MTA Police Department police officer salary, 2025
The MTA Police Department polices the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's commuter railroads, stations, bridges and tunnels, from New York City and Long Island to Metro-North's lines into Connecticut, with districts in New Haven and Bridgeport. Its payroll doesn't say which state each officer works in, so these figures cover both and aren't counted in any county.1 1,098 people worked as police officers for MTA Police Department in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $110,635, overtime included.
What is the average police officer salary at MTA Police Department?
Based on the 876 of 1,098 police officers who worked the full year.
- Median total pay
- $98,734
- the middle police officer: half earned more, half less
- Overtime
- $17,758
- average per full-year police officer
- Starting salary
- $45,037
- rate of all 111 officers hired in 2025
- Average pay rank
- 6th
- of 6 New York employers
What does each police officer title at MTA Police Department pay?
Each row is one title, from trainee to supervisor. The dot marks the average total pay of full-year staff in that title, where at least 5 people stand behind it.1 This employer's pay file has no official pay ranges, so none are shown.
- Police Officer (hired January 2014 to October 2022)$118,512
- Police Officer (hired before 2014)$193,171
- Police Officer (hired from October 2022)$63,817
average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
MTA Police Department officer pay by year hired: how the rate climbs with service
The MTA Police Department doesn't publish its officers' pay schedule where we could find it, so this table reads the rates from the payroll: each officer's hourly rate at the end of 2025, times 2,080 hours (a 40-hour week), grouped by the year they were hired.1 Rate: the most common rate in each group. Officers: how many of the 1,017 officers still employed at the end of the year were hired that year, and how many of them were on that rate.
| Year hired | Yearly rate | Officers on it | Overtime | Other pay | Make-up of total pay | Total pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $45,037 | all 111 | Part year | Part year | Part year | |
| 2024 | $49,131 | all 124 | $5,573 | $1,477 | $59,023 | |
| 2023 | $56,296 | all 114 | $9,344 | $1,413 | $69,095 | |
| 2022 | $73,398 | 131 of 134 | $13,328 | $1,404 | $90,618 | |
| 2021 | $82,369 | 208 of 212 | $12,958 | $2,559 | $99,992 | |
| 2020 | $98,377 | 78 of 81 | $18,396 | $3,561 | $126,449 | |
| 2019 | $109,594 | 36 of 40 | $19,423 | $5,566 | $136,500 | |
| 2018 | $122,343 | 37 of 43 | $24,943 | $6,201 | $160,276 | |
| 2017 | $122,343 | 38 of 44 | $30,044 | $8,759 | $169,570 | |
| 2016 or earlier | $125,330 | 33 of 114 | $44,636 | $8,131 | $188,471 |
regular pay overtime other pay. Pay: averages of the officers in each group who worked the full year 2025.1 Officers hired in 2025 hadn't worked a full year yet (part year). Officers hired from October 27, 2022 are on a pay tier of their own; their title says so. Other pay covers cash-outs such as vacation buy-backs, retroactive pay and pay not tied to hours worked.
Police detective, sergeant and lieutenant pay at MTA Police Department
Ranks above officer, kept out of the officer figures on this page. Each rank's name leads to its statewide overview. Pay: average total pay of full-year staff, overtime included.1
| Rank | People | Average total pay |
|---|---|---|
| Officers | 1,098 | $110,635 |
| Detectives | 54 | $214,711 |
| Sergeants | 177 | $202,477 |
| Lieutenants | 45 | $248,900 |
Full-year sergeants averaged $202,477, $91,842 more than officers.
Does MTA Police Department pay police officers more than other New York employers?
Average total pay of full-year police officers: MTA Police Department next to every New York employer together.1
- MTA Police Department$110,635
- All employers in New York$132,170
Full-year police officers at MTA Police Department earned $21,535 less than the New York average.
Where does MTA Police Department rank among New York employers?
Every employer with at least 5 full-year police officers, by average total pay.1
All 6 New York employers
MTA Police Department ranks 6th of 6, below the middle employer.
Middle employer: $137,250
Each bar counts the employers whose average total pay falls in a $5,000 band. The dashed line marks the middle employer.
Questions about police officer pay at MTA Police Department
What is the average police officer salary at MTA Police Department?
Police officers at MTA Police Department who worked the full year earned an average of $110,635 in 2025, overtime included. The middle police officer earned $98,734: half earned more, half less.
How much overtime do police officers at MTA Police Department earn?
Full-year police officers were paid an average of $17,758 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $10,846: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.
What is the starting salary for a police officer at MTA Police Department?
$45,037 a year: the pay rate of all 111 officers the MTA Police Department hired in 2025 who were still employed at the end of the year (their hourly rate times 2,080 hours, from the payroll). The rate rises with each year of service: full-year officers hired in 2016 or earlier averaged $188,471 in total pay, and all full-year officers $110,635.
How much does a police sergeant make at MTA Police Department?
Full-year sergeants at MTA Police Department averaged $202,477 in total pay in 2025, overtime included.
More police officer salaries
Sources for the MTA Police Department figures
Every person who held a police officer position at MTA Police Department at any point in 2025 counts toward the headcount. Pay figures use only officers who started before 2025, were still employed at the end of the year, and whose regular pay in 2025 reached at least 90% of a full year at their own hourly rate (2,080 hours). The file has no hours worked. Total pay is gross wages before tax, including overtime, lump sums and other pay. Averages lead; the median total pay is the middle person's, with half above and half below, and is less pulled by a few people with very high pay. Every figure covers at least 5 people.
- Metropolitan Transportation Authority, MTA Employee Payroll: Beginning 2025 (Open NY): title, start and separation dates, hourly rate, regular pay, overtime and other pay of every MTA Police employee for the whole of 2025 (the file is year to date, updated to December 31).