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Friday, May 30, 2008

Milwaukee County Bus Drivers $100,000+ Salaries

Milwaukee's local TV Station, WTMJ TV-4, brought to light what we as citizens are paying for public transportation. They did their job and found out that several County Bus Drivers were making six figures plus. Now that did count overtime, which we will cover more later. A bus driver making six figures!!!!????

WTMJ Reported - Right now, the average MCTS operator makes a little more than $21/hr and takes home around $50,000/yr. However, our investigation found a struggling system where many drivers make a whole lot more than that. In 2006, 113 drivers earned more than $70,000, 45 took home more than $80,000, 10 made at least $90,000, while four drivers were in the six figures. The top earner made nearly $106,000. That's $37,000 more than the Milwaukee County Executive, and only $15,000 less than the Sheriff.

Still, the numbers for 2007 were even higher: 136 drivers earned at least $70,000, 54 made at least $80,000, 18 operators made more than $90,000, and the number of six-figure operators doubled to eight. The same driver topped the 2007 list, earning more than $117,000.

WTMJ reported in a follow up report, that if you thought that the bus drivers pay was ridiculous the reason why is even more ridiculous. The bus company has laid off drivers to meet budgets, yet they are very top heavy in Management making more than the bus drivers. Hello!!! I wonder what kind of idiot runs a business like this?

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Greedy,greedy,greedy,bus drivers

Anonymous said...

May 30 2008 Milwaukee live bus drivers salary.7yrs ago .$50,000 to over $100,000 per year.now bus drivers on strike for more money 7/1/2015 leaving passengers with transportation problems especially those who need it most SENIORS & DISABLED WHEN AT THIS TIME OF MONTH THE SERVICE IS MOST NEEDED YAY MCTS&DRIVERS HOPE YOU HAVE JUST AS WONDERFUL DAY AS ALL YOU HAVE AFFECTED BY YOUR ACTIONS

Anonymous said...

My dad is a bus driver and youd understand why there getting paid so much if you did it for a week.