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Bus Driver of School Salary in Visalia-Porterville, California

The annual salary statistics of school bus drivers in Visalia-Porterville, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of school bus drivers in Visalia-Porterville is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of School Bus Drivers in Visalia-Porterville, California

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$38,130
25th Percentile Wage
$38,950
50th Percentile Wage
$45,330
75th Percentile Wage
$49,020
90th Percentile Wage
$56,820

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for school bus drivers in Visalia-Porterville, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $56,820. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $45,330. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $38,130.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of school bus drivers from 2012 to 2022. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth1-Year Growth
2022
$45,330
5.01% 5.01%
2021
$43,060
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Table 2. Compare Bus Driver of School Salary in Visalia-Porterville with Other California Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $45,330, Visalia-Porterville is the lowest paying city for school bus drivers in state of California, following city of San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont (median annual salary of $58,610). Compared with the highest paying city San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, the median annual salary of school bus drivers in Visalia-Porterville is 22.7 percent (22.7%) lower.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont
$58,610
Salinas
$54,150
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara
$52,800
Santa Rosa-Petaluma
$52,700
Chico
$52,380
Vallejo-Fairfield
$52,240
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$52,150
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville
$51,950
El Centro
$50,820
Yuba City
$50,080
Santa Cruz-Watsonville
$49,880
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
$49,830
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
$49,820
Merced
$49,440
Madera-Chowchilla
$49,340
Modesto
$49,200
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles
$48,840
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
$48,740
Stockton
$48,480
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos
$48,370
Fresno
$48,040
Hanford-Corcoran
$48,020
Bakersfield-Delano
$47,750
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara
$47,600
Redding
$47,130
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$46,090
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$45,660
Visalia-Porterville
$45,330

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