Bi-State Development
Data received July 2026
Full-time employees
1,979
Number of departments
139
Median pay
$72,890
Average pay
$76,647
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 | 274 | $68,721 | $66,907 | 13.0 | $125,860 |
| Brentwood Bus Operations | 259 | $70,365 | $69,426 | 9.0 | $121,452 |
| Paratransit Operations | 230 | $54,217 | $55,217 | 3.0 | $172,509 |
| Illinois Bus Operations | 139 | $67,441 | $66,938 | 12.0 | $117,447 |
| Illinois Light Rail Operations | 69 | $69,084 | $67,104 | 15.0 | $122,954 |
| Ewing Street Rail Systems | 53 | $96,086 | $98,403 | 13.0 | $171,361 |
| Brentwood Bus Maintenance | 52 | $80,407 | $80,159 | 6.0 | $138,955 |
| DeBaliviere Bus Maintenance | 48 | $78,885 | $78,403 | 8.0 | $124,457 |
| Missouri Light Rail Operations | 42 | $68,242 | $65,638 | 12.0 | $96,217 |
| Ewing Street Maintenance of Way | 37 | $76,789 | $74,702 | 12.0 | $117,791 |
| Illinois Bus Maintenance | 37 | $80,966 | $76,308 | 7.0 | $114,915 |
| Body and Paint Shop | 27 | $86,274 | $83,165 | 23.0 | $122,614 |
| Paratransit Maintenance | 26 | $95,923 | $90,886 | 10.0 | $110,266 |
| Service Area Management | 25 | $85,017 | $90,032 | 17.0 | $112,629 |
| Materials Management | 24 | $74,754 | $73,659 | 11.5 | $99,581 |
| TSS Field Security | 23 | $63,803 | $58,517 | 3.0 | $95,394 |
| 29th Street Maintenance Equipment ML | 22 | $93,644 | $100,393 | 12.0 | $133,030 |
| Customer Service | 22 | $57,596 | $58,457 | 3.5 | $98,309 |
| Ewing Street Security | 20 | $61,503 | $63,411 | 4.5 | $96,900 |
| Ewing Street Maintenance Equipment ML | 19 | $93,443 | $96,325 | 11.0 | $141,743 |
| MetroBus Support Services | 16 | $102,599 | $101,378 | 21.0 | $151,982 |
| Non-Revenue Vehicle Maintenance | 16 | $96,321 | $91,387 | 24.5 | $124,407 |
| Support Services | 16 | $62,871 | $75,693 | 15.0 | $116,808 |
| 29th Street Maintenance of Way | 14 | $82,938 | $82,553 | 11.0 | $137,641 |
| 29th Street Rail Systems | 13 | $90,236 | $95,967 | 7.0 | $161,899 |
| LR Operations Control Center | 13 | $89,502 | $92,802 | 16.0 | $111,991 |
| Revenue Operations and Maintenance | 13 | $86,860 | $83,843 | 11.0 | $136,384 |
| Vice President - Human Resources | 13 | $66,993 | $74,065 | 2.0 | $179,239 |
| New Systems Operating | 12 | $119,862 | $120,169 | 5.5 | $220,355 |
| Road and Radio | 12 | $87,444 | $83,105 | 7.5 | $97,603 |
| Arch Tram | 11 | $78,869 | $87,530 | 12.0 | $137,333 |
| Dispatch | 10 | $59,590 | $65,403 | 4.5 | $115,207 |
| Operations Systems | 10 | $103,197 | $107,583 | 14.0 | $167,681 |
| OT Systems | 10 | $101,601 | $101,475 | 3.0 | $131,010 |
| St\ | 10 | $88,887 | $93,586 | 6.0 | $128,800 |
| CCO Eng, Constr, & Service Contracts, Legal | 9 | $83,069 | $84,624 | 12.0 | $122,357 |
| LR Operations Field and Dispatching | 9 | $93,443 | $92,671 | 20.0 | $106,437 |
| Network Services | 9 | $111,870 | $108,524 | 4.0 | $188,627 |
| Communication Maintenance | 8 | $79,791 | $73,462 | 13.0 | $112,650 |
| Safety | 8 | $85,821 | $95,524 | 7.0 | $160,309 |
| Arch Revenue Collections | 7 | $59,033 | $59,527 | 10.0 | $84,608 |
| Executive Vice-President for Administration | 7 | $59,652 | $83,131 | 10.0 | $229,610 |
| Financial Systems | 7 | $105,748 | $98,531 | 6.0 | $167,992 |
| Illinois Facility Maintenance | 7 | $98,668 | $86,199 | 28.0 | $115,864 |
