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GENERAL MANAGER SURVEY YEARS VS. SALARY OPERATING BUDGET VS. SALARY BUDGET AVERAGE SALARY Less than $10 Million ................... $76,000 $10M -$24.99M .............................$119,000 $25M-$49.99M ..............................$149,000 $50M-$99.99M ..............................$167,000 $100M-$199.99M ..........................$171,000 $300M-$399.99M ..........................$257,000 $400M-$499.99M ..........................$290,000 TITLE VS. SALARY TITLE AVERAGE SALARY FEMALE President ...........................................$120,000 CEO ....................................................$180,000 Dir. of Transportation ........................$90,000 Executive Dir. ....................................$103,000 General Manager .............................$124,000 Transit Manager ................................$80,000 Transit executives with the title CEO had the highest salaries, with an average of $180,000. COMPARED WITH OTHER PUBLIC SERVICE INDUSTRIES, DO YOU THINK PUBLIC TRANSIT EMPLOYEES ARE… 33% UNDERPAID 4% OVERPAID 63% PAID FAIRLY 36 < mETRO mAGAZINE SEPTEMBER • OCTOBER 2012 MALE $94,000 $117,000 $86,000 $98,000 YEARS IN INDUSTRY AVERAGE SALARY 10 years or less..................................$82,000 11-15 years .........................................$78,000 16-20 years ........................................$104,000 21-30 years ........................................$138,000 31-40 years ........................................$130,000 Over 40 years ....................................$150,000 GENDER VS. SALARY GENDER AVG SALARY MEDIAN SALARY WHERE DOES MOST OF YOUR TIME GO? 27% BUSINESS/ BUDGETS 16% OPERATIONS 14% OTHER 9% PERSONNEL ISSUES 49% GOVERNMENT/ PUBLIC AFFAIRS A majority of a transit executive's time is spent dealing with government/public affairs-related issues. Respondents who selected "other" spent time on planning and procurements. metro-magazine.com