PUBLISHED: March 25, 2023 at 4:14 p.m. | UPDATED: March 25, 2023 at 4:16 p.m. The MBTA agreed to a more generous pension agreement with its largest union, to bolster hiring efforts and retain employees at the struggling agency.
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Average MBTA hourly pay ranges from approximately $27.00 per hour for Operator to $65.96 per hour for Content Strategist. Salary information comes from 12 data points collected directly from employees, users, and past and present job advertisements on Indeed in the past 36 months.
The MBTA offers a wide variety of career and growth opportunities, competitive salaries, extensive healthcare benefits, training programs, tuition assistance, employee assistance programs, diversity, equity, and inclusion events, and more.
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority and its union, Carmen's Local 589, reached a historic agreement to increase bus operators' starting wages from $22.21 to $30 an hour, shifting MBTA operators from the lowest paid to the highest paid in the transportation industry.
$54K. The estimated total pay for a Bus Operator at Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is $53,535 per year. This number represents the median, which is the midpoint of the ranges from our proprietary Total Pay Estimate model and based on salaries collected from our users.
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (abbreviated MBTA and known colloquially as the T) is the public agency responsible for operating most public transportation services in Greater Boston, Massachusetts.
The average MBTA salary ranges from approximately $50,000 per year for Communications Engineer to $126,760 per year for Assistant. Average MBTA hourly pay ranges from approximately $27.00 per hour for Operator to $65.96 per hour for Content Strategist.