MTA Employee Overtime Hours by Agency and Department

New York's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) dataset reports monthly overtime hours worked by employees across its agencies. It aggregates scheduled and unscheduled overtime hours by agency, department, responsibility center, and job group, compiled from payroll timekeeping records. The dataset, provided by data.ny.gov, contains records beginning in 2013 and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in Total Overtime and Scheduled Overtime by Agency and Month to assess workforce planning effectiveness.
• Compare Unscheduled Overtime across different Departments and Job Group Descriptions to identify operational bottlenecks.
• Model the relationship between Regular Time and Total Overtime hours by Responsibility Center (RC Name) for budget forecasting.
• Track overtime distribution (Scheduled Overtime vs. Unscheduled Overtime) over time for specific Job Groups to inform labor agreements.

Strengths

• Provides a multi-year time series beginning in 2013 for longitudinal analysis.
• Includes granular breakdowns by Agency, Department, Responsibility Center (RC), and Job Group.

Limitations

• Dataset reports hours worked but not associated monetary costs or pay rates.
• Sample size and total row count are unknown, limiting assessment of statistical power.

Provenance

Source

data.ny.gov, the official open data portal for New York State.

Collection Method

Compiled from MTA timekeeping records used for payroll processing.

Time Range

Beginning 2013 onward.

Freshness

Last updated March 2026, indicating active maintenance.

Geography

New York, specifically the service area of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).