Bi-State Development
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
Note: To learn how the Post-Dispatch calculates figures such as the number of full-time employees or median pay, as well as other important explanations and caveats, please see the About page.
Departments
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| FT employeesempl. | Median pay | Average pay | Median experience | Top earner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DeBaliviere Bus Operations | 285 | $67,237 | $67,841 | 14.0 | $129,195 |
| Brentwood Bus Operations | 150 | $67,275 | $65,052 | 14.5 | $128,696 |
| Paratransit Operations | 143 | $41,835 | $45,488 | 7.0 | $161,816 |
| Illinois Bus Operations | 138 | $67,062 | $64,164 | 12.0 | $101,758 |
| DeBaliviere Bus Maintenance | 65 | $74,404 | $72,026 | 8.0 | $104,978 |
| Ewing Street Rail Systems | 58 | $84,390 | $80,626 | 11.0 | $132,742 |
| Illinois Light Rail Operations | 56 | $70,886 | $69,597 | 16.0 | $106,207 |
| Brentwood Bus Maintenance | 42 | $76,820 | $72,820 | 9.5 | $107,587 |
| Missouri Light Rail Operations | 37 | $70,416 | $69,234 | 14.0 | $111,845 |
| Ewing Street Maintenance of Way | 34 | $76,092 | $75,967 | 12.5 | $119,638 |
| Illinois Bus Maintenance | 30 | $81,316 | $80,313 | 6.5 | $111,438 |
| Paratransit Maintenance | 27 | $84,564 | $80,677 | 10.0 | $109,422 |
| Materials Management | 26 | $65,245 | $62,484 | 10.0 | $93,335 |
| Body and Paint Shop | 25 | $77,165 | $74,251 | 24.0 | $100,803 |
| Ewing Street Security | 23 | $57,926 | $60,158 | 3.0 | $99,774 |
| Service Area Management | 23 | $75,356 | $73,674 | 17.0 | $88,456 |
| 29th Street Maintenance Equipment ML | 22 | $88,204 | $90,434 | 10.0 | $129,721 |
| Ewing Street Maintenance Equipment ML | 20 | $93,391 | $93,766 | 11.5 | $146,176 |
| TSS Field Security | 19 | $51,779 | $49,139 | 3.0 | $69,269 |
| Customer Service | 18 | $62,193 | $61,288 | 4.5 | $79,633 |
| MetroBus Support Services | 16 | $100,028 | $100,609 | 18.0 | $144,302 |
| LR Operations Control Center | 14 | $77,841 | $74,643 | 14.0 | $105,214 |
| Non-Revenue Vehicle Maintenance | 14 | $94,083 | $91,479 | 27.0 | $103,036 |
| Dispatch | 13 | $52,222 | $51,379 | 3.0 | $92,236 |
| Revenue Operations and Maintenance | 13 | $84,559 | $83,723 | 10.0 | $135,256 |
| Support Services | 13 | $72,080 | $69,544 | 13.0 | $101,810 |
| 29th Street Maintenance of Way | 12 | $71,378 | $68,839 | 9.0 | $122,902 |
| 29th Street Rail Systems | 12 | $89,525 | $92,641 | 9.5 | $121,176 |
| Director of Personnel | 11 | $61,024 | $65,362 | 5.0 | $95,048 |
| New Systems Operating | 11 | $108,216 | $110,167 | 5.0 | $209,621 |
| Airport | 10 | $63,488 | $68,073 | 5.5 | $121,401 |
| Arch Tram | 10 | $63,356 | $71,462 | 10.5 | $130,090 |
| CCO Eng, Constr, & Service Contracts, Legal | 10 | $76,535 | $78,931 | 10.5 | $115,859 |
| Operations Systems | 10 | $102,152 | $107,014 | 13.0 | $155,648 |
| Road and Radio | 10 | $75,445 | $73,661 | 7.0 | $86,994 |
| Communication Maintenance | 8 | $76,409 | $80,135 | 11.0 | $113,102 |
| LR Operations Field and Dispatching | 8 | $91,981 | $88,725 | 19.5 | $98,854 |
| MetroBus Training | 8 | $62,061 | $61,563 | 20.0 | $80,763 |
| Network Services | 8 | $97,707 | $105,200 | 2.5 | $154,458 |
