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Data received July 2023

Full-time employees

1,702

Number of departments

130

Median pay

$65,026

Average pay

$65,874

Bi-State Development

Employees by pay range

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Departments

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Department

FT employeesempl. Median pay Average pay Median experience Top earner
DeBaliviere Bus Operations 290 $62,093 $61,742 14.0 $118,634
Brentwood Bus Operations 148 $61,569 $59,123 17.0 $121,307
Paratransit Operations 140 $41,328 $42,960 6.0 $153,593
Illinois Bus Operations 129 $60,257 $56,822 12.0 $89,987
Illinois Light Rail Operations 60 $66,912 $66,189 17.0 $97,586
DeBaliviere Bus Maintenance 52 $70,647 $68,659 9.5 $108,674
Ewing Street Rail Systems 51 $78,844 $78,462 15.0 $126,604
Brentwood Bus Maintenance 48 $70,592 $67,407 9.0 $100,132
Ewing Street Maintenance of Way 28 $73,156 $74,684 13.5 $116,342
Missouri Light Rail Operations 28 $73,508 $70,416 15.0 $101,462
Illinois Bus Maintenance 27 $69,760 $66,455 3.0 $106,908
TSS Field Security 27 $50,690 $49,564 2.0 $75,273
Ewing Street Maintenance Equipment ML 25 $85,773 $81,979 8.0 $139,709
Service Area Management 24 $76,036 $74,452 14.5 $86,803
Body and Paint Shop 22 $73,223 $73,189 23.0 $92,240
Materials Management 21 $60,451 $55,844 9.0 $72,120
Arch Tram 20 $31,768 $41,805 5.5 $95,201
Paratransit Maintenance 18 $79,676 $79,811 7.5 $105,176
Ewing Street Security 17 $57,181 $52,120 3.0 $79,022
Information Services 17 $57,125 $54,593 7.0 $87,156
29th Street Maintenance Equipment ML 16 $77,949 $73,144 12.0 $113,186
Director of Personnel 15 $62,906 $72,215 4.0 $187,001
LR Operations Control Center 14 $78,333 $77,812 14.5 $101,131
MetroBus Support Services 14 $93,017 $89,276 17.0 $137,974
29th Street Security 13 $27,019 $29,567 3.0 $42,617
Non-Revenue Vehicle Maintenance 13 $85,443 $81,815 26.0 $94,644
Road and Radio 13 $68,792 $61,384 4.0 $84,086
29th Street Rail Systems 11 $83,064 $83,497 5.0 $102,493
LR Operations Field and Dispatching 11 $86,385 $77,347 17.0 $98,498
Operations Systems 11 $93,489 $88,196 12.0 $148,667
Revenue Operations and Maintenance 11 $74,424 $72,820 9.0 $129,383
Security 11 $44,151 $42,643 3.0 $70,205
Support Services 11 $74,924 $71,985 16.0 $98,468
Airport 10 $67,877 $70,539 4.5 $102,012
Arch Revenue Collections 10 $39,599 $39,696 5.0 $70,804
CCO Eng, Constr, & Service Contracts, Legal 10 $73,635 $75,633 9.5 $110,636
New Systems Operating 10 $105,361 $109,921 4.5 $190,376
Product Development 9 $83,218 $84,593 13.0 $149,937
29th Street Maintenance of Way 8 $87,556 $82,867 12.0 $116,331
Communication Maintenance 8 $74,119 $76,113 10.0 $109,271
Dispatch 8 $43,042 $43,190 4.0 $87,434
General Accounting 8 $70,560 $73,241 3.5 $117,850
Service Planning and Scheduling 8 $86,630 $86,063 9.0 $126,219
MOW Technical Support 7 $99,050 $105,834 16.0 $138,790
Payroll 7 $44,961 $50,243 3.0 $84,817
Safety 7 $77,047 $90,202 8.0 $144,709
Director MetroBus 6 $71,327 $83,658 9.0 $171,998
Employee Training 6 $64,780 $62,763 21.0 $71,308
Ewing Street Passenger Revenue 6 $88,146 $95,553 8.5 $147,295
Executive Vice-President for Administration 6 $47,502 $76,500 17.5 $204,109
Financial Systems 6 $94,083 $105,219 4.5 $143,340
Network Services 6 $64,987 $70,490 1.5 $147,574
Product Control Management 6 $66,396 $59,766 1.5 $104,801
Riverboat Marine Operations 6 $59,912 $57,106 15.0 $85,817
Benefits Administration 5 $70,811 $89,017 11.0 $148,405
Capital Budgeting and Grants 5 $66,693 $83,717 12.0 $136,056
DeBaliviere Facility Maintenance 5 $81,436 $74,939 27.0 $100,667
Engine Shop 5 $69,595 $67,764 16.0 $71,697
Executive Director of Metro Transit 5 $131,744 $126,143 11.0 $246,747
Gateway Card Center 5 $65,383 $69,196 10.0 $93,986
Internal Audit 5 $92,747 $100,794 2.0 $167,176
IT HCMS Systems 5 $88,756 $91,881 4.0 $146,841
Legal Counsel 5 $97,619 $105,745 9.0 $170,676
