"Table 6-7: Freight Railroad Employment, Retirement, and Wages: 20061",,,,, ,,,,, State,Number of employees,Wages ($ millions),Number of retirement beneficiaries,Retirement payments ($ millions), Alabama,"3,850",244,"9,371",143, Alaska,426,25,207,3, Arizona,"3,056",212,"9,698",148, Arkansas,"3,671",244,"9,410",143, California,"10,478",726,"29,196",445, Colorado,"3,042",212,"7,349",112, Connecticut,185,11,"2,798",43, Delaware,182,11,"1,869",28, District of Columbia,8,<0.5,533,8, Florida,"5,635",352,"30,137",459, Georgia,"7,288",456,"15,379",234, Hawaii,0,0,212,3, Idaho,"1,417",95,"4,510",69, Illinois,"12,925",887,"34,951",533, Indiana,"6,094",384,"15,801",241, Iowa,"4,072",277,"9,073",138, Kansas,"5,700",405,"13,724",209, Kentucky,"4,479",283,"14,457",220, Louisiana,"3,305",221,"7,422",113, Maine,655,38,"2,911",44, Maryland,"1,615",102,"9,359",143, Massachusetts,763,45,"4,256",65, Michigan,"3,756",255,"14,483",221, Minnesota,"4,475",313,"15,854",242, Mississippi,"1,907",133,"6,106",93, Missouri,"7,286",506,"18,916",288, Montana,"2,792",193,"5,799",88, Nebraska,"11,464",802,"11,186",171, Nevada,906,62,"3,368",51, New Hampshire,198,11,878,13, New Jersey,"1,179",73,"9,314",142, New Mexico,"1,826",132,"4,651",71, New York,"3,173",197,"22,768",347, North Carolina,"2,426",151,"10,164",155, North Dakota,"1,811",129,"3,091",47, Ohio,"7,973",498,"27,907",425, Oklahoma,"1,977",137,"5,203",79, Oregon,"2,443",164,"8,295",126, Pennsylvania,"7,257",452,"37,482",571, Rhode Island,73,4,542,8, South Carolina,"1,861",116,"6,488",99, South Dakota,771,53,"1,328",20, Tennessee,"4,245",276,"11,851",181, Texas,"17,394","1,211","33,037",504, Utah,"2,043",138,"5,360",82, Vermont,240,12,872,13, Virginia,"5,410",339,"18,065",275, Washington,"4,168",298,"11,280",172, West Virginia,"2,856",180,"9,376",143, Wisconsin,"3,242",232,"9,872",151, Wyoming,"2,959",208,"2,858",44, "United States, total","186,957","12,508","549,017","8,371", ,,,,, "1Includes Class I, Regional, Switching and Terminal, and Local freight railroads.",,,,, ,,,,, NOTE: Numbers may not add to totals due to rounding. Wages do not include fringe benefits.,,,,, ,,,,, "SOURCE: Association of American Railroads, personal communication, Jan. 8, 2008.",,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,,