The highest-paying states 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 states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $54,400, Hawaii is the highest paying state for school bus drivers. It is followed by Washington (average annual salary $54,180). 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 state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hawaii | $54,400 |
$37,720 | 1,100 |
| 2 | Washington | $54,180 |
$43,850 | 8,680 |
| 3 | District of Columbia | $52,390 |
$35,500 | 40 |
| 4 | North Dakota | $50,800 |
$29,970 | 1,630 |
| 5 | New York | $49,980 |
$38,220 | 35,820 |
| 6 | California | $49,820 |
$38,810 | 15,980 |
| 7 | Massachusetts | $49,350 |
$36,100 | 8,350 |
| 8 | Connecticut | $49,260 |
$37,760 | 5,430 |
| 9 | Alaska | $46,840 |
$42,270 | 640 |
| 10 | Utah | $46,700 |
$35,190 | 1,590 |
| 11 | Illinois | $46,470 |
$31,900 | 17,750 |
| 12 | Maryland | $46,460 |
$31,870 | 8,890 |
| 13 | Vermont | $46,320 |
$31,190 | 860 |
| 14 | Rhode Island | $46,320 |
$34,360 | 1,700 |
| 15 | New Jersey | $46,300 |
$36,820 | 10,090 |
| 16 | Iowa | $45,480 |
$30,090 | 3,930 |
| 17 | Maine | $45,090 |
$30,960 | 1,700 |
| 18 | Colorado | $44,800 |
$31,990 | 4,080 |
| 19 | Minnesota | $44,630 |
$33,790 | 9,090 |
| 20 | Kansas | $44,610 |
$29,280 | 5,780 |
| 21 | Nebraska | $44,360 |
$30,660 | 2,130 |
| 22 | Oregon | $44,080 |
$36,950 | 5,350 |
| 23 | Virginia | $41,600 |
$30,110 | 13,660 |
| 24 | Nevada | $41,540 |
$34,590 | 2,460 |
| 25 | New Hampshire | $40,450 |
$31,240 | 1,870 |
| 26 | Delaware | $40,070 |
$33,190 | 1,320 |
| 27 | Michigan | $40,030 |
$29,120 | 10,770 |
| 28 | Indiana | $40,000 |
$19,600 | 10,790 |
| 29 | New Mexico | $39,810 |
$28,610 | 1,930 |
| 30 | Ohio | $39,760 |
$27,040 | 5,520 |
| 31 | Texas | $39,720 |
$22,780 | 28,250 |
| 32 | Wyoming | $39,000 |
$27,770 | 1,480 |
| 33 | Georgia | $38,420 |
$19,120 | 13,510 |
| 34 | Missouri | $38,330 |
$27,960 | 10,710 |
| 35 | Wisconsin | $38,210 |
$29,960 | 7,830 |
| 36 | Pennsylvania | $38,210 |
$21,300 | 21,830 |
| 37 | Arizona | $38,190 |
$31,140 | 4,950 |
| 38 | Kentucky | $38,100 |
$31,380 | 7,640 |
| 39 | Montana | $37,230 |
$30,620 | 1,470 |
| 40 | Idaho | $36,790 |
$28,430 | 2,180 |
| 41 | Virgin Islands | $36,610 |
$30,740 | 50 |
| 42 | Arkansas | $36,300 |
$23,320 | 4,450 |
| 43 | South Dakota | $36,300 |
$28,970 | 1,330 |
| 44 | Florida | $35,380 |
$28,750 | 13,570 |
| 45 | Louisiana | $35,010 |
$19,090 | 3,810 |
| 46 | Guam | $34,200 |
$28,560 | 130 |
| 47 | North Carolina | $33,060 |
$27,810 | 12,000 |
| 48 | Tennessee | $32,590 |
$19,580 | 7,520 |
| 49 | Oklahoma | $31,580 |
$19,680 | 3,870 |
| 50 | South Carolina | $31,380 |
$21,380 | 6,040 |
| 51 | Mississippi | $29,160 |
$17,760 | 3,320 |
| 52 | West Virginia | $27,820 |
$23,440 | 3,050 |
| 53 | Puerto Rico | $22,020 |
$18,030 | 980 |
| 54 | Alabama | $18,110 |
$17,300 | 8,840 |