Data in this section include transit agency employees. Data exclude persons employed by other organizations under service contracts to perform certain duties. For some agencies, virtually all personnel are contracted, so employee counts only include a small number of office personnel.
There are two types of employees:
A Capital Employee is an employee whose labor hour cost is reimbursed under a capital grant or is otherwise capitalized. Generally, only large transit agencies have such employees.
An Operating Employee is an employee engaged in the operation of the transit system. Types include:
A General Administration Employee is an executive, professional, supervisory, or secretarial transit system person engaged in general management and administration activities: preliminary transit system development, customer services, promotion, market research, injuries and damages, safety, personnel administration, general legal services, general insurance, data processing, finance and accounting, purchasing and stores, general engineering, real estate management, office management and services, general management, and planning.
A Non-Vehicle Maintenance Employee is an executive, professional, supervisory, or secretarial transit system person engaged in non-vehicle maintenance, a person providing maintenance support to such persons for inspecting, cleaning, repairing and replacing all components of: vehicle movement control systems; fare collection and counting equipment; roadway and track; structures, tunnels, and subways; passenger stations; communication system; and garage, shop, operating station, general administration buildings, grounds and equipment. In addition, it includes support for the operation and maintenance of electric power facilities.
An Other Vehicle Operations Employee is an executive, professional, or supervisory transit system person engaged in vehicle operations, a person providing support in vehicle operations activities, a person engaged in ticketing and fare collection activities, or a person engaged in system security activities.
A Vehicle Maintenance Employee is an executive, professional, secretarial, or supervisory transit system person engaged in vehicle maintenance, a person performing inspection and maintenance, vehicle maintenance of vehicles, performing servicing functions for revenue and service vehicles, and repairing damage to vehicles resulting from vandalism or accidents.
A Vehicle Operator is a person (other than security agents) scheduled to be aboard vehicles in revenue operations including vehicle operators, conductors, and ticket collectors.
