Jobs Similar to Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators
Also called: Rail-Track Equipment Operators
The careers below use the most similar skills, knowledge and work activities to rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators, according to O*NET 31.0. The closest are Pile Driver Operators, Helpers--Extraction Workers and Roustabouts (Oil and Gas).
Rail-Track Laying and Maintenance Equipment Operators: $70,070 median pay · usual preparation: High school.
Updated October 2026 · Data: O*NET 31.0 and BLS OEWS May 2025 · How we match careers
The 20 most similar careers
- 1Pile Driver Operators
83% similar · $73,300 (+5%) · High school
- 2Helpers--Extraction Workers
80% similar · $47,730 (−32%) · High school
- 3Roustabouts, Oil and Gas
80% similar · $46,960 (−33%) · High school
- 4Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons
80% similar · $61,290 (−13%) · High school
- 5Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining
80% similar · $57,430 (−18%) · High school
- 6Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners
80% similar · $49,880 (−29%) · High school · Same group
- 7Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators
79% similar · $59,850 (−15%) · High school
- 8Hydroelectric Plant Technicians
79% similar · $102,040 (broader group) · Training or associate
- 9Extruding and Forming Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Synthetic and Glass Fibers
79% similar · $46,350 (−34%) · High school
- 10Continuous Mining Machine Operators
79% similar · $61,810 (−12%) · High school
- 11Recycling and Reclamation Workers
79% similar · $40,240 (broader group) · High school
- 12Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
79% similar · $54,430 (−22%) · High school
- 13Roof Bolters, Mining
78% similar · $78,540 (+12%) · High school
- 14Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
78% similar · $46,420 (−34%) · High school
- 15Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing
78% similar · $43,380 (−38%) · High school
- 16Crane and Tower Operators
78% similar · $68,080 (−3%) · Training or associate
- 17Engine and Other Machine Assemblers
78% similar · $53,710 (−23%) · High school
- 18Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand
78% similar · $42,660 (−39%) · High school
- 19Rock Splitters, Quarry
78% similar · $48,740 (−30%) · High school
- 20Pump Operators, Except Wellhead Pumpers
78% similar · $61,770 (−12%) · High school
Similarity: weighted correlation of O*NET 31.0 transferable skills (35%), knowledge (25%), work activities (15%) and interests (15%). Pay and schooling do not change it. Pay change compares BLS May 2025 national medians; careers with only a broader BLS group wage are not compared. “Same group”: the same BLS occupation group (SOC minor group). Methodology
Similar jobs that pay more
Only careers that usually need no more preparation than rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators.
Thinking of a career change?
Similar is not the same as a good next step. Our career-change list for rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators also weighs pay drops and extra schooling, and puts jobs outside the field first.
Jobs for former rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators →
Jobs that can lead here
Careers where rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators is one of the best career-change matches (match score in brackets).
- Pile Driver Operators (90)
- Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining (84)
- Continuous Mining Machine Operators (83)
- Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators (83)
- Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators (83)
- Roof Bolters, Mining (82)
- Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas (81)
- Fallers (81)
- Rail Car Repairers (81)
- Helpers--Extraction Workers (80)
Questions about jobs like rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators
What jobs are most similar to rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators?
By O*NET 31.0 data, the closest are Pile Driver Operators (83% similar), Helpers--Extraction Workers (80% similar), Roustabouts (Oil and Gas) (80% similar), Refractory Materials Repairers (80% similar) and Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators (80% similar).
Which jobs like rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators pay more?
Among the 20 most similar careers, Roof Bolters ($78,540, +12%; usually a high school diploma) and Pile Driver Operators ($73,300, +5%; usually a high school diploma) have the highest BLS median pay compared with rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators ($70,070). Without more preparation than rail-track laying and maintenance equipment operators usually need: Roof Bolters and Pile Driver Operators.
How is the similarity percentage worked out?
We compare how important each transferable skill, knowledge area, work activity and interest area is in both jobs (O*NET 31.0 ratings) with a weighted correlation. 100% would mean the same profile. Unlike our career-change matches, pay and extra schooling do not lower the similarity on this page.