- Inspects journal boxes to ensure that they are lubricated.
- Inspects handbrakes on cars to ensure that they are released before train begins to run.
- Inspects freight cars to ensure that they are securely sealed.
- Records number of car and corresponding seal number and compares listing with waybill to ensure accuracy of routes and destinations.
- Compares watch with watch of locomotive engineer to ensure that departure time from station or terminal is in accordance with timetable schedules.
- Signals locomotive engineer via radiotelephone or by waving lantern to begin train run.
- Talks to locomotive engineer and traffic control center personnel via telephone during run to give or receive instructions or information concerning stops, delays, or oncoming trains.
- Instructs workers to set warning signals in front of and at rear of train during emergency stops to warn oncoming trains.
- Supervises workers engaged in inspection and maintenance of cars and mechanical equipment during run to ensure that train is operating efficiently and safely.
- Records time of departures and arrivals at all destinations.
- Prepares reports at end of run to explain accidents, unscheduled stops, or delays.
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ERI Economic Research Institute compiles the best salary, cost-of-living, and executive compensation survey data available.
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