"Table 6-7: Freight Railroad Employment, Retirement, and Wages: 20051",,,,, ,,,,, State,Employment,Wages ($ millions),Retirement beneficiaries,Retirement payments ($ millions), Alabama,"3,677",230,"9,347",136, Alaska,429,25,217,3, Arizona,"2,895",197,"10,018",145, Arkansas,"3,651",235,"9,344",136, California,"10,282",694,"30,190",438, Colorado,"2,906",198,"7,424",108, Connecticut,107,6,"2,905",42, Delaware,202,12,"1,870",27, District of Columbia,8,<1,568,8, Florida,"5,904",366,"30,731",446, Georgia,"7,049",438,"15,330",222, Hawaii,0,0,233,3, Idaho,"1,374",89,"4,563",66, Illinois,"12,742",856,"35,638",517, Indiana,"5,860",363,"15,935",231, Iowa,"3,896",259,"9,109",132, Kansas,"5,571",389,"13,769",200, Kentucky,"4,341",272,"14,504",210, Louisiana,"3,265",210,"7,487",109, Maine,679,39,"3,020",44, Maryland,"1,555",97,"9,667",140, Massachusetts,812,47,"4,488",65, Michigan,"3,916",262,"14,682",213, Minnesota,"4,379",300,"16,226",235, Mississippi,"1,762",122,"6,082",88, Missouri,"6,879",467,"19,176",278, Montana,"2,719",185,"5,885",85, Nebraska,"10,626",726,"10,999",160, Nevada,830,55,"3,462",50, New Hampshire,217,12,926,13, New Jersey,"1,154",69,"9,595",139, New Mexico,"1,729",124,"4,787",69, New York,"2,973",182,"23,382",339, North Carolina,"2,389",148,"10,238",149, North Dakota,"1,704",120,"3,169",46, Ohio,"8,007",494,"28,600",415, Oklahoma,"1,807",123,"5,297",77, Oregon,"2,408",156,"8,366",121, Pennsylvania,"7,159",440,"39,022",566, Rhode Island,71,4,566,8, South Carolina,"1,732",107,"6,487",94, South Dakota,758,51,"1,298",19, Tennessee,"4,054",261,"11,853",172, Texas,"16,771","1,138","33,123",480, Utah,"1,946",126,"5,483",80, Vermont,202,10,915,13, Virginia,"5,409",337,"18,354",266, Washington,"4,132",290,"11,313",164, West Virginia,"2,804",175,"9,568",139, Wisconsin,"3,236",227,"10,092",146, Wyoming,"2,829",194,"2,902",42, "United States, total","181,807","11,930","558,205","8,098", ,,,,, "1Freight railroads include Class I, regional, switching and terminal, and local.",,,,, ,,,,, NOTE: Wages do not include fringe benefits.,,,,, ,,,,, "SOURCE: Association of American Railroads, Railroads and States 2005, Washington, DC: 2006, available at http://www.aar.org/AboutTheIndustry/StateInformation.asp as of Dec. 5, 2006.",,,,, ,,,,, ,,,,,