WMATA

Public Transport
Has an LEI
48Open roles45 posted in 30 days+5 this week
$250kMedian advertised pay
15 daysTime to fillmedian of 20 closed rolesmarket: 38 days
Lately:+5 roles posted this weekWashington office: 4 → 25 roles in a monthFollow changes →

Facts

as of Nov 15, 2026

Metro is the Washington, DC region’s public transportation system, offering bus and rail service across DC, Maryland, and Virginia. Find real-time arrivals, service alerts, schedules, trip planning tools, fares, and station information.

It is hiring: 48 open roles, 45 of them posted in the last 30 days.

Founded
1967
Employees
501-1000estimated range
Open roles
48 in 5 citiesAlion job postings
Official records
Wikidata Q7972051LEI 549300ADKOK76HQMJS30
Website
wmata.com

As of Nov 15, 2026, Alion lists 48 open roles at WMATA. It was founded in 1967.

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Trust

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What the registers and the postings say about this employer.

Sanctions lists
OFAC SDN, EU consolidated
No match
Phishing reports
OpenPhish, Phishing.Database
None
Layoff notices
US WARN notices on file
None
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Hiring

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Hiring at full speed: most open roles are fresh.

Early Careers is the largest family, 33 of open roles.

45Posted in 30 days94% of open roles are fresh
0%Remote roles0 of 48
5Hiring offices
Can they hire you from United States?by your location
Likely
68 open roles are in your country: you apply locally, no move needed.
United States68On site
Remote, from elsewhere0Rare
No posting offers visa sponsorship. Remote roles: 0.
Time to fillmedian days to close a role
WMATA15 days
Market, same roles38 days
Alion signals0-100
Demand43
Pay49
Your chance48
How badly they need people, whether they pay, how realistic getting in is.
Open roles over time−100%
Sep 21This week
Open roles a week: 3 then, 0 now
Where the openings areshare of open roles · trend
Early Careers33▲
Management9▲
Field & Service9▼
Finance7▲
Industrial Engineering7▼
HR6▼
Newest roles
Mechanical Engineer
In office · 8+ years exp · High School Diploma · Alexandria
Construction Engineer, Civil
In office · 7+ years exp · Bachelor's Degree · Hyattsville
Senior Web Program Manager
In office · 7+ years exp · High School Diploma · Washington
What postings ask forlanguages named in open roles
English24%
Degree asked
High School Diploma 71%Bachelor's Degree 18%Associate's Degree 6%Doctoral Degree (PhD) 6%
Experience asked: 5.1 years on average, in 14 postings. 17 postings state a degree.
Benefits named in postingsshare of open roles
Professional development36%
Equity24%
Flexible schedule12%
Hybrid work12%
Contract type
Internship 32Contract 2
Visa sponsorship: none statedRelocation: none stated
View 48 jobsRoles matching my profile
Source: the company's careers site, read by Alion several times a day; market medians from all open roles of the same family

Pay

What its postings pay, by level.

$250kMedian
$250kTypical rangeUSD a year
$250kHighest paying roleContract Administrator II
Source: the pay stated in the company's postings, normalised to USD a year

Footprint

Hiring in 5 cities in 1 country.

5Cities
1Countries
WashingtonBusiest site
WashingtonFastest growing+21 in a month
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SiteTypeOpen rolesHires most forEngineering
Washington United StatesHeadquarters25Early Careers, Public Policy, Finance8%
Hyattsville United StatesRegional office13Early Careers, HR, Field & Service8%
Alexandria United StatesRegional office10Finance, Management, Operations0%
College Park United StatesNot classified1Industrial Engineering0%
Sterling United StatesNot classified1Analytics100%
All 5 offices
Source: office addresses in postings and company registers

Peers

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Ranked #3 by open roles among its 11 closest peers.

#CompanyHQOpen rolesSize
1ViaNew York, United States165501-1000
2Cubic CorporationSan Diego, United States541001-5000
3WMATAWashington, United States48501-1000
4PaceArlington Heights, United States421001-5000
5Hampton Roads TransitNorfolk, United States31501-1000
6Toronto Transit CommissionToronto, Canada25201-500
7LuminatorChicago, United States24201-500
8Chicago Transit AuthorityChicago, United States20201-500
WMATA competitors and alternatives
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Tech stack

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Technologies named in job postings at WMATA over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.

34Technologies in use
18Postings analysed
67/100Stack modernity
LanguagesSQL 28%Python 11%JavaScript 6%Node JS 6%
Frameworks & librariesFastify 6%
DatabasesMS SQL 6%MongoDB 6%Oracle 6%
Cloud & platformsPower BI 44%Tableau 17%Cognos 11%Azure 6%
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Full WMATA tech stack34 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Source: the technologies named in the company's postings and on its site

Newsroom

3Hacker News storiesbest: 3 points
#27,047Web rankTranco top 1M
Dec 13, 20232023
News · WTOP News
WMATA violated First Amendment by rejecting Metrobus ads, lawsuit says
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority's decision to reject a company's advertisements for a Metrobus violated the first amendment, the ACLU said in
Sources: the outlets named on each headline, each story once