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

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Departments

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Department

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

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