Skilled Trades
Signal and Track Switch Repairers
Install, inspect, test, maintain, or repair electric gate crossings, signals, signal equipment, track switches, section lines, or intercommunications systems within a railroad system.
Median salary (BLS)
$92,460
10th–90th percentile (BLS)
$63k – $120k
Job outlook
+2% (about average)
AI exposure
Early-career check: graduates of the matching programs below typically earn $70,000 ten years after starting college — an early-career figure, vs. the all-experience BLS median above. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard.
Plan a path to Signal and Track Switch Repairers
Education
Typical entry: No degree (trade/license)
Plan my path to this →Typical progression
Junior Signal and Track Switch Repairers
Entry / Junior
$62,610
~2 yrs to advance
Signal and Track Switch Repairers
Established
$92,460
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Signal and Track Switch Repairers
Senior
$106,005
Key skills
A typical day
- •Inspect and test operation, mechanical parts, and circuitry of gate crossings, signals, and signal equipment such as interlocks and hotbox detectors.
- •Inspect electrical units of railroad grade crossing gates and repair loose bolts and defective electrical connections and parts.
- •Test and repair track circuits.
- •Drive motor vehicles to job sites.
- •Install, inspect, maintain, and repair various railroad service equipment on the road or in the shop, including railroad signal systems.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Skilled Trades
Explore all- Purdue University50% admit · $78,000 grad pay
- Ohio State University53% admit · $68,000 grad pay
- Pennsylvania State University55% admit · $70,000 grad pay
Reputation-based selection; stats shown are outcome data per school.