Bi-State Development
Data received May 2025
Full-time employees
1,948
Number of departments
137
Median pay
$70,309
Average pay
$72,888
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 | 288 | $67,966 | $67,848 | 14.0 | $186,472 |
| Brentwood Bus Operations | 258 | $64,351 | $59,137 | 8.0 | $106,980 |
| Paratransit Operations | 202 | $48,104 | $47,390 | 3.0 | $117,792 |
| Illinois Bus Operations | 143 | $67,372 | $64,969 | 11.0 | $107,310 |
| DeBaliviere Bus Maintenance | 61 | $76,457 | $75,334 | 7.0 | $125,328 |
| Illinois Light Rail Operations | 60 | $67,403 | $65,450 | 14.0 | $121,180 |
| Ewing Street Rail Systems | 51 | $88,456 | $87,996 | 13.0 | $147,448 |
| Brentwood Bus Maintenance | 48 | $78,988 | $82,274 | 5.5 | $148,954 |
| Missouri Light Rail Operations | 38 | $69,177 | $66,272 | 14.5 | $91,679 |
| Illinois Bus Maintenance | 33 | $84,895 | $80,166 | 7.0 | $112,655 |
| Ewing Street Maintenance of Way | 31 | $81,209 | $82,496 | 13.0 | $127,869 |
| Ewing Street Security | 26 | $59,187 | $61,746 | 3.0 | $110,495 |
| Body and Paint Shop | 25 | $87,275 | $85,005 | 25.0 | $113,538 |
| Materials Management | 25 | $71,021 | $63,354 | 11.0 | $84,608 |
| Service Area Management | 25 | $80,328 | $81,573 | 17.0 | $125,858 |
| 29th Street Maintenance Equipment ML | 24 | $92,411 | $97,858 | 11.0 | $136,449 |
| Paratransit Maintenance | 24 | $93,068 | $87,971 | 11.0 | $112,967 |
| Ewing Street Maintenance Equipment ML | 22 | $96,380 | $86,865 | 9.0 | $125,894 |
| TSS Field Security | 19 | $56,588 | $52,432 | 3.0 | $86,581 |
| Customer Service | 18 | $59,462 | $58,144 | 5.0 | $97,124 |
| MetroBus Support Services | 17 | $105,755 | $100,694 | 18.0 | $150,864 |
| LR Operations Control Center | 14 | $84,158 | $87,004 | 15.0 | $110,366 |
| 29th Street Maintenance of Way | 13 | $80,426 | $79,653 | 13.0 | $133,148 |
| Non-Revenue Vehicle Maintenance | 13 | $106,756 | $101,484 | 27.0 | $128,895 |
| Support Services | 13 | $75,882 | $77,486 | 14.0 | $113,005 |
| Dispatch | 12 | $54,819 | $59,582 | 3.5 | $106,361 |
| Road and Radio | 12 | $74,920 | $75,027 | 6.0 | $92,604 |
| Arch Tram | 11 | $67,431 | $79,115 | 11.0 | $136,329 |
| Operations Systems | 11 | $103,850 | $103,830 | 13.0 | $163,751 |
| Revenue Operations and Maintenance | 11 | $89,605 | $86,322 | 11.0 | $151,716 |
| Airport | 10 | $75,496 | $77,668 | 5.0 | $127,505 |
| CCO Eng, Constr, & Service Contracts, Legal | 10 | $80,412 | $82,657 | 11.5 | $121,433 |
| Director of Personnel | 10 | $63,007 | $60,055 | 1.0 | $99,608 |
| LR Operations Field and Dispatching | 10 | $92,947 | $91,712 | 20.5 | $112,948 |
| New Systems Operating | 10 | $117,606 | $130,264 | 5.5 | $218,511 |
| 29th Street Rail Systems | 9 | $91,532 | $92,155 | 12.0 | $109,105 |
| General Accounting | 9 | $73,696 | $71,455 | 3.0 | $129,218 |
| Safety | 9 | $78,563 | $82,086 | 6.0 | $159,655 |
| Communication Maintenance | 8 | $81,660 | $85,679 | 12.0 | $120,736 |
| Network Services | 8 | $106,348 | $108,842 | 6.0 | $174,969 |
| OT Systems | 8 | $108,685 | $102,586 | 2.0 | $119,122 |
| Brentwood Facility Maintenance | 7 | $90,628 | $80,459 | 25.0 | $120,324 |
| Ewing Street Passenger Revenue | 7 | $78,963 | $86,842 | 8.0 | $128,579 |
| Executive Vice-President for Administration | 7 | $60,742 | $79,706 | 9.0 | $226,342 |
