Law & Government
Transit and Railroad Police
Protect and police railroad and transit property, employees, or passengers.
Median salary (BLS)
$90,230
10th–90th percentile (BLS)
$58k – $126k
Job outlook
+3% (about average)
AI exposure
Early-career check: graduates of the matching programs below typically earn $105,000 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 Transit and Railroad Police
Education
Typical entry: Associate degree
Plan my path to this →Typical progression
Junior Transit and Railroad Police
Entry / Junior
$57,690
~2 yrs to advance
Transit and Railroad Police
Established
$90,230
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Transit and Railroad Police
Senior
$108,070
Key skills
A typical day
- •Prepare reports documenting investigation activities and results.
- •Monitor transit areas and conduct security checks to protect railroad properties, patrons, and employees.
- •Apprehend or remove trespassers or thieves from railroad property or coordinate with law enforcement agencies in apprehensions and removals.
- •Direct security activities at derailments, fires, floods, or strikes involving railroad property.
- •Patrol railroad yards, cars, stations, or other facilities to protect company property or shipments and to maintain order.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Law & Government
Explore all- Yale University5% admit · $105,000 grad pay
- Harvard University4% admit · $119,000 grad pay
- Stanford University4% admit · $122,000 grad pay
- Columbia University4% admit · $103,000 grad pay
- University of Chicago5% admit · $91,000 grad pay
Reputation-based selection; stats shown are outcome data per school.