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Highest-paying States for All Other School Bus Monitors and Protective Service Workers

The highest-paying states for all other school bus monitors and protective service workers (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 all other school bus monitors and protective service workers in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $53,640, District of Columbia is the highest paying state for all other school bus monitors and protective service workers. It is followed by Washington (average annual salary $41,160). 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 all other school bus monitors and protective service workers in a specific state, use the links in the table.

Table 1. Highest-paying States for All Other School Bus Monitors and Protective Service Workers (2022 Survey)

Rank State Average Salary i Entry Level
Salary i
# of
Empl. i
1 District of Columbia
$53,640
$34,740 160
2 Washington
$41,160
$31,070 4,670
3 Idaho
$41,150
$28,240 270
4 Kentucky
$41,040
$24,320 990
5 North Dakota
$40,850
$30,650 230
6 Nevada
$40,460
$19,720 1,220
7 Maryland
$39,280
$24,540 3,730
8 Alaska
$39,060
$25,120 610
9 New Mexico
$38,130
$19,390 1,280
10 Oregon
$37,970
$25,680 1,970
11 Wisconsin
$36,820
$22,340 1,550
12 Louisiana
$36,580
$24,830 1,560
13 North Carolina
$36,410
$23,510 2,090
14 Colorado
$35,500
$26,350 4,640
15 Vermont
$35,240
$27,010 330
16 Iowa
$34,940
$18,530 350
17 Utah
$34,920
$19,670 750
18 Wyoming
$34,910
$26,520 780
19 West Virginia
$34,630
$22,770 360
20 Minnesota
$34,550
$25,770 2,130
21 Montana
$34,110
$21,500 680
22 Alabama
$34,040
$19,460 800
23 New Jersey
$33,720
$23,130 5,130
24 Tennessee
$33,200
$18,440 1,780
25 California
$33,150
$27,130 28,790
26 Missouri
$33,120
$21,850 1,530
27 Hawaii
$32,700
$27,090 220
28 Maine
$32,670
$25,090 500
29 Florida
$32,420
$20,720 9,900
30 Connecticut
$32,180
$24,260 1,600
31 Virginia
$31,680
$19,810 2,700
32 Rhode Island
$31,310
$24,070 1,290
33 Oklahoma
$31,200
$18,530 970
34 New York
$30,740
$25,210 13,470
35 Massachusetts
$29,900
$26,550 2,970
36 New Hampshire
$29,710
$21,050 480
37 Arizona
$29,630
$25,200 2,440
38 Ohio
$29,470
$19,240 4,150
39 South Carolina
$29,030
$18,220 980
40 Georgia
$28,200
$17,610 3,930
41 Illinois
$27,980
$19,250 4,160
42 Delaware
$27,970
$21,960 430
43 Arkansas
$27,790
$20,810 930
44 Indiana
$27,540
$20,150 2,510
45 Pennsylvania
$27,190
$18,440 6,510
46 Kansas
$26,910
$20,330 1,730
47 Michigan
$26,330
$20,930 2,380
48 Texas
$24,140
$17,420 10,370
49 Mississippi
$22,440
$16,530 650
50 Puerto Rico
$20,390
$16,840 810
51 Guam
$19,510
$18,520 40
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