| Internal Audit | 7 | $90,093 | $101,185 | 4.0 | $200,498 |
| MOW Technical Support | 7 | $106,012 | $104,744 | 12.0 | $151,659 |
| Product Control Management | 7 | $69,118 | $74,438 | 3.0 | $114,322 |
| Product Development | 7 | $93,187 | $103,710 | 15.0 | $181,573 |
| Arch Revenue Collections | 6 | $56,291 | $60,071 | 9.0 | $78,978 |
| Capital Budgeting and Grants | 6 | $74,776 | $88,794 | 7.5 | $167,293 |
| Financial Systems | 6 | $93,941 | $80,615 | 3.5 | $105,707 |
| MetroBus Training | 6 | $83,309 | $83,820 | 19.5 | $91,132 |
| Security | 6 | $74,120 | $64,926 | 7.5 | $86,660 |
| Service Planning and Scheduling | 6 | $95,260 | $93,764 | 15.5 | $138,339 |
| VMD Training | 6 | $59,122 | $55,606 | 10.0 | $94,782 |
| Benefits Administration | 5 | $87,128 | $103,643 | 13.0 | $179,129 |
| Chief Financial Officer | 5 | $134,553 | $145,708 | 6.0 | $252,917 |
| Compton and Spruce Facility Maintenance | 5 | $115,701 | $117,966 | 25.0 | $135,800 |
| DeBaliviere Facility Maintenance | 5 | $81,117 | $88,306 | 29.0 | $105,007 |
| Gateway Card Center | 5 | $70,974 | $75,784 | 12.0 | $102,631 |
| Illinois Facility Maintenance | 5 | $89,190 | $92,626 | 28.0 | $106,990 |
| Payroll | 5 | $51,131 | $54,515 | 3.0 | $68,720 |
| Rail Systems and Capital Projects | 5 | $94,632 | $70,937 | 3.0 | $102,035 |
| Riverboat Marine Operations | 5 | $79,452 | $79,990 | 24.0 | $107,199 |
| Vice President - Human Resources | 5 | $63,973 | $88,114 | 8.0 | $177,888 |
| Accounts Payable | 4 | $50,176 | $58,988 | 3.5 | $87,349 |
| Capital Projects - Transit Assets | 4 | $115,845 | $122,453 | 19.0 | $152,961 |
| Communications | 4 | $86,994 | $93,350 | 8.0 | $138,900 |
| Data Architecture | 4 | $98,696 | $106,446 | 6.0 | $160,434 |
| IT HCMS Systems | 4 | $114,115 | $119,588 | 11.0 | $160,841 |
| Maintenance Analysis | 4 | $74,084 | $79,900 | 8.5 | $114,381 |
| Passenger Sales | 4 | $43,834 | $42,682 | 7.5 | $53,062 |
| Scheduling | 4 | $77,401 | $78,184 | 17.0 | $124,496 |
| Supplier Diversity | 4 | $64,065 | $66,821 | 6.0 | $90,952 |
| Training Administration | 4 | $73,261 | $74,691 | 10.5 | $96,154 |
| Absence Management | 3 | $60,295 | $69,009 | 10.0 | $91,849 |
| CAR Training | 3 | $70,306 | $62,623 | 19.0 | $85,607 |
| Chief Information Security Officer | 3 | $106,067 | $99,866 | 2.0 | $151,223 |
| Employee Training | 3 | $92,684 | $79,499 | 4.0 | $121,178 |
| Executive Director of Metro Transit | 3 | $78,463 | $141,970 | 20.0 | $283,934 |
| Financial Planning and Budgeting | 3 | $118,646 | $120,374 | 6.0 | $151,675 |
| Graphic Services | 3 | $69,162 | $78,295 | 2.0 | $109,701 |
| Labor Relations | 3 | $80,745 | $109,003 | 12.0 | $178,450 |
| Legal Counsel | 3 | $106,507 | $139,664 | 6.0 | $216,068 |
| Marketing | 3 | $101,264 | $116,671 | 11.0 | $169,637 |
| MetroStore | 3 | $49,648 | $53,776 | 13.0 | $66,837 |
| MOW Administration | 3 | $77,981 | $104,046 | 8.0 | $160,403 |
| Passenger Revenue | 3 | $38,632 | $59,634 | 5.0 | $114,527 |
| Radiator Shop | 3 | $87,533 | $86,569 | 28.0 | $94,441 |
| Transmission Shop | 3 | $93,661 | $92,139 | 30.0 | $96,311 |
| Wellness Program | 3 | $58,343 | $73,959 | 9.0 | $105,280 |
| 29th Street Yards and Shops | 2 | $106,559 | $106,559 | 20.5 | $122,179 |
