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New York · 2025 pay

How much do MTA Construction and Development employees make?

$110,801typical pay for full-year employees in 2025

$90,159 – $155,075what most people earned

Counting everyone paid during 2025, including part-year and seasonal workers, typical pay was $96,733.

MTA publishes pay by position without employee names, so there is no name search here.

Common jobs: Project ManagerAssistant Engineer Level 1Engineer Trainee

✓ Official data from MTAMatches the agency's latest releasemta.info ↗

How is pay spread across workers?

A year of pay for a lower-paid, typical and higher-paid worker (counting everyone paid), and the top earner, split into regular pay, overtime and extra pay.

$66,673

$96,962

$141,205

$366,476

Lower-paid workerearns more than 1 in 4 coworkers

Typical workerright in the middle

Higher-paid workerearns more than 3 in 4 coworkers

Highest paidone person

Regular payOvertimeExtra pay

When the next update is due

    The agency updates it monthly.

    Pay slip · 2025

    A typical worker's year

    MTA Construction and Development

    1year of
    official data
    2025
    Average pay of people in the middle of the pay range
    Regular pay$95,069
    Overtime$62
    Extra pay$1,831
    Total for the year$96,962

    Average of the 55 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.

    Official source: Metropolitan Transportation Authority (via Open NY, data.ny.gov), mta.info ↗
    Matches the agency's latest release

    Pay by job

    Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2025. "Full-year" is typical pay for people employed all year (shown when 5 or more); "Everyone" includes part-year and seasonal workers.

    JobPeopleFull-yearEveryoneMost earn
    Project Manager60$118,125$110,638$77k – $123k
    Assistant Engineer Level 155$95,808$95,808$96k – $96k
    Engineer Trainee46$79,841$69,093$45k – $80k
    Assistant Project Manager36$98,167$92,312$54k – $106k
    Senior Director Project Management29$166,895$164,348$121k – $174k
    Assistant Director Project Management29$128,397$120,185$51k – $142k
    Prjt-Construction Coordnatr22$89,302$89,302$88k – $89k
    Director Project Management20$138,202$84,247$49k – $129k
    Senior Construction Manager18$124,025$119,165$24k – $127k
    Construction Manager16$105,799$101,840$18k – $118k
    Planning and Budget Analyst14$82,523$82,523$79k – $84k
    Assistant Architect Level 113$94,457$94,457$94k – $96k
    Contract Specialist Level 113$81,700$81,669$74k – $85k
    Senior Technical Specialist 212$135,699$135,699$127k – $144k
    Contract Specialist Level 212$95,219$82,401$41k – $95k

    How many people earn what

    • Under $10k39
    • $10k – $30k80
    • $30k – $50k95
    • $50k – $70k72
    • $70k – $90k155
    • $90k – $110k217
    • $110k – $150k212
    • $150k or more240

    Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.

    Common questions

    How much does a MTA Construction and Development employee make?

    Full-year employees were typically paid $110,801 in 2025; most earned between $90,159 and $155,075. Counting all 1,110 people paid during the year, typical pay was $96,733.

    Who counts as a full-year employee?

    "Employed all year" means the person's hire date is on or before January 1 and they have no termination date in the year.

    Does this include benefits like health insurance or pension?

    No. It is the pay people received: regular salary or wages (96.9% of all pay), overtime (0.0%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (3.0%).

    Where does this data come from, and when is it updated?

    From Metropolitan Transportation Authority (via Open NY, data.ny.gov) (mta.info). Our figures match the agency's latest release; the agency updates it monthly.

    "Typical pay" is the median: half earn more, half earn less. "Most earn" is the middle half of workers. "Employed all year" means the person's hire date is on or before January 1 and they have no termination date in the year. Hire and end dates are used only to work this out; we don't store or publish them. Figures are calculated by PublicPayData from the official dataset; 1 records with $0 or negative pay are left out. How we calculate this · Corrections & removals