Occupational employment / Bus drivers, school

Twice a year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles occupational employment and wage estimates by surveying employers nationwide. Current data was released May 1, 2009.

Estimates for "Bus drivers, school" are below, ordered by total employment.

Area Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 7,140 $15.40 $32,040
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA 38,280 $16.20 $33,700
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division 19,020 $16.56 $34,440
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 13,470 $13.82 $28,750
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division 10,490 $13.81 $28,720
Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division 10,220 $16.49 $34,300
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 10,150 $14.10 $29,340
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 9,530 $10.68 $22,210
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 7,550 $16.31 $33,920
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 6,960 $14.77 $30,730
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH 6,840 $15.72 $32,700
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 6,800 $11.27 $23,430
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division 6,620 $15.34 $31,910
Pittsburgh, PA 6,440 $11.51 $23,930
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 6,110 $10.88 $22,630
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division 6,100 $14.40 $29,950
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 5,680 $14.73 $30,640
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division 5,670 $15.92 $33,110
Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division 5,360 $14.44 $30,040
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division 4,600 $11.41 $23,730
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 4,380 $16.87 $35,090
St. Louis, MO-IL 4,380 $13.77 $28,630
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 4,320 $12.62 $26,250
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 4,180 $14.86 $30,910
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 3,870 $13.46 $27,990
Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division 3,680 $16.12 $33,520
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 3,600 $17.60 $36,610
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division 3,540 $16.44 $34,190
Kansas City, MO-KS 3,530 $12.49 $25,980
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division 3,460 $15.30 $31,830
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 3,340 $12.35 $25,690
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division 3,150 $16.97 $35,290
San Antonio, TX 3,140 $10.64 $22,130
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 3,060 $11.77 $24,480
Rochester, NY 3,000 $15.06 $31,320
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 2,950 $11.36 $23,620
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 2,940 $15.18 $31,570
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 2,830 $12.85 $26,720
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 2,800 $16.24 $33,780
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division 2,770 $13.63 $28,360
Richmond, VA 2,750 $12.28 $25,550
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 2,740 $14.49 $30,130
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 2,600 $15.53 $32,300
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 2,460 $7.38 $15,360
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 2,380 $10.83 $22,520
Baltimore-Towson, MD 2,370 $13.00 $27,030
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 2,310 $13.53 $28,150
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 2,270 $10.83 $22,520
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division 2,220 $13.84 $28,790
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division 2,200 $10.97 $22,820
Boise City-Nampa, ID 2,180 $13.53 $28,150
Denver-Aurora, CO 2,150 $15.43 $32,090
Austin-Round Rock, TX 2,100 $12.27 $25,530
Baton Rouge, LA 2,050 $7.70 $16,010
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 2,020 $16.76 $34,870
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 2,010 $8.07 $16,800
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA 1,930 $14.59 $30,340
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division 1,880 $17.47 $36,340
Wichita, KS 1,880 $11.91 $24,780
Springfield, MA-CT 1,800 $16.63 $34,590
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 1,790 $15.78 $32,820
