Data received June 2024

Full-time employees

1,744

Number of departments

134

Median pay

$70,682

Average pay

$72,399

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 285 $67,237 $67,841 13.0 $129,195
Brentwood Bus Operations 150 $67,275 $65,052 13.5 $128,696
Paratransit Operations 143 $41,835 $45,488 6.0 $161,816
Illinois Bus Operations 138 $67,062 $64,164 11.0 $101,758
DeBaliviere Bus Maintenance 65 $74,404 $72,026 7.0 $104,978
Ewing Street Rail Systems 58 $84,390 $80,626 10.0 $132,742
Illinois Light Rail Operations 56 $70,886 $69,597 15.0 $106,207
Brentwood Bus Maintenance 42 $76,820 $72,820 8.5 $107,587
Missouri Light Rail Operations 37 $70,416 $69,234 13.0 $111,845
Ewing Street Maintenance of Way 34 $76,092 $75,967 11.0 $119,638
Illinois Bus Maintenance 30 $81,316 $80,313 5.0 $111,438
Paratransit Maintenance 27 $84,564 $80,677 9.0 $109,422
Materials Management 26 $65,245 $62,484 9.0 $93,335
Body and Paint Shop 25 $77,165 $74,251 23.0 $100,803
Ewing Street Security 23 $57,926 $60,158 2.0 $99,774
Service Area Management 23 $75,356 $73,674 16.0 $88,456
29th Street Maintenance Equipment ML 22 $88,204 $90,434 9.0 $129,721
Ewing Street Maintenance Equipment ML 20 $93,391 $93,766 10.5 $146,176
TSS Field Security 19 $51,779 $49,139 2.0 $69,269
Customer Service 18 $62,193 $61,288 3.5 $79,633
MetroBus Support Services 16 $100,028 $100,609 17.0 $144,302
LR Operations Control Center 14 $77,841 $74,643 13.0 $105,214
Non-Revenue Vehicle Maintenance 14 $94,083 $91,479 26.0 $103,036
Dispatch 13 $52,222 $51,379 2.0 $92,236
Revenue Operations and Maintenance 13 $84,559 $83,723 9.0 $135,256
Support Services 13 $72,080 $69,544 12.0 $101,810
29th Street Maintenance of Way 12 $71,378 $68,839 8.0 $122,902
29th Street Rail Systems 12 $89,525 $92,641 8.5 $121,176
Director of Personnel 11 $61,024 $65,362 4.0 $95,048
New Systems Operating 11 $108,216 $110,167 4.0 $209,621
Arch Tram 10 $63,356 $71,462 9.5 $130,090
CCO Eng, Constr, & Service Contracts, Legal 10 $76,535 $78,931 9.5 $115,859
Operations Systems 10 $102,152 $107,014 12.0 $155,648
Road and Radio 10 $75,445 $73,661 6.0 $86,994
St\ 10 $63,488 $68,073 4.5 $121,401
Communication Maintenance 8 $76,409 $80,135 10.0 $113,102
LR Operations Field and Dispatching 8 $91,981 $88,725 18.5 $98,854
MetroBus Training 8 $62,061 $61,563 19.0 $80,763
Network Services 8 $97,707 $105,200 1.5 $154,458
Service Planning and Scheduling 8 $91,929 $90,169 9.0 $131,992
Executive Vice-President for Administration 7 $52,671 $76,810 17.0 $214,842
Financial Systems 7 $93,128 $86,189 3.0 $133,593
General Accounting 7 $77,950 $79,497 2.0 $123,021
MOW Technical Support 7 $103,325 $101,098 10.0 $145,115
Product Control Management 7 $71,815 $72,208 1.0 $109,097
Product Development 7 $92,547 $99,428 13.0 $167,070
Safety 7 $80,514 $88,537 8.0 $152,453
Arch Revenue Collections 6 $48,415 $52,661 7.0 $73,976
Internal Audit 6 $92,673 $107,238 5.0 $191,027
Payroll 6 $58,514 $62,365 2.0 $95,005
Benefits Administration 5 $83,137 $95,942 11.0 $170,329
Brentwood Facility Maintenance 5 $94,421 $92,658 24.0 $96,172
Capital Budgeting and Grants 5 $68,972 $85,695 6.0 $152,514
Compton and Spruce Facility Maintenance 5 $110,831 $112,176 24.0 $122,651
DeBaliviere Facility Maintenance 5 $94,359 $95,652 27.0 $116,785
Ewing Street Passenger Revenue 5 $115,420 $118,121 12.0 $187,718
Gateway Card Center 5 $67,751 $72,037 10.0 $97,979
Illinois Facility Maintenance 5 $89,793 $90,616 26.0 $99,453
Legal Counsel 5 $92,030 $84,440 9.0 $123,432
Maintenance Analysis 5 $70,188 $73,430 8.0 $100,992
Passenger Revenue 5 $39,006 $57,770 5.0 $90,223
Riverboat Marine Operations 5 $70,265 $66,306 22.0 $106,747
Security 5 $65,021 $64,522 5.0 $79,239
Absence Management 4 $67,928 $67,303 7.0 $75,800
Accounts Payable 4 $50,899 $57,601 2.0 $83,341
