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Rail Car Repairers: apprenticeship hours and pay
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Approved apprenticeship titles
3 apprenticeship titles on the Department of Labor's approved list fall under Rail Car Repairers, trained competency-based, hybrid, time-based. The shortest approved term is 4,000 hours, for MINE-CAR REPAIRER (competency-based).
| Title | RAPIDS code | Approach and term |
|---|---|---|
| CAR REPAIRER (Railroad Equipment) | 0642 | Competency-Based: 5,400 hours Hybrid: 5,400 to 7,000 hours Time-Based: 8,000 hours |
| MECHANICAL-UNIT REPAIRER | 0337 | Competency-Based: 8,000 hours Hybrid: 8,000 to 10,000 hours Time-Based: 8,000 hours |
| MINE-CAR REPAIRER | 0350 | Competency-Based: 4,000 hours Hybrid: 4,000 to 5,000 hours Time-Based: 4,000 hours |
Time-based programs count hours on the job; competency-based programs move on when the apprentice shows the skills; hybrid programs use both, within a range of hours (29 CFR 29.5(b)(2)). Each registered program sets its own term inside what the approved title allows.
What rail car repairers earn, by state
Massachusetts has the highest state median for rail car repairers ($108,680) and Mississippi the lowest ($47,480), across the 40 states with a published figure.
| State | Median pay | Hourly | Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | $108,680 | $52.25 | 770 |
| Maryland | $89,430 | $43.00 | 560 |
| Oregon | $87,470 | $42.05 | 230 |
| Colorado | $86,630 | $41.65 | 250 |
| Idaho | $85,420 | $41.07 | 110 |
| New York | $84,580 | $40.67 | 1,730 |
| Illinois | $84,570 | $40.66 | 1,850 |
| Utah | $83,980 | $40.38 | 100 |
| Virginia | $83,720 | $40.25 | 210 |
| Arizona | $81,230 | $39.05 | 170 |
| Delaware | $78,900 | $37.93 | 130 |
| New Jersey | $78,750 | $37.86 | 410 |
| Minnesota | $77,800 | $37.40 | 170 |
| South Dakota | $71,750 | $34.50 | 90 |
| California | $68,370 | $32.87 | 700 |
| Missouri | $68,290 | $32.83 | 220 |
| New Mexico | $67,550 | $32.47 | 120 |
| Michigan | $64,370 | $30.95 | 370 |
| Georgia | $64,230 | $30.88 | 980 |
| Washington | $63,410 | $30.49 | 180 |
| Pennsylvania | $62,350 | $29.98 | 970 |
| Florida | $62,260 | $29.93 | 410 |
| Iowa | $60,550 | $29.11 | 340 |
| Oklahoma | $60,540 | $29.10 | 90 |
| Indiana | $60,490 | $29.08 | 670 |
| Maine | $60,090 | $28.89 | 70 |
| Tennessee | $60,090 | $28.89 | 320 |
| Kentucky | $59,430 | $28.57 | 770 |
| Texas | $59,330 | $28.53 | 2,690 |
| Wyoming | $59,040 | $28.39 | 250 |
| Wisconsin | $58,870 | $28.30 | 220 |
| Alabama | $58,080 | $27.93 | 280 |
| Arkansas | $53,810 | $25.87 | 340 |
| Ohio | $53,480 | $25.71 | 690 |
| West Virginia | $50,800 | $24.42 | 100 |
| Kansas | $48,160 | $23.15 | 300 |
| Nevada | $48,100 | $23.13 | 50 |
| Louisiana | $47,970 | $23.06 | 190 |
| North Carolina | $47,880 | $23.02 | 350 |
| Mississippi | $47,480 | $22.83 | 320 |
Finding a program
The public sponsor file names the organizations that run registered apprenticeships but not the occupations each one trains, so this guide names no sponsor. Search apprenticeship.gov's Apprenticeship Finder for this title, or ask your American Job Center which local programs train it.
Apprenticeship sponsors by state (25,633) · All approved occupations
Sources: apprenticeship.gov approved occupations list (Last-Modified October 8, 2026); BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (all industries; blanks are figures BLS does not publish).