| Internal Audit | 7 | $88,542 | $101,619 | 5.0 | $202,207 |
| Product Control Management | 7 | $69,644 | $77,822 | 4.0 | $115,176 |
| Product Development | 7 | $93,197 | $105,165 | 16.0 | $182,950 |
| Service Planning and Scheduling | 7 | $113,040 | $107,456 | 10.0 | $139,391 |
| Brentwood Facility Maintenance | 6 | $98,086 | $97,043 | 24.5 | $122,627 |
| Chief Financial Officer | 6 | $128,803 | $117,725 | 3.5 | $168,167 |
| DeBaliviere Facility Maintenance | 6 | $90,190 | $83,867 | 28.0 | $111,088 |
| Ewing Street Passenger Revenue | 6 | $113,021 | $101,666 | 12.5 | $140,345 |
| General Accounting | 6 | $81,223 | $91,157 | 6.0 | $130,205 |
| MetroBus Training | 6 | $92,158 | $89,759 | 20.5 | $97,332 |
| Riverboat Marine Operations | 6 | $76,725 | $72,634 | 18.0 | $105,687 |
| Benefits Administration | 5 | $87,422 | $104,346 | 14.0 | $180,495 |
| Capital Projects - Transit Assets | 5 | $114,566 | $120,023 | 15.0 | $153,867 |
| Compton and Spruce Facility Maintenance | 5 | $105,506 | $109,104 | 16.0 | $136,985 |
| Rail Systems and Capital Projects | 5 | $97,858 | $72,786 | 3.0 | $116,763 |
| VMD Training | 5 | $89,580 | $76,989 | 10.0 | $97,818 |
| Capital Budgeting and Grants | 4 | $80,490 | $103,877 | 15.0 | $180,648 |
| Communications | 4 | $90,041 | $106,119 | 9.0 | $179,206 |
| Director of Personnel | 4 | $62,189 | $68,270 | 5.5 | $100,365 |
| Executive Director of Metro Transit | 4 | $114,543 | $142,821 | 8.5 | $257,187 |
| Financial Planning and Budgeting | 4 | $79,382 | $85,652 | 3.0 | $120,883 |
| Gateway Card Center | 4 | $66,812 | $68,513 | 12.0 | $79,656 |
| IT HCMS Systems | 4 | $115,659 | $143,502 | 12.0 | $253,076 |
| Maintenance Analysis | 4 | $70,663 | $69,499 | 9.5 | $114,810 |
| Marketing | 4 | $105,247 | $127,057 | 16.0 | $218,018 |
| MOW Technical Support | 4 | $117,190 | $120,935 | 16.0 | $167,017 |
| Passenger Revenue | 4 | $33,804 | $53,928 | 5.5 | $118,941 |
| Passenger Sales | 4 | $44,414 | $49,689 | 8.5 | $74,134 |
| Payroll | 4 | $65,440 | $68,694 | 5.0 | $108,254 |
| Training Administration | 4 | $94,728 | $102,044 | 12.0 | $168,633 |
| Absence Management | 3 | $75,011 | $78,182 | 11.0 | $95,371 |
| Accounts Payable | 3 | $78,252 | $77,564 | 5.0 | $88,015 |
| Chief Information Security Officer | 3 | $105,636 | $127,846 | 3.0 | $185,006 |
| Data Architecture | 3 | $131,254 | $117,820 | 3.0 | $153,609 |
| Director of Facilities | 3 | $91,603 | $87,475 | 18.0 | $106,853 |
| Engine Shop | 3 | $80,830 | $83,869 | 14.0 | $91,299 |
| Graphic Services | 3 | $56,024 | $65,919 | 3.0 | $99,841 |
| Labor Relations | 3 | $82,113 | $111,709 | 14.0 | $184,033 |
| Legal Counsel | 3 | $107,316 | $140,447 | 7.0 | $216,873 |
| MetroStore | 3 | $47,975 | $50,062 | 14.0 | $55,660 |
| Scheduling | 3 | $97,131 | $95,036 | 24.0 | $125,446 |
| Security | 3 | $88,445 | $80,011 | 20.0 | $97,131 |
| Supplier Diversity | 3 | $70,977 | $72,657 | 10.0 | $91,643 |
| Training Management Development | 3 | $76,129 | $98,155 | 3.0 | $143,299 |
| Transmission Shop | 3 | $96,633 | $97,493 | 31.0 | $103,781 |
| Wellness Program | 3 | $61,415 | $75,424 | 10.0 | $106,219 |
| 29th Street Yards and Shops | 2 | $100,060 | $100,060 | 22.0 | $122,210 |
| ADA Services | 2 | $98,738 | $98,738 | 19.0 | $112,591 |
| CAR Training | 2 | $86,176 | $86,176 | 24.5 | $97,709 |