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 1,730 $15.09 $31,380
Syracuse, NY 1,720 $17.28 $35,950
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division 1,640 $10.02 $20,840
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 1,610 $16.07 $33,420
Jacksonville, FL 1,580 $10.30 $21,410
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 1,550 $16.03 $33,340
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division 1,530 $14.41 $29,980
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 1,500 $10.98 $22,850
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 1,470 $16.96 $35,270
Gary, IN Metropolitan Division 1,460 $13.32 $27,700
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 1,390 $15.87 $33,020
El Paso, TX 1,360 $11.00 $22,870
Oklahoma City, OK 1,340 $9.18 $19,100
Tulsa, OK 1,290 $10.28 $21,370
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division 1,280 $13.73 $28,560
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 1,270 $12.74 $26,500
New Haven, CT 1,260 $14.18 $29,500
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 1,250 $9.87 $20,540
Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division 1,230 $16.61 $34,550
Greensboro-High Point, NC 1,220 $11.49 $23,890
Raleigh-Cary, NC 1,210 $11.26 $23,430
Mobile, AL 1,200 $8.02 $16,670
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 1,200 $13.45 $27,970
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 1,180 $14.51 $30,190
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 1,180 $9.19 $19,110
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 1,160 $9.79 $20,360
Worcester, MA-CT 1,150 $14.16 $29,460
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 1,140 $10.16 $21,140
Columbia, SC 1,110 $8.05 $16,750
Lancaster, PA 1,110 $11.64 $24,220
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 1,100 $12.19 $25,360
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division 1,100 $16.17 $33,630
Bakersfield, CA 1,100 $15.77 $32,810
York-Hanover, PA 1,080 $13.01 $27,060
Reading, PA 1,030 $13.28 $27,620
Columbus, OH 1,000 $13.61 $28,310
Albuquerque, NM 980 $10.68 $22,220
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 970 $9.53 $19,810
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 950 $7.85 $16,330
Norwich-New London, CT-RI 920 $13.54 $28,150
Peoria, IL 910 $13.08 $27,200
Winston-Salem, NC 900 $10.82 $22,500
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 880 $8.66 $18,020
Flint, MI 860 $14.58 $30,320
Spokane, WA 850 $12.96 $26,950
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 850 $12.42 $25,820
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR 840 $7.01 $14,580
Tucson, AZ 840 $11.04 $22,970
Trenton-Ewing, NJ 820 $15.81 $32,890
Utica-Rome, NY 790 $14.46 $30,090
Springfield, MO 730 $10.41 $21,660
Montgomery, AL 710 $7.40 $15,390
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 700 $10.60 $22,050
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC 700 $9.75 $20,270
Kingston, NY 690 $14.10 $29,330
Madison, WI 690 $16.22 $33,740
Lexington-Fayette, KY 690 $13.94 $29,000
Knoxville, TN 680 $8.84 $18,390
Macon, GA 680 $7.68 $15,980
Colorado Springs, CO 680 $13.33 $27,730
Jackson, MS 670 $8.45 $17,580
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 660 $12.01 $24,980
Lafayette, LA 650 $8.41 $17,490
Appleton, WI 630 $12.20 $25,390
Savannah, GA 630 $15.13 $31,470
Atlantic City, NJ 620 $14.31 $29,760
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 610 $9.49 $19,730
Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division 600 $13.53 $28,140
Evansville, IN-KY 600 $11.69 $24,320
Waterbury, CT 600 $14.83 $30,840
Anchorage, AK 600 $15.00 $31,200
Roanoke, VA 590 $9.89 $20,580
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 580 $12.14 $25,240
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division 580 $14.81 $30,800
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 570 $8.52 $17,720
Lynchburg, VA 570 $11.59 $24,110
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 570 $17.12 $35,610
Lebanon, PA 570 $13.01 $27,050
Dayton, OH 550 $12.59 $26,180
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division 540 $15.70 $32,650
Fresno, CA 530 $14.36 $29,860
Topeka, KS 530 $12.50 $25,990
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 530 $14.69 $30,550
Ocala, FL 530 Not available Not available
Albany, GA 530 $7.27 $15,120
Peabody, MA NECTA Division 520 $14.80 $30,770
Duluth, MN-WI 520 $12.58 $26,160
Fayetteville, NC 520 $10.55 $21,930
