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Highest-paying Cities for School Bus Drivers

The top 100 highest paying cities for school bus drivers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of school bus drivers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $60,920, Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington is the highest paying city for school bus drivers. It is followed by Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington (average annual salary $60,640). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of school bus drivers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for School Bus Drivers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$60,920	$47,520	170
2	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$60,640	$49,530	300
3	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$59,290	$48,570	3,940
4	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$58,610	$41,890	1,740
5	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$58,360	$42,100	140
6	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$55,180	$37,390	540
7	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$55,000	$37,840	620
8	Salinas, California	$54,150	$47,880	130
9	Bellingham, Washington	$54,140	$47,140	270
10	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$54,120	$38,950	290

11	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$53,900	$44,130	1,030
12	Syracuse, New York	$53,070	$33,640	1,220
13	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$52,800	$40,410	610
14	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$52,700	$49,000	180
15	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$52,550	$35,230	330
16	Chico, California	$52,380	$40,100	40
17	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$52,240	$38,070	210
18	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$52,150	$38,210	50
19	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$52,140	$45,120	510
20	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$52,000	$42,270	210
21	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$51,950	$44,380	880
22	Central Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$51,820	$41,490	100
23	Boulder, Colorado	$51,200	$48,040	310
24	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$51,020	$40,490	240
25	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$51,010	$40,180	29,100
26	Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$50,950	$37,690	330
27	Worcester, Massachusetts	$50,850	$36,100	940
28	El Centro, California	$50,820	$36,600	70
29	West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$50,500	$33,510	560
30	Longview, Washington	$50,490	$50,490	200
31	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$50,460	$38,100	620
32	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$50,460	$28,530	660
33	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$50,460	$38,820	200
34	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$50,310	$41,300	450
35	Yuba City, California	$50,080	$46,460	50
36	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$49,940	$40,590	490
37	Michigan City-La Porte, Indiana	$49,930	$27,600	190
38	Bend, Oregon	$49,890	$37,770	160
39	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$49,880	$35,060	70
40	Yakima, Washington	$49,870	$33,930	470
41	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$49,840	$43,690	250
42	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$49,830	$36,340	2,740
43	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$49,820	$39,360	4,460
44	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$49,740	$37,660	2,030
45	Olympia, Washington	$49,740	$40,620	450
46	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$49,720	$37,780	2,820
47	Savannah, Georgia	$49,720	$40,320	490
48	New Haven, Connecticut	$49,590	$38,540	1,010
49	Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana	$49,530	$23,380	280
50	Grand Forks, North Dakota	$49,510	$29,040	150
51	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$49,500	$45,960	140
52	Merced, California	$49,440	$36,270	350
53	Madera-Chowchilla, California	$49,340	$44,190	60
54	Springfield, Massachusetts	$49,310	$36,090	930
55	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$49,280	$32,460	420
56	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$49,210	$35,900	2,110
57	Modesto, California	$49,200	$35,340	260
58	Dover-Durham, New Hampshire	$49,190	$35,940	130
59	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$49,120	$29,930	1,840
60	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$49,040	$36,500	160
61	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$48,950	$36,770	260
62	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$48,840	$35,080	60
63	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$48,740	$35,800	280
64	Stockton, California	$48,480	$36,360	230
65	Sioux City, South Dakota	$48,370	$27,790	300
66	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$48,370	$38,610	1,190
67	Waterbury, Connecticut	$48,260	$37,410	310
68	Lewiston, Washington	$48,170	$32,200	50
69	Fresno, California	$48,040	$34,380	460
70	Hanford-Corcoran, California	$48,020	$34,920	60
71	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$47,940	$36,720	9,350
72	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$47,750	$40,200	400
73	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$47,740	$39,920	1,730
74	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$47,660	$28,410	370
75	East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$47,640	$24,660	530
76	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$47,600	$34,670	290
77	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$47,520	$36,510	11,700
78	Spokane, Washington	$47,320	$34,950	660
79	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$47,230	$38,590	340
80	Redding, California	$47,130	$39,660	90
81	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$47,100	$39,530	230
82	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$47,050	$36,190	230
83	Ocean City, New Jersey	$46,930	$34,040	70
84	Anchorage, Alaska	$46,840	$40,910	380
85	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$46,720	$38,220	2,590
86	Salt Lake City, Utah	$46,700	$37,120	590
87	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$46,590	$35,140	5,010
88	Lafayette-West Lafayette, Indiana	$46,580	$22,940	240
89	Kingston, New York	$46,480	$38,200	320
90	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$46,430	$37,030	960
91	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$46,320	$34,140	270
92	Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$46,320	$18,820	350
93	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$46,310	$36,330	5,590
94	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa	$46,260	$38,260	90
95	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$46,250	$32,310	100
96	Walla Walla, Washington	$46,240	$39,810	80
97	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$46,090	$41,230	160
98	Kansas City, Missouri	$45,920	$31,470	4,260
99	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$45,870	$30,090	530
100	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$45,660	$36,550	90