This dataset is obtained from the MTA’s annual budgeting process and provides a detailed breakout of the MTA’s operating expenses and revenues. Data is available for each month of a fiscal year, on an accrual basis, and is categorized by budget scenario (actuals or budgeted plan), Agency, Financial Plan Year, Expense Type, and subcategories for types of expenses or revenues.
This dataset has the following 10 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Description | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiscal Year | fiscal_year | number | The Fiscal Year of the data (i.e. 2023, 2024) | 2023 2024 2022 2021 2025 view top 100 |
| Month | month | calendar_date | The month of the data, rounded up to the first day of the month. For example, data for January 2023 will appear under 2023-01-01 | 2023-08-01T00:00:00.000 2023-07-01T00:00:00.000 2023-06-01T00:00:00.000 2023-05-01T00:00:00.000 2023-04-01T00:00:00.000 view top 100 |
| Scenario | scenario | text | The type of budget scenario, such as whether the data is actuals (Actual) or budgeted (Adopted Budget, July Plan, November Plan) | Adopted Budget November Plan July Plan Actual view top 100 |
| Financial Plan Year | financial_plan_year | number | The year the budget scenario was published. For actuals, Financial Plan year will always equal the fiscal year. | 2022 2021 2023 2020 2019 view top 100 |
| Expense Type | expense_type | text | Whether the expense was reimbursable (REIMB) or non-reimbursable (NREIMB) | NREIMB REIMB view top 100 |
| Agency | agency | text | NYC Transit (NYCT), Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), Grand Central Madison Concourse Operating Company (GCMCOC), Metro-North Railroad (MNR), Bridges & Tunnels (BT), Headquarters (MTAHQ), Staten Island Railway (SIR), Construction & Development (CD), and Bus Company (MTABC) | NYCT LIRR MNR MTAHQ BT view top 100 |
| Type | type | text | Distinguishes between revenue and expenses. | Total Expenses Before Non-Cash Liability Adjs. Non-Cash Liabilities Total Revenue Debt Service Expenses view top 100 |
| Subtype | subtype | text | The subtype field is only populated for expenses, not revenue or non-cash liabilities. Expenses can be grouped by labor expenses, non-labor expenses, debt service expenses for extraordinary events, debt service expenses without extraordinary events, and other expense adjustments. | Labor Expenses Non-Labor Expenses Debt Service Expenses without Extraordinary Events Other Expense Adjustments view top 100 |
| General Ledger | general_ledger | text | The general ledger field aggregates the chart of accounts into meaningful categories that are consistently published monthly by the MTA in its Accrual Statement of Operations. | Payroll Other Fringe Benefits Health and Welfare Overtime Pension view top 100 |
| Amount | amount | number | Can be a decimal or negative (for transfers within the agency), in dollars | 0.0 333333.34 166666.67 95500.0 223452.5 view top 100 |