| Chief Information Officer | 2 | $153,310 | $153,310 | 13.0 | $175,331 |
| Compensation and Workforce Analytics | 2 | $28,077 | $28,077 | 1.0 | $32,335 |
| Culture and Change Management | 2 | $113,880 | $113,880 | 3.5 | $146,931 |
| Director of Facilities | 2 | $110,065 | $110,065 | 17.5 | $131,166 |
| Drug & Alcohol | 2 | $82,424 | $82,424 | 9.0 | $98,446 |
| Engine Shop | 2 | $74,746 | $74,746 | 21.0 | $78,137 |
| Ewing Street Materials | 2 | $106,597 | $106,597 | 16.0 | $109,427 |
| Ewing Street Yards and Shops | 2 | $105,428 | $105,428 | 19.5 | $117,669 |
| Executive Office | 2 | $227,085 | $227,085 | 5.5 | $330,850 |
| Executive VP Organizational Effectiveness | 2 | $148,366 | $148,366 | 7.0 | $223,739 |
| Field Security Admin | 2 | $139,485 | $139,485 | 3.0 | $189,315 |
| Freight Partnership O & M | 2 | $155,157 | $155,157 | 6.0 | $246,289 |
| Metro Transit Operations | 2 | $149,084 | $149,084 | 27.0 | $205,926 |
| MetroLink Training | 2 | $91,051 | $91,051 | 22.0 | $95,945 |
| MOW Engineering Training | 2 | $87,827 | $87,827 | 3.5 | $93,339 |
| Real Estate | 2 | $113,489 | $113,489 | 17.0 | $132,384 |
| Research and Development | 2 | $86,720 | $86,720 | 18.0 | $101,714 |
| Risk Management | 2 | $144,493 | $144,493 | 6.5 | $187,969 |
| Riverboat Food | 2 | $65,560 | $65,560 | 9.5 | $79,321 |
| Riverboat General Management | 2 | $102,130 | $102,130 | 7.0 | $123,388 |
| Training Management Development | 2 | $92,829 | $92,829 | 2.0 | $143,398 |
| Treasury | 2 | $103,771 | $103,771 | 10.0 | $130,613 |
| Workforce Diversity and EEO | 2 | $101,269 | $101,269 | 11.5 | $112,965 |
| 29th Street Materials | 1 | $84,827 | $84,827 | 14.0 | $84,827 |
| ADA Services | 1 | $106,946 | $106,946 | 17.0 | $106,946 |
| Casualty Administration | 1 | $49,763 | $49,763 | 3.0 | $49,763 |
| Compliance | 1 | $96,435 | $96,435 | 2.0 | $96,435 |
| Consumer Insights & Market Research | 1 | $89,020 | $89,020 | 24.0 | $89,020 |
| Director MetroBus | 1 | $164,511 | $164,511 | 14.0 | $164,511 |
| Director MetroLink | 1 | $181,828 | $181,828 | 32.0 | $181,828 |
| Director Vehicle Maintenance | 1 | $169,320 | $169,320 | 15.0 | $169,320 |
| Emergency Management Planning | 1 | $60,799 | $60,799 | 3.0 | $60,799 |
| Executive Director of Tourism Innovation | 1 | $155,782 | $155,782 | 27.0 | $155,782 |
| Information Services | 1 | $106,273 | $106,273 | 24.0 | $106,273 |
| Missouri ROW Zone #1 | 1 | $124,172 | $124,172 | 31.0 | $124,172 |
| Missouri ROW Zone #2 | 1 | $131,563 | $131,563 | 12.0 | $131,563 |
| Missouri ROW Zone #3 | 1 | $132,477 | $132,477 | 12.0 | $132,477 |
| Pension Administration | 1 | $113,031 | $113,031 | 15.0 | $113,031 |
| Policy and Economic Development | 1 | $181,784 | $181,784 | 14.0 | $181,784 |
| Public Safety | 1 | $132,653 | $132,653 | 5.0 | $132,653 |
| Rail Systems Capital Projects | 1 | $126,993 | $126,993 | 8.0 | $126,993 |
| Rail Systems Maintenance - 29th Street | 1 | $80,399 | $80,399 | 6.0 | $80,399 |
| Superintendent Main Shop | 1 | $115,498 | $115,498 | 31.0 | $115,498 |
| VP Procurement, Invtry Management & Supp Diversity | 1 | $154,553 | $154,553 | 3.0 | $154,553 |
| Workers Comp Administration | 1 | $54,214 | $54,214 | 5.0 | $54,214 |
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.