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Highest Paying Industries for School or Special Client Bus Drivers

The top 100 highest paying industries 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 in those industries are also shown. As shown in the table, with an average annual salary of $43,270, automotive mechanical and electrical repair and maintenance is the highest paying industry for school or special client bus drivers. It is followed by automotive repair and maintenance industry (average annual salary $43,270). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in May 2015 [1]. For more information about salaries of school or special client bus drivers in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest Paying Industries for School or Special Client Bus Drivers

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Automotive Mechanical and Electrical Repair and Maintenance	$43,270	$26,850	n/a
2	Automotive Repair and Maintenance	$43,270	$26,850	n/a
3	Repair and Maintenance	$43,270	$26,850	n/a
4	Other Personal Services	$41,880	$25,250	110
5	Personal and Laundry Services	$41,880	$25,250	110
6	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$41,350	$29,770	1,100
7	Truck Transportation	$35,450	$32,030	60
8	Interurban and Rural Bus Transportation	$34,240	$27,510	450
9	State government, including schools and hospitals	$33,990	$21,840	2,350
10	Urban Transit Systems	$33,360	$22,380	2,010
11	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$33,120	$17,710	55,290
12	Federal, State, and Local Government	$33,120	$17,710	55,290
13	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$32,920	$17,670	54,190
14	Charter Bus Industry	$32,890	$22,580	2,450
15	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals	$31,610	$22,790	50
16	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - Privately owned	$31,550	$20,440	970
17	School and Employee Bus Transportation	$31,530	$19,660	159,550
18	Hospitals - State government owned	$31,130	$18,150	50
19	Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation	$30,590	$19,400	196,520
20	Transportation and Warehousing	$30,590	$19,400	196,640
21	Administrative and Support Services	$30,250	$21,270	250
22	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	$30,250	$21,270	250
23	Elementary and Secondary Schools - State government owned	$30,240	$22,880	180
24	Employment Services	$29,820	$21,020	220
25	Temporary Help Services	$29,780	$20,910	210
26	Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools	$29,290	$20,240	1,950
27	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$29,250	$18,620	380
28	Educational Services - Privately owned	$29,130	$18,570	6,950
29	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Privately owned	$29,100	$18,450	5,510
30	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$29,070	$20,630	440
31	Offices of Physicians	$29,050	$18,720	190
32	Hospitals - Privately owned	$29,040	$21,040	370
33	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$29,030	$21,470	320
34	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$28,950	$21,370	340
35	Educational Support Services - Local government owned	$28,810	$17,180	180
36	Specialty hospitals - Privately owned	$28,590	$17,690	30
37	Junior colleges - Local government owned	$28,320	$18,150	300
38	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$28,150	$17,370	267,930
39	Local government, including schools and hospitals	$28,100	$17,360	265,590
40	Educational Services - State government owned	$28,070	$20,180	1,200
41	Technical and trade schools - Privately owned	$28,010	$21,340	30
42	Colleges, universities, and professional schools - State government owned	$27,870	$20,100	970
43	Religious Organizations	$27,650	$17,650	70
44	Educational Support Services	$27,620	$17,080	320
45	Junior Colleges (including private, state, and local government schools)	$27,420	$18,010	340
46	Educational Services	$27,350	$17,330	219,530
47	Elementary and Secondary Schools	$27,330	$17,320	216,390
48	Elementary and Secondary Schools - Local government owned	$27,270	$17,300	210,690
49	Educational Services - Local government owned	$27,270	$17,300	211,380
50	Educational Support Services - Privately owned	$26,810	$16,910	130
51	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	$26,710	$20,830	90
52	Taxi and Limousine Service	$26,380	$20,060	n/a
53	Civic and Social Organizations	$26,370	$17,220	420
54	Other Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation	$26,290	$18,390	31,620
55	Other Services (except Federal, State, and Local Government)	$26,270	$17,490	1,200
56	Ambulance Services	$26,200	$17,370	470
57	Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities)	$26,170	$19,170	760
58	Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$26,140	$17,410	500
59	Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly	$25,650	$19,880	2,410
60	Nursing and Residential Care Facilities	$25,540	$19,370	3,900
61	Ambulatory Health Care Services	$25,540	$17,450	1,180
62	Lessors of Real Estate	$25,490	$20,790	30
63	Other Residential Care Facilities	$25,370	$18,990	270
64	Home Health Care Services	$24,910	$18,200	150
65	Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists	$24,470	$16,520	n/a
66	Offices of Other Health Practitioners	$24,330	$16,590	60
67	Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities	$24,270	$17,600	250
68	Technical and Trade Schools	$24,200	$17,020	240
69	Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations	$24,190	$17,180	970
70	Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals	$24,100	$17,030	50
71	Support Activities for Transportation	$23,950	$18,200	40
72	Other schools and instruction - Privately owned	$23,910	$18,010	290
73	Other Schools and Instruction	$23,910	$18,010	290
74	Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities	$23,740	$17,690	470
75	Real Estate	$23,660	$20,350	50
76	Vocational Rehabilitation Services	$23,650	$17,980	3,810
77	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	$23,400	$18,500	80
78	Technical and trade schools - Local government owned	$23,310	$16,820	200
79	Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities	$23,270	$17,790	220
80	Other Amusement and Recreation Industries	$23,260	$18,450	70
81	Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries	$23,260	$18,450	70
82	Health Care and Social Assistance	$23,180	$17,300	25,790
83	Child Day Care Services	$22,870	$17,170	5,380
84	Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers	$22,750	$17,380	40
85	Outpatient Care Centers	$22,700	$17,100	280
86	Social Assistance	$22,530	$17,120	20,270
87	Junior colleges - State government owned	$22,380	$17,180	40
88	Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers	$22,240	$16,970	240
89	Social Advocacy Organizations	$21,990	$16,910	430
90	Individual and Family Services	$21,910	$16,910	10,610
91	Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities	$21,510	$16,770	7,130
92	Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services	$21,410	$17,270	470