Salem, OR 520 $12.68 $26,380
Anderson, SC 520 $8.90 $18,500
Charlottesville, VA 510 $11.07 $23,030
Green Bay, WI 510 $12.05 $25,070
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 510 $15.80 $32,870
Binghamton, NY 500 $12.76 $26,550
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 500 $9.63 $20,020
Fort Wayne, IN 490 $15.09 $31,380
St. Cloud, MN 490 $15.40 $32,030
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 490 $9.93 $20,660
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 480 $16.31 $33,930
Tuscaloosa, AL 480 $6.92 $14,400
Provo-Orem, UT 470 $14.09 $29,310
Visalia-Porterville, CA 470 $13.48 $28,030
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division 460 $15.89 $33,050
Akron, OH 460 $14.89 $30,960
Clarksville, TN-KY 460 $13.23 $27,510
Johnstown, PA 450 $12.19 $25,350
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA 450 $15.50 $32,240
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA 450 $14.11 $29,340
State College, PA 450 $12.30 $25,590
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division 440 $15.68 $32,610
Corpus Christi, TX 440 $9.37 $19,480
Monroe, LA 430 $7.40 $15,390
Salt Lake City, UT 430 $14.56 $30,280
Tallahassee, FL 420 $12.67 $26,360
Holland-Grand Haven, MI 420 $14.05 $29,220
Olympia, WA 420 $15.55 $32,340
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI 420 $14.21 $29,550
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 420 $15.16 $31,530
Erie, PA 420 $11.04 $22,970
Asheville, NC 420 $11.78 $24,500
Dover, DE 420 $10.41 $21,650
Waco, TX 410 $10.53 $21,900
Morgantown, WV 410 $10.50 $21,840
Boulder, CO 410 $15.18 $31,570
New Bedford, MA 400 $11.99 $24,950
Huntsville, AL 400 $7.27 $15,130
Elkhart-Goshen, IN 400 $17.10 $35,570
Eugene-Springfield, OR 390 $12.96 $26,950
Lubbock, TX 390 $8.74 $18,180
Lake Charles, LA 390 $6.84 $14,220
Charleston, WV 380 $11.14 $23,180
Ann Arbor, MI 380 $17.28 $35,940
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 380 $14.30 $29,750
Stockton, CA 380 $16.41 $34,130
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 370 $10.72 $22,310
Texarkana-Texarkana, TX-AR 370 $7.67 $15,950
Racine, WI 370 $10.82 $22,500
Honolulu, HI 370 $15.31 $31,850
Kennewick-Richland-Pasco, WA 370 $14.67 $30,520
Fargo, ND-MN 370 $12.32 $25,620
Alexandria, LA 370 $8.42 $17,510
Winchester, VA-WV 360 $10.80 $22,460
Toledo, OH 350 $15.81 $32,880
Billings, MT 350 $10.36 $21,550
Bangor, ME 350 $9.62 $20,010
St. Joseph, MO-KS 350 $11.96 $24,870
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS 350 $6.98 $14,520
Yakima, WA 350 $15.49 $32,220
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 340 $12.80 $26,620
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 330 Not available Not available
Battle Creek, MI 330 $13.73 $28,550
La Crosse, WI-MN 330 $12.68 $26,370
Fort Smith, AR-OK 320 $10.08 $20,970
Champaign-Urbana, IL 320 $14.63 $30,430
Johnson City, TN 320 $8.63 $17,950
Pine Bluff, AR 320 $9.19 $19,120
Longview, TX 310 $9.15 $19,030
Bowling Green, KY 310 $13.82 $28,740
Glens Falls, NY 310 $14.23 $29,590
Pascagoula, MS 310 $8.34 $17,340
Eau Claire, WI 300 $16.71 $34,750
Monroe, MI 300 $16.44 $34,190
Wausau, WI 290 $14.41 $29,970
Taunton-Norton-Raynham, MA NECTA Division 290 $16.29 $33,890
Lafayette, IN 290 $11.83 $24,600
Barnstable Town, MA 280 $17.89 $37,210
Framingham, MA NECTA Division 270 $14.35 $29,850
Wilmington, NC 270 $10.69 $22,240
Florence, SC 270 $9.57 $19,910
Dothan, AL 270 $6.83 $14,200
Merced, CA 270 $13.70 $28,490
Dalton, GA 260 $7.34 $15,270
Farmington, NM 260 $7.75 $16,130
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 260 $15.12 $31,440
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 260 $12.28 $25,550
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 250 $16.72 $34,780
Bellingham, WA 250 $16.55 $34,430
Sioux Falls, SD 250 $12.76 $26,550
Kankakee-Bradley, IL 250 $12.97 $26,970
Jefferson City, MO 250 $12.06 $25,080
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 250 $14.16 $29,450
Hattiesburg, MS 240 $8.05 $16,740
Michigan City-La Porte, IN 240 $14.17 $29,480
Greeley, CO 230 $13.27 $27,600
Tyler, TX 230 $8.47 $17,620
Lincoln, NE 230 $11.91 $24,760
Spartanburg, SC 230 $11.36 $23,620
College Station-Bryan, TX 230 $8.95 $18,610
Fond du Lac, WI 230 $13.54 $28,150
Owensboro, KY 230 $13.82 $28,750
Anderson, IN 220 Not available Not available
Longview, WA 220 $15.86 $32,980
Flagstaff, AZ 220 $13.22 $27,490
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ 220 $9.47 $19,700
Prescott, AZ 220 $11.41 $23,730