| Service Planning and Scheduling | 8 | $91,929 | $90,169 | 10.0 | $131,992 |
| Executive Vice-President for Administration | 7 | $52,671 | $76,810 | 18.0 | $214,842 |
| Financial Systems | 7 | $93,128 | $86,189 | 4.0 | $133,593 |
| General Accounting | 7 | $77,950 | $79,497 | 3.0 | $123,021 |
| MOW Technical Support | 7 | $103,325 | $101,098 | 11.0 | $145,115 |
| Product Control Management | 7 | $71,815 | $72,208 | 2.0 | $109,097 |
| Product Development | 7 | $92,547 | $99,428 | 14.0 | $167,070 |
| Safety | 7 | $80,514 | $88,537 | 9.0 | $152,453 |
| Arch Revenue Collections | 6 | $48,415 | $52,661 | 8.0 | $73,976 |
| Internal Audit | 6 | $92,673 | $107,238 | 6.0 | $191,027 |
| Payroll | 6 | $58,514 | $62,365 | 3.5 | $95,005 |
| Benefits Administration | 5 | $83,137 | $95,942 | 12.0 | $170,329 |
| Brentwood Facility Maintenance | 5 | $94,421 | $92,658 | 25.0 | $96,172 |
| Capital Budgeting and Grants | 5 | $68,972 | $85,695 | 7.0 | $152,514 |
| Compton and Spruce Facility Maintenance | 5 | $110,831 | $112,176 | 25.0 | $122,651 |
| DeBaliviere Facility Maintenance | 5 | $94,359 | $95,652 | 28.0 | $116,785 |
| Ewing Street Passenger Revenue | 5 | $115,420 | $118,121 | 13.0 | $187,718 |
| Gateway Card Center | 5 | $67,751 | $72,037 | 11.0 | $97,979 |
| Illinois Facility Maintenance | 5 | $89,793 | $90,616 | 27.0 | $99,453 |
| Legal Counsel | 5 | $92,030 | $84,440 | 10.0 | $123,432 |
| Maintenance Analysis | 5 | $70,188 | $73,430 | 9.0 | $100,992 |
| Passenger Revenue | 5 | $39,006 | $57,770 | 6.0 | $90,223 |
| Riverboat Marine Operations | 5 | $70,265 | $66,306 | 23.0 | $106,747 |
| Security | 5 | $65,021 | $64,522 | 6.0 | $79,239 |
| Absence Management | 4 | $67,928 | $67,303 | 8.0 | $75,800 |
| Accounts Payable | 4 | $50,899 | $57,601 | 3.0 | $83,341 |
| Capital Projects - Transit Assets | 4 | $108,034 | $115,610 | 18.0 | $145,640 |
| Chief Financial Officer | 4 | $137,187 | $136,586 | 5.5 | $233,953 |
| Communications | 4 | $80,297 | $81,688 | 7.0 | $132,529 |
| Data Architecture | 4 | $95,393 | $84,075 | 5.0 | $121,313 |
| Engine Shop | 4 | $82,361 | $81,582 | 16.5 | $88,010 |
| IT HCMS Systems | 4 | $108,885 | $114,031 | 10.0 | $153,487 |
| Passenger Sales | 4 | $49,459 | $58,367 | 2.0 | $90,417 |
| Scheduling | 4 | $84,448 | $85,661 | 16.0 | $118,772 |
| Supplier Diversity | 4 | $57,948 | $60,774 | 5.0 | $86,788 |
| Director of Facilities | 3 | $34,681 | $48,013 | 16.0 | $77,137 |
| Employee Training | 3 | $80,724 | $92,532 | 4.0 | $116,236 |
| Executive Director of Metro Transit | 3 | $92,021 | $131,490 | 12.0 | $259,773 |
| Financial Planning and Budgeting | 3 | $86,631 | $88,351 | 5.0 | $133,656 |
| Graphic Services | 3 | $66,037 | $69,889 | 6.0 | $104,895 |
| Labor Relations | 3 | $70,541 | $72,015 | 3.0 | $107,111 |
| Marketing | 3 | $93,068 | $109,570 | 10.0 | $160,799 |
| MOW Administration | 3 | $74,441 | $99,279 | 7.0 | $152,503 |
| Radiator Shop | 3 | $86,557 | $85,690 | 27.0 | $92,796 |
| Transmission Shop | 3 | $90,358 | $88,582 | 29.0 | $91,935 |
| Vice President - Human Resources | 3 | $130,892 | $109,919 | 2.0 | $152,902 |
| Wellness Program | 3 | $55,673 | $70,483 | 8.0 | $100,190 |
| 29th Street Yards and Shops | 2 | $101,375 | $101,375 | 20.0 | $111,085 |
| CAR Training | 2 | $67,908 | $67,908 | 22.5 | $71,484 |
