Highest-paying Cities for School or Special Client Bus Drivers

The top 100 highest paying cities for school or special client 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 or special client bus drivers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $54,190, Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts is the highest paying city for school or special client bus drivers. It is followed by Ames, Iowa (average annual salary $52,440). 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 or special client bus drivers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

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

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts	$54,190	$31,120	410
2	Ames, Iowa	$52,440	$16,280	50
3	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$52,130	$33,810	1,060
4	East Central New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$50,750	$24,520	720
5	Southwest Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$48,390	$33,010	70
6	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$47,500	$30,290	160
7	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$46,890	$30,240	260
8	Anchorage, Alaska	$45,620	$40,590	490
9	Syracuse, New York	$45,610	$26,780	2,070
10	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$45,380	$28,440	2,610
11	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$45,370	$31,020	6,200
12	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$45,280	$34,980	370
13	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$45,220	$33,000	450
14	Northern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$44,830	$33,800	80
15	Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$44,770	$25,500	120
16	Iowa City, Iowa	$44,470	$19,280	260
17	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$44,150	$31,440	1,020
18	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$43,850	$28,760	4,630
19	Provo-Orem, Utah	$43,500	$33,730	580
20	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$43,350	$22,070	810
21	Eastern Sierra Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$43,080	$31,200	40
22	Bellingham, Washington	$42,870	$32,170	300
23	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$42,860	$27,600	3,610
24	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$42,650	$28,370	760
25	Northeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$42,620	$20,170	200
26	West Central Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$42,590	$17,890	100
27	Danbury, Connecticut	$42,580	$31,010	310
28	Southwest Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$42,500	$19,100	70
29	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$42,480	$33,260	190
30	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$42,450	$29,170	370
31	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$42,370	$29,910	9,640
32	South Western Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$42,160	$29,230	n/a
33	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$42,140	$27,550	230
34	Bismarck, North Dakota	$41,890	$21,590	130
35	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$41,870	$31,120	3,050
36	Boulder, Colorado	$41,810	$31,490	470
37	Longview, Washington	$41,790	$27,620	280
38	Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$41,760	$19,690	780
39	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$41,710	$28,530	2,160
40	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$41,700	$27,140	8,430
41	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$41,660	$26,110	1,840
42	Merced, California	$41,560	$33,690	510
43	Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$41,430	$32,130	220
44	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$41,420	$24,170	1,740
45	Stockton, California	$41,380	$30,880	460
46	Honolulu, Hawaii	$41,360	$22,740	610
47	Napa, California	$41,320	$32,530	160
48	Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana	$41,200	$17,700	360
49	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$41,030	$32,010	440
50	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$40,950	$27,240	260
51	East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$40,800	$20,520	560
52	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$40,670	$25,800	1,170
53	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$40,600	$29,280	41,790
54	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$40,560	$33,490	200
55	Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, New Hampshire	$40,450	$23,900	170
56	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$40,340	$31,930	830
57	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$40,260	$24,920	2,790
58	Yakima, Washington	$40,170	$24,830	490
59	Salt Lake City, Utah	$40,090	$32,980	660
60	Tacoma, Washington	$39,930	$26,040	1,480
61	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$39,920	$25,950	370
62	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$39,910	$26,310	6,010
63	Central Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$39,780	$18,630	230
64	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$39,720	$30,380	430
65	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$39,670	$22,450	270
66	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$39,610	$26,870	1,540
67	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$39,590	$28,030	280
68	Bend, Oregon	$39,520	$31,540	190
69	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$39,500	$24,690	12,870
70	Fresno, California	$39,390	$28,360	870
71	Casper, Wyoming	$39,350	$33,350	110
72	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$39,320	$22,940	8,810
73	Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, Michigan	$39,270	$23,320	60
74	Fairbanks, Alaska	$39,170	$33,860	150
75	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$39,130	$20,620	2,500
76	Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York	$39,050	$27,670	2,370
77	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa	$39,030	$21,420	100
78	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$38,870	$32,850	1,700
79	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$38,730	$27,260	1,220
80	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$38,680	$31,250	50
81	Janesville, Wisconsin	$38,660	$23,810	130
82	Eastern Utah nonmetropolitan area, Utah	$38,650	$30,850	150
83	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$38,630	$27,270	280
84	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$38,630	$27,500	600
85	Lincoln, Nebraska	$38,550	$24,160	250
86	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$38,470	$28,770	520
87	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$38,460	$27,570	720
88	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$38,460	$28,120	2,030
89	Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$38,430	$22,030	260
90	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$38,420	$22,390	1,190
91	Walla Walla, Washington	$38,330	$31,940	90
92	Odessa, Texas	$38,300	$33,220	150
93	Harrisonburg, Virginia	$38,170	$19,210	290
94	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$38,080	$27,300	640
95	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$38,050	$30,100	510
96	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$38,010	$25,940	370
97	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$37,940	$23,790	410
98	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$37,840	$27,590	360
99	Central Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$37,790	$21,540	710
100	Elmira, New York	$37,750	$23,670	180

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