Ex-Pagano aide is Metra's other million-dollar man :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES r

Many Metra employees are very well paid.

The Sun-Times/BGA examination also found that:

••Despite the down economy, 151 unionized and nonunion Metra employees each made more than $100,000 in 2009 not including retirement contributions and health-benefit costs. Factoring those in, 524 employees -- 18.4 percent of the rail agency's 2,848-member work force –make more than $100,000

••Metra paid nearly $20 million for overtime last year -- amounting to about 11 percent of its nearly $180 million payroll.

••Eleven percent of its employees -- a total of 310 -- made more than $20,000 apiece in overtime pay in 2009. Nearly a quarter of Metra workers -- 685 -- were each paid more than $10,000 for overtime

 

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