Highest-paying Cities for Transit and Intercity Bus Drivers

The top 100 highest paying cities for transit and intercity 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 transit and intercity bus drivers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $69,650, Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington is the highest paying city for transit and intercity bus drivers. It is followed by San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California (average annual salary $67,850). 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 transit and intercity bus drivers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Transit and Intercity Bus Drivers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$69,650	$42,940	3,150
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$67,850	$47,100	1,090
3	Fairbanks, Alaska	$65,710	$54,940	50
4	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$65,490	$41,950	3,570
5	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$63,840	$24,100	180
6	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$63,660	$38,020	5,490
7	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$61,060	$28,910	6,500
8	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$59,780	$36,210	23,710
9	Salinas, California	$59,200	$44,360	380
10	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$57,940	$38,380	8,400
11	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$57,170	$39,440	130
12	Madison, Wisconsin	$55,600	$39,830	350
13	Nashua, New Hampshire	$54,850	$41,590	60
14	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$54,610	$34,350	2,290
15	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$54,560	$41,410	300
16	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$54,550	$26,260	16,530
17	Tacoma, Washington	$54,430	$43,120	450
18	Camden, New Jersey	$54,260	$38,690	460
19	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$54,260	$36,510	270
20	Rochester, New York	$54,160	$32,480	480
21	Akron, Ohio	$53,590	$31,770	470
22	Idaho Falls, Idaho	$53,550	$16,650	130
23	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$53,160	$31,280	150
24	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$53,120	$29,820	290
25	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$52,940	$31,180	3,330
26	Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$52,890	$43,280	80
27	Springfield, Massachusetts	$52,640	$34,020	560
28	Bellingham, Washington	$52,520	$28,680	n/a
29	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$52,380	$35,480	1,320
30	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$52,120	$41,530	360
31	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$51,750	$27,160	200
32	New Haven, Connecticut	$51,740	$33,370	330
33	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$51,490	$37,580	2,220
34	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$51,480	$22,890	1,530
35	Springfield, Illinois	$51,360	$32,390	110
36	Southwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$51,050	$40,650	130
37	Wilmington, New Jersey	$50,980	$22,050	310
38	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$50,780	$22,150	190
39	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$50,500	$33,220	390
40	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$50,480	$30,380	3,730
41	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$50,430	$33,270	1,670
42	Anchorage, Alaska	$50,120	$26,920	190
43	Honolulu, Hawaii	$50,100	$26,270	2,110
44	Iowa City, Iowa	$49,780	$38,520	90
45	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$49,710	$34,610	1,160
46	Olympia, Washington	$49,230	$36,290	220
47	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$48,650	$23,660	2,130
48	Worcester, Massachusetts	$48,150	$33,750	210
49	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$48,080	$28,370	250
50	Fresno, California	$48,040	$27,130	300
51	Northwestern Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area, Oklahoma	$48,020	$16,990	40
52	Rockford, Illinois	$47,740	$31,690	150
53	Danbury, Connecticut	$47,610	$28,810	100
54	Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$47,580	$23,860	110
55	West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$47,470	$23,890	n/a
56	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$47,300	$26,510	250
57	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$47,150	$25,990	9,890
58	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$47,070	$32,690	800
59	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$47,050	$24,230	1,650
60	Eau Claire, Wisconsin	$46,830	$41,810	40
61	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$46,690	$30,130	400
62	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$46,570	$26,350	430
63	Salem, Oregon	$46,430	$35,770	140
64	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$46,270	$28,250	50
65	Spokane, Washington	$45,980	$29,460	310
66	Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area, Indiana	$45,860	$28,390	30
67	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$45,860	$40,820	100
68	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$45,800	$29,070	400
69	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$45,760	$36,250	180
70	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$45,680	$28,250	60
71	Northwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$44,920	$25,740	160
72	Charleston, West Virginia	$44,610	$23,370	80
73	Green Bay, Wisconsin	$43,800	$30,310	40
74	Janesville, Wisconsin	$43,800	$37,550	70
75	Binghamton, New York	$43,610	$28,180	150
76	Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, New Hampshire	$43,530	$30,030	230
77	Columbus, Ohio	$43,190	$25,820	810
78	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$43,010	$35,680	n/a
79	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$42,900	$23,690	8,190
80	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$42,800	$25,530	1,360
81	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$42,800	$32,450	1,830
82	Memphis, Tennessee	$42,790	$19,550	700
83	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$42,470	$29,740	4,340
84	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$42,230	$29,300	2,180
85	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$42,070	$31,740	5,270
86	Evansville, Kentucky	$41,940	$28,370	70
87	Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, Florida	$41,910	$26,960	80
88	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$41,860	$23,670	610
89	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$41,850	$31,220	n/a
90	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$41,840	$27,860	2,010
91	Reading, Pennsylvania	$41,600	$26,610	140
92	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$41,590	$31,500	2,490
93	Northern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$41,420	$25,570	30
94	Richmond, Virginia	$41,340	$26,540	570
95	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$41,270	$28,820	350
96	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$41,240	$26,860	190
97	St Louis, Missouri	$41,170	$24,080	770
98	Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$41,100	$25,290	170
99	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$41,040	$32,550	80
100	Boulder, Colorado	$40,990	$33,110	250

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