Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$57,440

National average

Salary Range

$38,250 – $82,640

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
New York$82,420$50,190$82,640
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$81,400$59,670$86,620
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$80,870$50,210$80,870
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$79,440$54,190$92,390
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$78,220$56,200$79,140
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$77,130$47,370$77,130
Columbus, OH$72,480$47,390$72,480
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$70,700$53,020$82,640
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$70,700$46,240$70,700
Washington$70,360$54,610$86,620
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$69,990$50,440$84,440
Illinois$69,950$46,380$84,440
Salinas, CA$69,560$52,060$73,380
Maryland$69,440$47,370$90,650
Urban Honolulu, HI$69,090$48,670$69,090
Hawaii$69,090$40,820$69,090
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$65,780$40,680$65,780
Portland-South Portland, ME$65,310$40,000$65,310
Champaign-Urbana, IL$65,160$39,450$79,180
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$65,100$47,760$83,480
Boulder, CO$65,040$42,600$65,040
Rochester, NY$64,680$36,380$79,170
Eugene-Springfield, OR$64,330$46,250$64,330
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$64,040$47,930$90,650
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$63,930$38,760$63,930
Richmond, VA$63,920$40,290$68,330
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$63,840$49,230$76,850
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$63,820$38,080$63,820
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$63,770$54,110$75,660
Kansas City, MO-KS$63,340$45,060$65,410
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$63,000$46,640$84,010
Oregon$62,900$41,200$79,140
Massachusetts$62,870$46,200$84,010
California$62,430$47,570$89,180
Alaska$62,300$44,390$82,960
Anchorage, AK$62,300$44,390$73,650
New Jersey$62,200$49,480$70,700
Colorado$61,310$46,570$65,260
Wasatch Front Fringe Utah nonmetropolitan area$60,740$51,520$75,070
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$60,700$50,250$65,260
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$60,380$37,930$60,940
Peoria, IL$60,300$43,050$69,800
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$60,160$50,920$72,720
Joplin, MO-KS$59,740$48,970$63,650
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$59,640$43,310$68,820
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$59,390$33,170$61,490
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$59,020$43,160$73,690
Hawaii / Kauai nonmetropolitan area$58,750$30,930$59,720
Pittsburgh, PA$58,650$37,190$75,180
St. Louis, MO-IL$58,120$43,410$60,040
Eau Claire, WI$58,050$36,630$58,050
Flagstaff, AZ$57,580$38,130$58,910
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$57,400$40,920$70,700
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$57,130$45,680$62,870
Lincoln, NE$56,960$43,910$56,960
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$56,890$40,720$63,340
Connecticut$56,870$43,150$73,690
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$56,860$48,760$62,540
Green Bay, WI$56,640$32,040$57,630
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$56,560$48,880$60,600
Appleton, WI$56,540$45,760$58,400
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$55,810$45,950$70,080
Missoula, MT$55,560$46,950$55,560
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$55,330$45,580$62,430
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$55,280$47,620$64,750
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$55,100$38,090$64,220
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$54,870$41,840$68,970
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$54,610$46,580$63,910
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$54,430$41,860$59,810
Ohio$54,360$39,070$72,480
Cleveland, OH$54,360$39,770$72,270
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$54,100$37,330$67,170
Worcester, MA$54,100$47,620$65,050
Missouri$54,090$32,920$65,410
New Hampshire$53,990$36,810$66,530
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$53,840$40,990$59,270
Lexington-Fayette, KY$53,760$39,000$53,760
Maine$53,180$36,500$65,310
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$53,180$47,030$56,310
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$53,020$40,820$70,700
Duluth, MN-WI$52,990$39,590$59,990
Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area$52,900$40,020$61,590
Delaware$52,770$38,410$62,090
Vermont$52,520$45,500$65,230
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$52,330$39,530$79,910
Minnesota$52,290$39,720$63,340
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$52,240$35,800$67,410
Kingston, NY$52,110$49,130$66,120
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$51,770$46,770$60,370
South Florida nonmetropolitan area$51,630$47,300$62,550
Oklahoma City, OK$51,400$34,760$63,750
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$51,300$45,620$62,670
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$51,220$45,540$73,690
Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$51,190$22,050$59,280
Virginia$51,140$37,590$74,560
Wisconsin$51,100$39,110$62,670
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area$50,950$38,690$75,790
Bend, OR$50,790$43,130$67,580
Fresno, CA$50,620$40,570$60,230
Ogden, UT$50,590$43,810$59,250
