In many cases of entomophobia, the sufferer is afraid of becoming contaminated by insects. Many bugs, such as cockroaches and flies, do carry disease. However, people with contamination phobias take prudent cleanliness to an extreme. In addition, disgust there is a reaction that often causes symptoms of anxiety.
Salaries. Although train conductors earned as much as $80,820 per year, or $38.86 per hour, their compensation also fell below an annual $39,190 annually, or $18.84 hourly, as of May 2011, states the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). However, their average salaries ran $56,230 per year, or $27.03 per hour.
Train engineers could make as much as $38.14 per hour or $79,340 per year, or as little as $17.18 per hour or $35,730 per year as of May 2011. This is according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. However, the position averaged $25.45 per hour or $52,940 per year.