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Andre Cruz, a signal maintainer for the Chicago Transit
Authority, made $302,075, according to transit payroll records.
His hourly base pay was $56.55, which would be $117,624 a year
for working 40 hours a week.
Seventy of the CTA’s 10,289 employees made more than $200,000 in
2021, with line workers, signal maintainers and ironworkers
being the most common.
According to Glassdoor, a website that provides national salary
information, the average total pay for a signal maintainer is
$64,759.
“Signal maintainers are responsible for installing, maintaining,
repairing, and inspecting signals related to subways, trains,
and rail systems,” according to Glassdoor.
CTA did not respond to questions about the salaries.
Elyse Apel is a rising junior at Hillsdale
College, which is located in Michigan. Originally from Oklahoma,
she is studying politics and journalism.
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