| Culture and Change Management | 2 | $86,106 | $86,106 | 3.5 | $140,196 |
| Drug & Alcohol | 2 | $70,766 | $70,766 | 8.5 | $78,416 |
| Ewing Street Materials | 2 | $82,450 | $82,450 | 9.5 | $101,567 |
| Ewing Street Yards and Shops | 2 | $98,413 | $98,413 | 18.5 | $109,360 |
| Executive Director of Tourism Innovation | 2 | $132,236 | $132,236 | 16.0 | $166,966 |
| Executive Office | 2 | $215,285 | $215,285 | 5.0 | $323,978 |
| Freight Partnership O & M | 2 | $143,126 | $143,126 | 5.0 | $234,705 |
| Metro Transit Operations | 2 | $138,244 | $138,244 | 26.0 | $195,799 |
| MetroLink Training | 2 | $87,257 | $87,257 | 21.5 | $90,511 |
| MetroStore | 2 | $53,525 | $53,525 | 18.0 | $63,780 |
| MOW Engineering Training | 2 | $54,617 | $54,617 | 3.0 | $81,297 |
| Rail Systems and Capital Projects | 2 | $107,132 | $107,132 | 9.5 | $115,278 |
| Rail Systems Capital Projects | 2 | $98,931 | $98,931 | 4.5 | $106,252 |
| Real Estate | 2 | $108,311 | $108,311 | 16.5 | $126,341 |
| Research and Development | 2 | $78,523 | $78,523 | 17.0 | $90,371 |
| Risk Management | 2 | $137,698 | $137,698 | 6.0 | $178,991 |
| Riverboat Food | 2 | $56,885 | $56,885 | 8.5 | $68,727 |
| Riverboat General Management | 2 | $37,181 | $37,181 | 4.0 | $41,035 |
| Training Administration | 2 | $47,974 | $47,974 | 5.5 | $75,665 |
| Treasury | 2 | $99,508 | $99,508 | 9.0 | $124,633 |
| VMD Training | 2 | $90,623 | $90,623 | 15.0 | $96,272 |
| VP Procurement, Invtry Management & Supp Diversity | 2 | $99,373 | $99,373 | 2.0 | $143,237 |
| 29th Street Materials | 1 | $63,338 | $63,338 | 13.0 | $63,338 |
| ADA Services | 1 | $97,920 | $97,920 | 16.0 | $97,920 |
| Casualty Administration | 1 | $47,487 | $47,487 | 2.0 | $47,487 |
| Chief Information Officer | 1 | $178,056 | $178,056 | 17.0 | $178,056 |
| Consumer Insights & Market Research | 1 | $84,973 | $84,973 | 23.0 | $84,973 |
| Director MetroBus | 1 | $165,384 | $165,384 | 12.0 | $165,384 |
| Director MetroLink | 1 | $173,567 | $173,567 | 31.0 | $173,567 |
| Director Vehicle Maintenance | 1 | $143,697 | $143,697 | 37.0 | $143,697 |
| Emergency Management Planning | 1 | $58,018 | $58,018 | 2.0 | $58,018 |
| Executive VP Organizational Effectiveness | 1 | $211,565 | $211,565 | 7.0 | $211,565 |
| Field Security Admin | 1 | $174,851 | $174,851 | 5.0 | $174,851 |
| Information Services | 1 | $96,681 | $96,681 | 23.0 | $96,681 |
| Missouri ROW Zone #1 | 1 | $118,502 | $118,502 | 30.0 | $118,502 |
| Missouri ROW Zone #2 | 1 | $126,091 | $126,091 | 11.0 | $126,091 |
| Missouri ROW Zone #3 | 1 | $123,644 | $123,644 | 11.0 | $123,644 |
| Operator Apprenticeship | 1 | $23,479 | $23,479 | 1.0 | $23,479 |
| Pension Administration | 1 | $107,649 | $107,649 | 15.0 | $107,649 |
| Policy and Economic Development | 1 | $173,836 | $173,836 | 13.0 | $173,836 |
| Public Safety | 1 | $127,794 | $127,794 | 5.0 | $127,794 |
| Sr Director of MB Service and Support | 1 | $134,739 | $134,739 | 14.0 | $134,739 |
| Superintendent Main Shop | 1 | $110,501 | $110,501 | 30.0 | $110,501 |
| Trolley Operations | 1 | $90,082 | $90,082 | 31.0 | $90,082 |
| Workers Comp Administration | 1 | $51,725 | $51,725 | 5.0 | $51,725 |
| Workforce Diversity and EEO | 1 | $95,417 | $95,417 | 19.0 | $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.