The MTA is raising fares again!!! Look at the salaries:
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For the second consecutive year, more than 10 percent of the MTA’s workforce – 8,074 individuals – took home $100,000 or more in total pay, including overtime and other extra pay. The MTA’s six-figure club included:
• Six employees who earned more than $250,000;
• 44 employees who earned between $200,000 and $250,000;
• 511 employees who earned between $150,000 and $200,000; and
• 7,513 individuals who earned between $100,000 and $150,000.
Eleven of the 561 employees who earned more than $150,000 in 2009 were Long Island Railroad car repairmen who earned an average of $167,342 – which was $102,477 over their annual base pay rate of $64,865. Other popular titles in the $150,000-and-over category included:
• 65 Long Island Railroad and Metro-North Railroad conductors who averaged $86,837 over their base salaries which averaged $75,970;*
• 53 Bridge & Tunnel Sergeants and Lieutenants who averaged $94,962 over the average base pay of $82,594;
• 34 Long Island and Metro-North Railroad engineers who averaged $89,109 over their $77,953;*
• 28 MTA police officers; and
• 23 Long Island Railroad gang foremen averaging $81,718 over their base pay rate $82,249.
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