District of Columbia$50,470$43,750$61,390
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$50,400$30,630$63,140
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$50,400$39,900$60,010
Indiana$50,400$40,380$60,370
Kentucky$50,360$34,240$59,810
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$50,230$39,590$60,650
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$50,140$32,040$50,860
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$50,110$31,720$83,090
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$49,980$36,950$60,350
Rhode Island$49,920$45,260$57,130
Topeka, KS$49,890$24,500$49,890
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$49,690$39,740$57,220
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$49,670$38,200$49,670
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$49,500$43,490$57,200
Utah$49,500$43,200$59,250
Sheboygan, WI$49,390$39,110$55,030
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$49,370$40,920$56,160
Boise City, ID$49,090$42,730$63,500
Texas$49,070$35,440$63,930
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$49,070$39,310$57,460
Iowa City, IA$48,700$40,160$64,510
Arizona$48,660$38,270$67,300
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$48,570$48,210$63,280
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$48,500$46,950$60,440
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$48,490$48,180$57,260
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$48,300$42,550$54,850
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$48,230$35,090$48,230
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$48,190$38,760$51,390
Tennessee$48,140$37,000$67,370
Pennsylvania$48,010$35,700$75,180
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$48,000$37,300$63,510
Louisiana$48,000$22,130$63,510
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$47,910$40,190$63,610
Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area$47,740$45,500$65,520
Akron, OH$47,710$39,660$68,120
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$47,670$37,590$48,410
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$47,410$39,790$59,690
Omaha, NE-IA$47,330$38,050$55,220
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$47,260$39,050$56,190
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$47,240$34,990$60,420
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$47,230$36,340$64,330
Reno, NV$47,090$44,220$60,590
Charlottesville, VA$47,090$29,730$55,020
Bowling Green, KY$47,040$33,790$51,170
Jacksonville, FL$47,000$37,060$58,910
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$46,820$36,350$55,730
Montana$46,760$36,280$55,560
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$46,760$39,110$61,600
Bozeman, MT$46,760$36,360$60,070
Columbus, GA-AL$46,730$29,010$46,730
Florida$46,640$33,990$63,260
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$46,640$33,450$64,570
Michigan$46,590$37,520$51,390
Santa Fe, NM$46,050$38,430$47,050
Southwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$45,990$22,050$59,280
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$45,930$38,580$64,100
Knoxville, TN$45,780$28,720$54,080
Georgia$45,750$36,580$59,480
Albuquerque, NM$45,680$37,500$47,460
Las Cruces, NM$45,590$35,140$45,590
West Virginia$45,440$34,790$51,000
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area$45,400$38,580$70,380
Janesville-Beloit, WI$45,300$35,270$60,290
Columbia, SC$45,210$29,170$56,770
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$45,180$32,950$54,870
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$45,020$33,680$56,080
Wausau, WI$44,950$44,860$57,010
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$44,780$32,960$55,040
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$44,760$31,230$58,270
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$44,720$39,980$58,520
West Montana nonmetropolitan area$44,530$34,960$55,050
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$44,510$32,930$57,370
Kansas$44,480$30,920$52,780
Youngstown-Warren, OH$44,370$31,470$48,600
Bismarck, ND$44,320$36,730$49,080
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$44,200$36,330$46,580
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$44,070$34,700$64,330
Mankato, MN$43,930$41,170$53,560
Wyoming$43,910$38,360$60,220
Cedar Rapids, IA$43,840$37,290$59,090
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$43,840$37,310$60,050
Southern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$43,820$37,460$66,340
Tulsa, OK$43,660$41,180$51,190
Oklahoma$43,660$29,420$59,280
Dothan, AL$43,660$30,430$44,530
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$43,630$29,120$59,280
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$43,570$35,450$60,230
Idaho$43,490$37,910$63,500
New Mexico$43,450$34,500$47,050
Nebraska$43,160$28,950$56,960
Nevada$42,800$39,460$54,080
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$42,800$39,640$54,080
Winston-Salem, NC$42,450$37,320$55,520
North Carolina$41,790$31,530$46,220
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$41,790$36,200$46,220
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$41,260$34,620$51,480
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area$41,220$37,530$43,710
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$41,190$38,220$47,590
Huntsville, AL$40,780$36,250$45,430
Raleigh-Cary, NC$40,750$34,360$45,760
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$40,720$29,850$56,870
Midland, TX$40,630$37,040$49,680
South Dakota$40,470$32,950$48,990
