Does Sound Transit pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Sound Transit employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Sound Transit. This rating has decreased by 16% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Sound Transit?

33% of Sound Transit employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Sound Transit 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.9 for culture and values and 2.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Sound Transit?

Program Manager (8) , Intern (7) , Project Manager (6) , Fare Ambassador (4) , Internship (4) , Senior Executive Assistant (4) , Senior Software Engineer (4) , Construction Manager (3) , Contract Specialist (3) , Engineer (3) , Accountant (2) , Deputy Director (2) , Management (2) , Project Coordinator (2) , Senior Business Analyst (2)

What are the pros of working at Sound Transit according to real employee reviews?

"Sound Transit has a great Benefit Package" ((in 37 reviews)); "People are great and genuine." ((in 12 reviews)); "Good work/life balance" ((in 10 reviews)); "Career path with decent pay in ($45 after one year as of 2024) but most don't make it to the one year mark." ((in 7 reviews)); "Fantastic managers." ((in 4 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Sound Transit according to real employee reviews?

"Inexperienced management." ((in 6 reviews)); "Below average salary." ((in 4 reviews)); "There is a high level of incompetence in IT Senior Leadership and beyond, mostly promoted due to tenure rather than performance." ((in 4 reviews)); "The executive leadership and top line leadership is comprised of outsiders, and hand picked individuals." ((in 3 reviews))

What are the top reviewed Sound Transit locations?

Seattle , Washington , Auburn , Bellevue , Atlanta

Sound Transit reviews

3.3

33% would recommend to a friend

(162 total reviews)

Dow Constantine

27% approve of CEO

28% positive business outlook

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Sound Transit has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 162 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Sound Transit employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Transportation & Logistics industry (3.5 stars).

Reviews by job title

162 reviews

2.0

Jul 5, 2026

Meaningful work undermined by disconnected management

Senior environmental permitting specialist

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Interesting work and great cause. Lots of great people work here.

Cons

Upper management is completely out of touch and highly politicized. They recently replaced most executives with people from Amazon!

3.0

Jun 24, 2026

Leadership

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Excellent benefits, great colleagues and middle managers, overall vision and goals are shared across the agency and make us successful in our projects and roles.

Cons

Leadership changes worsening overall morale and agency efficiencies, complete lack of trust in CEO and upper management, RTO mandates when hired as remote employees, lacking job growth opportunities, minimal/no pay increases that are below annual inflation rates, work life balance issues due to RTO mandates and people leaving the agency.

2.0

Jun 24, 2026

Great mission and work, but leadership and pay is lacking

Program manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

People, mission, the work, security.

Cons

Leadership. Dow is not an honest person and his motives are suspect. He is reversing commitments made to the workers. Also, pay is not "competitive".

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Meaningful work undermined by disconnected management

Leadership

Great mission and work, but leadership and pay is lacking

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