MTA, NY · 2025 pay · 112 people
How much does an engineer trainee make in MTA, NY?
$79,841typical pay for full-year engineer trainees in 2025
$79,836 – $83,441what most people earned
Counting everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers, typical pay was $75,273.
✓ Official data from MTA · Matches the agency's latest release · mta.info ↗
Where engineer trainees 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 (this page)$79,841
- Senior Engineer$91,031
- Assistant Engineer$95,808
- Principal Engineer$180,518
- Chief Engineer$241,841
Highest-paid engineer trainees, 2025
- 1Angel J HerediaEngineer Trainee · Long Island Rail Road$100,519
- 2Michael Jurcsak JrEngineer Trainee · Long Island Rail Road$99,991
- 3Jarren Oliver-MooreEngineer Trainee · Long Island Rail Road$98,359
- 4Andrew VitaleEngineer Trainee · Long Island Rail Road$98,276
- 5Devin BoyerEngineer Trainee · Long Island Rail Road$96,031
Common questions
How much does an engineer trainee make in MTA, NY?
Full-year engineer trainees were typically paid $79,841 in 2025; most earned between $79,836 and $83,441. Counting all 112 people paid, typical pay was $75,273.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 8.1% of all pay for engineer trainees in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Engineer Trainee, at any level (for example "Engineer Trainee"). 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