Wichita, KS$40,450$40,330$52,780
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$40,410$38,080$51,190
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$40,340$32,500$54,770
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$40,290$35,870$54,520
Iowa$40,110$31,230$59,520
Balance of Nevada nonmetropolitan area$39,980$34,410$45,510
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area$39,900$31,990$61,550
Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$39,600$27,480$44,630
Gainesville, FL$39,570$39,570$47,740
North Dakota$39,220$32,490$49,080
Jefferson City, MO$39,150$33,920$44,140
Greensboro-High Point, NC$39,120$37,160$46,640
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area$39,040$37,790$45,970
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area$39,040$37,790$52,560
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$38,820$38,460$43,690
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$38,790$27,390$46,300
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$38,640$29,750$46,100
South Carolina$38,580$29,170$47,710
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$38,580$30,700$50,940
Roanoke, VA$38,510$35,700$61,090
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$38,510$37,300$39,040
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$38,480$33,870$56,890
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$38,420$37,560$54,980
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$38,390$35,590$47,130
Longview, TX$38,300$33,740$44,190
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$38,300$27,750$46,670
Tyler, TX$38,270$24,490$42,950
Birmingham, AL$38,050$32,600$45,780
El Paso, TX$38,030$31,100$47,510
Fort Smith, AR-OK$37,850$33,400$51,190
Killeen-Temple, TX$37,850$33,420$45,350
Springfield, MO$37,800$30,070$42,880
Mobile, AL$37,790$28,550$45,770
Mississippi$37,610$30,040$46,300
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$37,590$28,350$43,280
Tuscaloosa, AL$37,480$32,840$44,620
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area$37,480$33,890$55,050
Alabama$37,300$26,980$47,510
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$37,150$35,040$44,170
Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$37,110$32,270$45,440
Lawton, OK$36,960$36,630$37,100
Arkansas$36,940$29,030$54,770
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$36,830$33,280$78,020
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$36,480$25,240$59,280
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$36,300$36,190$45,200
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$36,180$29,810$45,200
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$36,180$29,810$44,980
Wilmington, NC$36,170$23,560$37,470
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$36,060$32,010$46,570
Abilene, TX$36,020$31,230$45,550
Southwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$35,820$34,870$50,350
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area$35,720$33,340$60,260
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$35,630$30,820$45,500
Burlington, NC$35,600$33,550$37,210
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$35,420$29,610$45,980
East Georgia nonmetropolitan area$35,340$24,270$43,020
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$35,320$30,410$40,030
Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area$35,270$33,660$35,530
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$35,210$29,010$42,200
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$34,990$22,980$47,440
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$34,610$24,490$77,680
Hot Springs, AR$34,600$28,960$36,960
Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area$34,500$27,080$44,110
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$34,000$26,220$42,240
Homosassa Springs, FL$33,990$29,300$46,820
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$33,870$31,260$36,100
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$33,790$22,260$45,480
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$33,670$27,920$39,160
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$32,710$19,830$44,170
Fargo, ND-MN$32,490$32,050$41,760
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$32,110$29,120$46,770
Arizona nonmetropolitan area$31,870$30,840$44,730
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$31,200$29,420$39,760
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$30,930$27,750$38,300
Auburn-Opelika, AL$30,100$25,480$42,890
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$29,770$20,460$37,220
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$29,030$27,080$36,790
Puerto Rico$28,800$20,580$37,220
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$28,590$28,000$47,910
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$28,380$28,150$37,540
Chattanooga, TN-GA$27,950$24,760$44,990
Greenville, NC$27,320$27,320$38,030
Ponce, PR$22,620$22,620$30,600

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity make?β–Ύ

The median annual salary for a Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity is $57,440, with a typical range of $38,250 – $82,640 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity?β–Ύ

Entry-level Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity positions typically start around $38,250 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercitys earn the most?β–Ύ

Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercitys tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.