Morristown, TN 220 $9.90 $20,590
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 220 $13.67 $28,430
Coeur d'Alene, ID 220 $14.20 $29,540
Sebastian-Vero Beach, FL 210 $13.85 $28,800
Muncie, IN 210 $18.17 $37,790
Decatur, AL 210 $6.87 $14,290
Bloomington, IN 210 $15.62 $32,480
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 200 $15.14 $31,500
Jonesboro, AR 190 $9.05 $18,820
Portsmouth, NH-ME 190 $14.62 $30,400
Wheeling, WV-OH 190 $11.74 $24,410
Cumberland, MD-WV 190 $11.65 $24,220
Janesville, WI 190 $11.90 $24,750
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA 180 $16.92 $35,190
Pueblo, CO 180 $12.22 $25,430
Valdosta, GA 180 $7.24 $15,050
Hot Springs, AR 180 $10.33 $21,490
Lawton, OK 180 $10.64 $22,130
Redding, CA 180 $15.15 $31,510
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD 170 $12.92 $26,880
Wenatchee, WA 170 $16.71 $34,760
Terre Haute, IN 170 $12.33 $25,650
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 170 $16.93 $35,210
Joplin, MO 170 $9.02 $18,750
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 170 $12.94 $26,910
Salisbury, MD 170 $11.18 $23,250
Lawrence, KS 160 $11.67 $24,280
Rapid City, SD 160 $12.09 $25,140
Bay City, MI 160 Not available Not available
Auburn-Opelika, AL 160 $11.06 $23,010
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL 160 $7.86 $16,350
Canton-Massillon, OH 160 $12.88 $26,800
Yuma, AZ 160 $11.71 $24,350
Jackson, MI 150 $15.17 $31,550
Cheyenne, WY 150 $12.52 $26,030
Rocky Mount, NC 150 $14.24 $29,620
Ocean City, NJ 150 $12.71 $26,430
Kokomo, IN 140 $13.51 $28,100
Elmira, NY 140 $14.57 $30,300
Columbia, MO 140 Not available Not available
Amarillo, TX 140 $9.35 $19,440
Bismarck, ND 140 $16.90 $35,150
Grand Forks, ND-MN 140 $16.69 $34,720
Great Falls, MT 130 $10.76 $22,380
San Angelo, TX 130 $8.25 $17,160
Victoria, TX 130 $9.46 $19,670
Pocatello, ID 130 $13.19 $27,440
Abilene, TX 120 $8.80 $18,300
Anniston-Oxford, AL 120 $6.97 $14,500
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI 120 $14.76 $30,690
Greenville, NC 120 $10.83 $22,520
Sherman-Denison, TX 120 $8.99 $18,700
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH 100 $12.16 $25,290
Lewiston-Auburn, ME 100 $13.27 $27,600
Ponce, PR 100 $7.90 $16,420
Decatur, IL 100 $12.78 $26,580
Williamsport, PA 90 $11.00 $22,890
Panama City-Lynn Haven, FL 90 $13.44 $27,950
Ames, IA 90 $14.21 $29,560
Ithaca, NY 80 $19.03 $39,570
Wichita Falls, TX 80 $10.42 $21,670
Chattanooga, TN-GA 80 $8.02 $16,690
Yuba City, CA 80 $16.49 $34,300
Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian, PR 60 $6.99 $14,540
Danville, IL 60 $13.54 $28,170
Lima, OH 60 $12.58 $26,170
Lewiston, ID-WA 60 $14.40 $29,960
Gadsden, AL 60 $6.86 $14,270
Cleveland, TN 50 $9.64 $20,040
Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Division 50 $14.49 $30,150
Yauco, PR 50 $7.26 $15,090
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 50 $13.35 $27,760
Hanford-Corcoran, CA 50 $14.74 $30,660
San German-Cabo Rojo, PR 30 $6.94 $14,430
Ogden-Clearfield, UT Not available $14.31 $29,760
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA Not available $16.09 $33,460
Salinas, CA Not available $16.19 $33,680
Harrisonburg, VA Not available $11.80 $24,540
Modesto, CA Not available $17.95 $37,340
Madera, CA Not available $16.20 $33,690
Rochester-Dover, NH-ME Not available $13.45 $27,970
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH Not available $10.76 $22,370
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL Not available $11.23 $23,370
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ Not available $13.61 $28,320
Springfield, IL Not available $10.62 $22,090
Rockford, IL Not available $15.47 $32,170
Idaho Falls, ID Not available $12.64 $26,300
Iowa City, IA Not available $12.63 $26,260
Cedar Rapids, IA Not available $15.62 $32,480
Gainesville, GA Not available $8.84 $18,380
Greenville, SC Not available $9.06 $18,840
Athens-Clarke County, GA Not available $6.77 $14,070
Burlington, NC Not available $10.08 $20,970
Missoula, MT Not available $12.44 $25,870
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY Not available $16.61 $34,540
Rochester, MN Not available $13.66 $28,420
Bend, OR Not available $13.45 $27,980
Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division Not available $16.16 $33,600
Chico, CA Not available $15.61 $32,470
Durham, NC Not available $13.00 $27,040
Manchester, NH Not available $11.38 $23,660
Sheboygan, WI Not available $11.23 $23,360
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