Forbes says a record 1,645 billionaires made the list this year, with an average net worth of $4.7 billion. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is back on top of the list of the world's richest people. Gates' net worth is estimated at $76 billion, according to Forbes magazine's 2014 list of world's richest people.is net worth was estimated at $40 billion. Sheldon Adelson returned to the Forbes top 10 richest list for the first time since 2007. According to Forbes, he made an average of $32 million a day over the last year as shares of his Las Vegas Sands continued to climb.
(United States). Railroad Conductors in the United States are largely men, earning an average of $54K annually. Lower pay rates hover around $35K, and the higher rates verge on $84K per year. The specific employer is the main element affecting pay for this group â tenure and geographic location are driving factors as well.
Because trains are scheduled to run 24 hours a day, many engineers earn their pay by working nights, weekends and holidays; some work over 50 hours a week. The nationâs 38,790 locomotive engineers made $52,940 per year, or $25.45 per hour, as of May 2011, states the BLS.n 2011, most locomotive engineers worked in rail transportation, which held over 97 percent of the positions. It also paid the highest averages of $53,020 per year, or $25.49 hourly, in 2011. The next highest sector for jobs was support activities for rail transportation, which only showed 120 positions.