>20% of BART employees earn >$100,000

If you think your salary is high, read this:

BART provided, at The Chronicle\'s request, a breakdown of pay for the 3,427 full-time and part-time employees on the payroll in 2008.

More than 700 BART employees topped the $100,000 mark in pay last year. Dugger was the top earner, with $334,857 in gross pay.

Of the 356 station agents, 30 made more than $20,000 in overtime. Of the 472 train operators, 115 earned more than $20,000 in overtime.

For station agents, the median base pay was $58,960, and the median overtime pay was $4,096. For train operators, the median base pay was $60,039, and the median overtime pay was $8,760.

Overtime is calculated at a minimum rate of 1 1/2 times regular pay.

One train operator, Ron Gadola, earned $62,432 in overtime last year, or $656 more than his base salary. He is assigned to operate trains between Lake Merritt in Oakland and Fremont.



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