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Signal and Track Switch Repairers: apprenticeship hours and pay

O*NET-SOC 49-9097.00

Approved titles

RAPIDS codes

Shortest term

4,500 h

longest minimum 8,000 h

National median pay

$92,460

a year, BLS May 2025

Jobs nationally

8,720

BLS May 2025

Approved apprenticeship titles

Training approaches: competency-based, hybrid, time-based
Shortest approved term: 4,500 hours, Signals Maintainer (hybrid)
State medians: $126,440 in Massachusetts to $58,840 in Ohio (21 states publish one)

Title	RAPIDS code	Approach and term
ELECTRIC-TRACK-SWITCH MAIN	0132	Competency-Based: 8,000 hours Hybrid: 8,000 to 10,000 hours Time-Based: 8,000 hours
SIGNAL MAINTAINER (RR Tran)	0942	Competency-Based: 6,000 hours Hybrid: 6,000 to 7,500 hours Time-Based: 8,000 hours
Signals Maintainer	0947	Hybrid: 4,500 to 6,800 hours

State	Median pay	Hourly	Jobs
Massachusetts	$126,440	$60.79	160
Washington	$121,710	$58.51	210
Minnesota	$96,780	$46.53	80
Arizona	$96,460	$46.38	100
Virginia	$95,620	$45.97	170
Illinois	$95,610	$45.96	720
New York	$94,530	$45.45	1,910
Michigan	$93,060	$44.74	120
Indiana	$92,200	$44.33	220
Missouri	$86,300	$41.49	250
Wisconsin	$85,440	$41.08	60
Texas	$85,020	$40.88	650
California	$84,670	$40.71	390
Colorado	$83,930	$40.35	160
Kansas	$83,550	$40.17	120
New Jersey	$82,990	$39.90	260
Georgia	$79,860	$38.39	440
Tennessee	$79,730	$38.33	190
Florida	$78,680	$37.83	290
Kentucky	$75,870	$36.48	60
Ohio	$58,840	$28.29	150