Maintenance Analysis 5 $94,738 $81,729 15.0 $108,913
Absence Management 4 $60,654 $63,243 7.5 $78,383
Brentwood Facility Maintenance 4 $83,033 $82,896 21.0 $93,028
Communications 4 $75,455 $82,133 7.5 $126,729
Compton and Spruce Facility Maintenance 4 $102,054 $101,634 19.5 $106,516
Data Architecture 4 $84,906 $83,355 5.5 $110,790
Executive Director of Tourism Innovation 4 $74,285 $90,390 8.0 $155,374
Illinois Facility Maintenance 4 $83,229 $85,243 20.5 $93,949
Passenger Revenue 4 $40,253 $57,441 5.0 $114,297
Rail Systems and Capital Projects 4 $76,360 $71,529 15.5 $106,706
Riverboat Food 4 $39,764 $37,951 8.0 $49,203
Scheduling 4 $81,095 $80,314 15.0 $113,668
Transmission Shop 4 $71,228 $75,442 30.5 $89,643
Wellness Program 4 $48,742 $45,752 7.5 $53,834
Accounts Payable 3 $46,780 $51,423 3.0 $66,908
Chief Financial Officer 3 $142,747 $139,413 7.0 $219,993
Director of Facilities 3 $68,941 $68,985 11.0 $110,527
Ewing Street Materials 3 $59,417 $51,470 17.0 $72,477
Financial Planning and Budgeting 3 $79,108 $86,407 4.0 $127,908
Graphic Services 3 $50,033 $61,845 6.0 $99,519
Passenger Sales 3 $42,163 $52,587 9.0 $87,215
Radiator Shop 3 $64,936 $58,894 26.0 $76,811
Risk Management 3 $70,636 $87,387 9.0 $162,258
Supplier Diversity 3 $64,526 $62,875 7.0 $83,300
VP Procurement, Invtry Management & Supp Diversity 3 $50,429 $69,564 1.0 $119,008
Drug & Alcohol 2 $67,353 $67,353 7.5 $75,710
Ewing Street Yards and Shops 2 $79,955 $79,955 17.0 $88,943
Executive Office 2 $202,293 $202,293 4.0 $302,430
Labor Relations 2 $76,351 $76,351 3.5 $85,943
Marketing 2 $120,844 $120,844 21.0 $153,418
Metro Store 2 $51,553 $51,553 17.0 $61,279
MOW Administration 2 $101,980 $101,980 12.5 $145,725
Public Safety 2 $80,188 $80,188 4.5 $111,977
Real Estate 2 $103,510 $103,510 15.5 $120,437
Research and Development 2 $78,696 $78,696 16.0 $93,137
Workforce Diversity and EEO 2 $74,645 $74,645 10.0 $91,539
. Paratransit Operations 1 $43,614 $43,614 3.0 $43,614
29th Street Maintenance 1 $90,378 $90,378 22.0 $90,378
29th Street Yards and Shops 1 $80,504 $80,504 13.0 $80,504
ADA Services 1 $94,097 $94,097 15.0 $94,097
Casualty Administration 1 $39,198 $39,198 1.0 $39,198
Chief Information Officer 1 $169,181 $169,181 15.0 $169,181
ChiefFinancial Officer 1 $122,805 $122,805 4.0 $122,805
Consumer Insights & Market Research 1 $81,650 $81,650 22.0 $81,650
DeBaliviere Bus Operations P 1 $33,230 $33,230 45.0 $33,230
Director MetroLink 1 $165,175 $165,175 30.0 $165,175
Director ofFacilities 1 $74,008 $74,008 30.0 $74,008
Director Vehicle Maintenance 1 $196,154 $196,154 36.0 $196,154
Executive VP Organizational Effectiveness 1 $132,888 $132,888 5.0 $132,888
Field Security Admin 1 $159,041 $159,041 3.0 $159,041
Freight Partnership O & M 1 $220,793 $220,793 8.0 $220,793
LR Operations Field and P Dispatching 1 $35,585 $35,585 24.0 $35,585
LR Operations Training 1 $91,851 $91,851 24.0 $91,851
Maintenance -Trolley 1 $40,500 $40,500 47.0 $40,500
Missouri ROW Zone #1 1 $119,556 $119,556 29.0 $119,556
Missouri ROW Zone #2 1 $110,045 $110,045 10.0 $110,045
Network Services. 1 $95,961 $95,961 8.0 $95,961
Pension Administration 1 $90,869 $90,869 14.0 $90,869
Policy and Economic Development 1 $165,311 $165,311 12.0 $165,311
Rail Systems Capital Projects 1 $97,071 $97,071 6.0 $97,071
Riverboat General Management 1 $37,954 $37,954 5.0 $37,954
Sr Director of MB Service and Support 1 $128,828 $128,828 13.0 $128,828
Superintendent Main Shop 1 $105,857 $105,857 29.0 $105,857
Treasury 1 $119,335 $119,335 9.0 $119,335
Trolley Operations 1 $39,985 $39,985 26.0 $39,985
Vice President -Human Resources 1 $33,702 $33,702 Not provided $33,702
Workers Comp Administration 1 $50,071 $50,071 4.0 $50,071

Note: To learn how the Post-Dispatch calculates figures such as the number of full-time employees or pay salary, as well as other important explanations and caveats, please see the About page.