| Compensation and Workforce Analytics | 2 | $88,262 | $88,262 | 2.5 | $120,504 |
| Culture and Change Management | 2 | $115,029 | $115,029 | 5.5 | $148,616 |
| Director MetroBus | 2 | $165,091 | $165,091 | 8.5 | $186,148 |
| Drug & Alcohol | 2 | $90,078 | $90,078 | 10.5 | $102,536 |
| Employee Training | 2 | $93,701 | $93,701 | 4.5 | $107,341 |
| Ewing Street Materials | 2 | $112,171 | $112,171 | 17.0 | $112,701 |
| Ewing Street Yards and Shops | 2 | $105,478 | $105,478 | 15.0 | $115,469 |
| Executive VP Organizational Effectiveness | 2 | $151,084 | $151,084 | 8.0 | $223,602 |
| Field Security Admin | 2 | $155,981 | $155,981 | 4.5 | $207,423 |
| Freight Partnership O & M | 2 | $156,302 | $156,302 | 7.0 | $248,345 |
| MetroLink Training | 2 | $91,969 | $91,969 | 23.5 | $97,709 |
| President and CEO | 2 | $383,915 | $383,915 | 11.0 | $503,222 |
| Radiator Shop | 2 | $86,374 | $86,374 | 34.5 | $89,731 |
| Rail Systems Engineering | 2 | $114,752 | $114,752 | 16.0 | $119,612 |
| Real Estate | 2 | $110,338 | $110,338 | 18.5 | $119,814 |
| Research and Development | 2 | $88,378 | $88,378 | 19.0 | $102,487 |
| Risk Management | 2 | $147,910 | $147,910 | 8.0 | $185,423 |
| Riverboat Food | 2 | $72,304 | $72,304 | 10.5 | $84,126 |
| Riverboat General Management | 2 | $106,615 | $106,615 | 8.0 | $128,101 |
| Treasury | 2 | $113,834 | $113,834 | 11.0 | $135,250 |
| 29th Street Materials | 1 | $104,211 | $104,211 | 15.0 | $104,211 |
| Capital Projects & Technology | 1 | $212,723 | $212,723 | 17.0 | $212,723 |
| Casualty Administration | 1 | $50,148 | $50,148 | 4.0 | $50,148 |
| Chief Information Officer | 1 | $195,906 | $195,906 | 10.0 | $195,906 |
| Compliance | 1 | $99,968 | $99,968 | 3.0 | $99,968 |
| Consumer Insights & Market Research | 1 | $89,692 | $89,692 | 25.0 | $89,692 |
| Director MetroLink | 1 | $182,937 | $182,937 | 33.0 | $182,937 |
| Emergency Management Planning | 1 | $47,576 | $47,576 | 4.0 | $47,576 |
| Executive Director of Tourism Innovation | 1 | $165,482 | $165,482 | 28.0 | $165,482 |
| Executive Office | 1 | $131,431 | $131,431 | 7.0 | $131,431 |
| Information Services | 1 | $111,763 | $111,763 | 25.0 | $111,763 |
| Metro Transit Operations | 1 | $147,650 | $147,650 | 23.0 | $147,650 |
| Missouri ROW Zone #1 | 1 | $70,753 | $70,753 | 11.0 | $70,753 |
| Missouri ROW Zone #2 | 1 | $81,605 | $81,605 | 13.0 | $81,605 |
| Missouri ROW Zone #3 | 1 | $133,871 | $133,871 | 13.0 | $133,871 |
| MOW Administration | 1 | $161,322 | $161,322 | 22.0 | $161,322 |
| MOW Engineering Training | 1 | $84,653 | $84,653 | 3.0 | $84,653 |
| Pension Administration | 1 | $113,892 | $113,892 | 17.0 | $113,892 |
| Policy and Economic Development | 1 | $183,346 | $183,346 | 15.0 | $183,346 |
| Public Safety | 1 | $138,705 | $138,705 | 7.0 | $138,705 |
| Rail Systems Administration | 1 | $78,569 | $78,569 | 9.0 | $78,569 |
| Rail Systems Maintenance - 29th Street | 1 | $91,438 | $91,438 | 7.0 | $91,438 |
| Superintendent Main Shop | 1 | $55,397 | $55,397 | 32.0 | $55,397 |
| VP Procurement, Invtry Management & Supp Diversity | 1 | $160,890 | $160,890 | 4.0 | $160,890 |
| Workers Comp Administration | 1 | $55,022 | $55,022 | 7.0 | $55,022 |
| Workforce Diversity and EEO | 1 | $100,001 | $100,001 | 4.0 | $100,001 |
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.