Norfolk Southern (NSC) Other Operating Expenses (2009 - 2026)

For the trailing twelve months through Sep 30, 2026, Other Operating Expenses at Norfolk Southern was $2.94 billion, up 20.1% year-over-year; for FY2025, it was $2.5 billion, down 7.7% from FY2024.

• Annual Other Operating Expenses shows a five-year compound annual growth rate of -1.7% (FY2020 to FY2025).
• In prior years, Norfolk Southern's Other Operating Expenses was $2.71 billion in FY2024 (-32.7%), $4.02 billion in FY2023 (+52.5%), $2.64 billion in FY2022 (+15.9%) and $2.27 billion in FY2021 (-16.6%).
• The Q3 2026 figure stands as the highest quarterly Other Operating Expenses since Q1 2024.
• On a year-over-year basis, Other Operating Expenses has increased in each of the last six quarters, with growth averaging 42.4% over the last eight quarters.
• The strongest year-over-year quarter for Other Operating Expenses in the past five years was Q3 2025, with growth of 344.7%; the weakest was Q3 2024, with a decline of 83.1%.
• According to Business Quant data, Other Operating Expenses for the three prior quarters was $783 million (Q2 2026), $721 million (Q1 2026) and $641 million (Q4 2025).