Rail industry headcount shrinks

A photograph of a man boarding a freight train.

Rail employment dipped to record low levels in April, walloped by the COVID-19 pandemic and declining coal volumes.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that rail employment among U.S. freight and passenger rail companies was around 157,200 workers in April, down from under 180,000 in April 2019.

U.S. rail employment trended lower between April 2019 and April 2020. (SONAR: EMPN.RAIL)

Meanwhile, the Surface Transportation Board recently released its April data provided by the Class I...

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