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Data received February 2023

Full-time employees

969

Number of departments

26

Median pay

$73,629

Average pay

$75,114

Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District

Employees by pay range

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Departments

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Department

FT employeesempl. Median pay Average pay Median experience Top earner
Sulphur Yard 108 $74,634 $72,471 11.0 $144,844
Mintert Yard 95 $71,591 $71,017 12.0 $119,560
Grand Glaize Yard 89 $70,921 $71,552 10.0 $121,199
Lemay Treatment Plant 74 $71,683 $73,446 5.5 $130,711
Bissell Treatment Plant 66 $73,156 $69,322 8.0 $116,010
Engineering/Construction Management 62 $68,285 $73,990 13.5 $156,264
Engineering/Planning 60 $77,810 $81,860 15.0 $161,779
Finance/Administration 60 $47,949 $54,224 6.0 $181,965
Engineering/Environmental Compliance 52 $62,916 $64,940 7.0 $139,364
Engineering/Design 43 $81,259 $82,509 14.0 $150,804
IT/Business Technology 26 $94,077 $90,992 13.0 $150,299
IT/Administration 24 $75,436 $87,025 2.5 $205,206
Lemay Pump Station 24 $91,370 $90,395 14.0 $109,430
Executive Director 22 $71,743 $76,371 8.5 $249,007
Operations/Administration 22 $67,275 $80,940 9.5 $195,665
Grand Glaize Treatment Plant 21 $86,307 $84,497 11.0 $140,375
Human Resources 20 $64,585 $68,809 5.0 $148,379
County Pump Station 17 $93,934 $90,543 11.0 $114,206
Lower Meramec Treatment Plant 17 $86,240 $84,900 16.0 $101,740
Missouri River Treatment Plant 17 $82,541 $81,388 13.0 $101,341
Coldwater Treatment Plant 16 $84,416 $84,071 15.0 $111,926
Bissell Pump Station 14 $87,765 $84,459 12.5 $96,442
General Counsel 9 $99,145 $103,861 14.0 $200,176
Secretary Treasurer 7 $99,260 $100,577 10.0 $198,582
Engineering/Administration 3 $63,606 $101,056 36.0 $193,234
Fenton Treatment Plant 1 $85,413 $85,413 17.0 $85,413

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