MTA and City of Buffalo, NY · 2026 pay · 7 people
How much does a senior engineer make in MTA and City of Buffalo, NY?
$91,031typical pay for full-year senior engineers in 2026
$88,225 – $116,705what most people earned
Counting everyone paid during 2026, including part-year workers, typical pay was $88,440. Each employer counts with its latest published year (2025 or 2026). Typical pay rose 0.2% from the same employers' year before.
✓ Official data from Open Data Buffalo · Matches the agency's latest release · buffalony.gov ↗✓ Official data from MTA · Matches the agency's latest release · mta.info ↗
Where senior engineers work
Typical pay at each employer, 2026 (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 (this page)$91,031
- Assistant Engineer$95,808
- Principal Engineer$180,518
- Chief Engineer$241,841
Highest-paid senior engineers, 2026
- 1Donald PoletoSenior Engineer · Buffalo$160,733
- 2John CorboSenior Engineer · Metro-North Railroad$124,399
- 3Phillip PecoraroSenior Engineer · Buffalo$93,622
- 4Thomas DukSenior Engineer · Buffalo$88,440
- 5Eric SchmarderSenior Engineer · Buffalo$88,154
Common questions
How much does a senior engineer make in MTA and City of Buffalo, NY?
Full-year senior engineers were typically paid $91,031 in 2026; most earned between $88,225 and $116,705. Counting all 7 people paid, typical pay was $88,440.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 12.2% of all pay for senior engineers in 2026.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Senior Engineer, at any level (for example "Senior 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