General Finance

METRO is committed to financial transparency, making financial information of the highest quality readily accessible to the public. The Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) has regularly awarded METRO a certificate of achievement for excellence in financial reporting for our annual comprehensive financial report as well as our two defined benefit pension plans. The Texas Public Interest Research Group has graded METRO an "A" for spending transparency. Rating agencies Standard & Poor's and KBRA have both given METRO bond ratings of AAA and categorized METRO ratings as "stable." And METRO has earned the highest grade available from the Texas Comptroller's Office.

Transparency Star for Traditional Finances from the Texas Comptroller's Office and GFOA Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting logos.

Finance Summary

In Fiscal Year 2023, total revenues (excluding capital grants) were $1,341.3 million, total expenditures (excluding capital grants) were $1,221.6 million and full-time equivalent positions totaled 3,992. Revenues are recognized when earned and expenses are recognized at the time the liability is incurred. The per capita numbers are calculated based on a transit boarding count of 68.6 million.


Fiscal YearRevenues Per CapitaExpenditures Per Capita
2023$19.6$17.8
2022$17.9$19.8
2021$31.4
$22.7
2020$17.0$15.8
2019$10.5$12.2

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Fiscal YearSales Tax RevenuePer Capita
2023$1,027.9 million$15.0
2022$969.5 million$16.9
2021$843.4 million$18.8
2020$764.6 million$11.6
2019$775.4 million$8.6

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Financial Documents Library

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Check Registers

You can view METRO register data in several ways. Choose the month you wish to view from the drop-down menu, and then sort on any of the available columns by clicking on the heading of that column. Click “Export to Spreadsheet” to download an Excel spreadsheet of the data that can be used to calculate monthly totals.

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Designated Point of Contact for METRO Board of Directors
Rosa Diaz

Director, Board Support

Metropolitan Transit Authority
P.O. Box 61429
Houston, Texas, 77208-1429

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