Capital Projects - Transit Assets 4 $108,034 $115,610 17.0 $145,640
Chief Financial Officer 4 $137,187 $136,586 4.5 $233,953
Communications 4 $80,297 $81,688 6.0 $132,529
Data Architecture 4 $95,393 $84,075 4.0 $121,313
Engine Shop 4 $82,361 $81,582 15.5 $88,010
IT HCMS Systems 4 $108,885 $114,031 9.0 $153,487
Passenger Sales 4 $49,459 $58,367 1.0 $90,417
Scheduling 4 $84,448 $85,661 15.0 $118,772
Supplier Diversity 4 $57,948 $60,774 4.0 $86,788
Director of Facilities 3 $34,681 $48,013 15.0 $77,137
Employee Training 3 $80,724 $92,532 3.0 $116,236
Executive Director of Metro Transit 3 $92,021 $131,490 11.0 $259,773
Financial Planning and Budgeting 3 $86,631 $88,351 4.0 $133,656
Graphic Services 3 $66,037 $69,889 5.0 $104,895
Labor Relations 3 $70,541 $72,015 2.0 $107,111
Marketing 3 $93,068 $109,570 9.0 $160,799
MOW Administration 3 $74,441 $99,279 6.0 $152,503
Radiator Shop 3 $86,557 $85,690 26.0 $92,796
Transmission Shop 3 $90,358 $88,582 28.0 $91,935
Vice President - Human Resources 3 $130,892 $109,919 Not provided $152,902
Wellness Program 3 $55,673 $70,483 7.0 $100,190
29th Street Yards and Shops 2 $101,375 $101,375 19.0 $111,085
CAR Training 2 $67,908 $67,908 21.5 $71,484
Culture and Change Management 2 $86,106 $86,106 2.5 $140,196
Drug & Alcohol 2 $70,766 $70,766 7.5 $78,416
Ewing Street Materials 2 $82,450 $82,450 8.5 $101,567
Ewing Street Yards and Shops 2 $98,413 $98,413 17.5 $109,360
Executive Director of Tourism Innovation 2 $132,236 $132,236 15.0 $166,966
Executive Office 2 $215,285 $215,285 4.0 $323,978
Freight Partnership O & M 2 $143,126 $143,126 4.0 $234,705
Metro Transit Operations 2 $138,244 $138,244 25.0 $195,799
MetroLink Training 2 $87,257 $87,257 20.5 $90,511
MetroStore 2 $53,525 $53,525 17.0 $63,780
MOW Engineering Training 2 $54,617 $54,617 2.0 $81,297
Rail Systems and Capital Projects 2 $107,132 $107,132 8.5 $115,278
Rail Systems Capital Projects 2 $98,931 $98,931 3.5 $106,252
Real Estate 2 $108,311 $108,311 15.5 $126,341
Research and Development 2 $78,523 $78,523 16.0 $90,371
Risk Management 2 $137,698 $137,698 5.0 $178,991
Riverboat Food 2 $56,885 $56,885 7.5 $68,727
Riverboat General Management 2 $37,181 $37,181 3.0 $41,035
Training Administration 2 $47,974 $47,974 4.5 $75,665
Treasury 2 $99,508 $99,508 8.0 $124,633
VMD Training 2 $90,623 $90,623 14.0 $96,272
VP Procurement, Invtry Management & Supp Diversity 2 $99,373 $99,373 1.0 $143,237
29th Street Materials 1 $63,338 $63,338 12.0 $63,338
ADA Services 1 $97,920 $97,920 15.0 $97,920
Casualty Administration 1 $47,487 $47,487 1.0 $47,487
Chief Information Officer 1 $178,056 $178,056 15.0 $178,056
Consumer Insights & Market Research 1 $84,973 $84,973 22.0 $84,973
Director MetroBus 1 $165,384 $165,384 11.0 $165,384
Director MetroLink 1 $173,567 $173,567 30.0 $173,567
Director Vehicle Maintenance 1 $143,697 $143,697 36.0 $143,697
Emergency Management Planning 1 $58,018 $58,018 1.0 $58,018
Executive VP Organizational Effectiveness 1 $211,565 $211,565 6.0 $211,565
Field Security Admin 1 $174,851 $174,851 3.0 $174,851
Information Services 1 $96,681 $96,681 22.0 $96,681
Missouri ROW Zone #1 1 $118,502 $118,502 29.0 $118,502
Missouri ROW Zone #2 1 $126,091 $126,091 10.0 $126,091
Missouri ROW Zone #3 1 $123,644 $123,644 10.0 $123,644
Operator Apprenticeship 1 $23,479 $23,479 Not provided $23,479
Pension Administration 1 $107,649 $107,649 14.0 $107,649
Policy and Economic Development 1 $173,836 $173,836 12.0 $173,836
Public Safety 1 $127,794 $127,794 3.0 $127,794
Sr Director of MB Service and Support 1 $134,739 $134,739 13.0 $134,739
Superintendent Main Shop 1 $110,501 $110,501 29.0 $110,501
Trolley Operations 1 $90,082 $90,082 30.0 $90,082
Workers Comp Administration 1 $51,725 $51,725 4.0 $51,725
Workforce Diversity and EEO 1 $95,417 $95,417 18.0 $95,417

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.