MTA, NY · 2025 pay · 5 people
How much does a chief engineer make in MTA, NY?
$241,841typical pay for full-year chief engineers in 2025
$233,567 – $242,209what most people earned
Counting everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers, typical pay was $241,841.
✓ Official data from MTA · Matches the agency's latest release · mta.info ↗
Where chief engineers work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
Related jobs and the next step up
Same line of work at a different rank, by typical pay (full-year employees where we can tell).
- Associate Engineer$48,084 (everyone)
- Engineer Trainee$79,841
- Senior Engineer$91,031
- Assistant Engineer$95,808
- Principal Engineer$180,518
- Chief Engineer (this page)$241,841
Highest-paid chief engineers, 2025
- 1Glenroy A CrawfordChief Engineer · New York City Transit$242,209
- 2Joseph L YurmanChief Engineer · New York City Transit$242,209
- 3Edward A McgoldrickChief Engineer · Long Island Rail Road$241,841
- 4Eric GreenwaldChief Engineer · MTA Construction and Development$233,567
- 5Frank MondelloChief Engineer · New York City Transit$233,226
Common questions
How much does a chief engineer make in MTA, NY?
Full-year chief engineers were typically paid $241,841 in 2025; most earned between $233,567 and $242,209. Counting all 5 people paid, typical pay was $241,841.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 0.0% of all pay for chief engineers in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Chief Engineer, at any level (for example "Chief Engineer"). Part-time-schedule titles (such as "20 hours") are left out. Senior, supervising and trainee titles have their own pages.
Job titles are written out in full from the payroll's abbreviations (for example "SR CRRECTNL POLC OFCR" → "Senior Correctional Police Officer"). "Typical pay" is the median; "most earned" is the middle half. How we calculate this