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School or Special Client Bus Driver Salary in Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan

The annual salary statistics of school or special client bus drivers in Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of school or special client bus drivers in Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of School or Special Client Bus Drivers in Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$19,540
25th Percentile Wage
$23,100
50th Percentile Wage
$28,610
75th Percentile Wage
$32,310
90th Percentile Wage
$37,530

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for school or special client bus drivers in Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $37,530. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $28,610. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $19,540.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of school or special client bus drivers from 2012 to 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$28,610
1.01% -14.61%
2016
$28,320
-1.55% -
2015
$28,760
-5.01% -
2014
$30,200
-4.24% -
2013
$31,480
-4.16% -
2012
$32,790
- -

Table 2. Compare School or Special Client Bus Driver Salary in Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn with Other Michigan Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $28,610 in Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn is in the middle of salary range for school or special client bus drivers in state of Michigan. In comparison, the annual salary of school or special client bus drivers in Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn is 27.1 percent (27.1%) lower than that in the highest paying Saginaw-Saginaw Township North and 22.3 percent (22.3%) higher than that in the lowest paying South Bend-Mishawaka.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North
$39,270
Grand Rapids-Wyoming
$37,440
Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area
$36,090
Holland-Grand Haven
$35,530
Monroe
$35,390
Midland
$35,100
Niles-Benton Harbor
$34,680
Detroit-Warren-Livonia
$34,640
Muskegon-Norton Shores
$34,350
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills
$33,950
Lansing-East Lansing
$33,810
Upper Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area
$33,620
Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area
$33,600
Flint
$33,410
Jackson
$32,990
Ann Arbor
$32,620
Northeast Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area
$32,410
Battle Creek
$31,070
Kalamazoo-Portage
$30,030
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn
$28,610
Bay City
$28,530
South Bend-Mishawaka
$22,220