Staff Analyst Series- Transportation Planner Series -Operations Planning

Job ID: 16751 Business Unit: MABSTOA Location: New York, NY, United States Regular/Temporary: Regular Department: NYC Transit Authority Date Posted: Oct 9, 2026 Description Title Staff Analyst/Transportation Planner Series –Operations Planning First Date of Posting: 10.13.2025 Last Date of Filing: Open until filled Authority: OA/TA Department: Operations Planning - - Data, Research and Development Division/Unit: Global Benchmarking and Innovation Reports to: Manager, Service Quality/Performance Analysis Work Location: 2 Broadway, Manhattan Hours of Work: 9AM to 5PM Ta employees must be permanent civil service associate staff analyst, staff analyst I or staff analyst II to be considered Summary The Global Benchmarking & Innovation team within the Department of Operations Planning identifies best practices and strives to gain insights from external organizations, principally peer transit agencies and benchmarking organizations to support MTA NYCT goals and objectives. Our team supports NYCT’s operating departments (Subways, Buses, Paratransit) by providing information on our relative performance of our system compared to our global peers, as well as providing information on how peers have solved common challenges in the world of transit planning, policy, operations, and maintenance. Our team is also responsible for facilitating the strategic implementation of pilot projects, identified through the identification of global best practices. Responsibilities: Responsibilities of this position may include analyzing various data sources, studies and performance indicators produced by benchmarking organizations and external transportation organizations, providing robust key performance indicator data to international benchmarking organizations and analyzing data from these organizations to benchmark NYCT’s relative performance, identifying the key policy implications for NYC Transit from benchmarking research and communicating these implications to internal decision makers, undertaking independent research to identify best practices across different aspects of transportation policy and practice, collaborating with all departments within the MTA to understand the current and future challenges facing public transit in NYC. As part of the larger Data, Research and Development team, the position will assist with other department-wide analyses which will require strong quantitative, programming and GIS skill. Compensation Transportation Planner Series Principal Transportation Planner (OA): $99,734- $132,458 Senior Transportation Planner (OA): $94,117– $119,984 Transportation Planner (OA): $82,864 - $106,715 Assistant Transportation Planner (OA): $70,857- $83,882 Staff Analyst Series Associate Staff Analyst (TA): $96,568 - $125,031 (New Hire Rate: $83,971) Staff Analyst II (TA): $85,425- $95,142 (New Hire Rate: $74,284) Staff Analyst I (TA): $73,571 $87,099 (New Hire Rate: $63,972 Associate Staff Analyst (OA): $93,453 - $121,004 Staff Analyst II (OA): $82,673- $92,077 Staff Analyst I (OA): $71,203 - $84,295 Education and Experience Principal Transportation Planner A Baccalaureate degree from an accredited college with a major in one or more of the following: engineering, urban studies, geography, transportation science, urban planning, economics, business, public administration, political science, or related fields; and five (5) years of full-time paid experience in transportation planning, scheduling, or operations. A master’s degree in any of the fields listed for the baccalaureate degree may substitute for one (1) year of the required experience. Senior Transportation Planner A Baccalaureate degree from an accredited college with a major in one or more of the following: engineering, urban studies, geography, transportation science, urban planning, economics, business, public administration, political science, or related fields; and four (4) years of full-time paid experience in transportation planning, schedu…

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