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School or Special Client Bus Driver Salary in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York

The annual salary statistics of school or special client bus drivers in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of school or special client bus drivers in Buffalo-Niagara Falls 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 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$24,920
25th Percentile Wage
$29,510
50th Percentile Wage
$40,260
75th Percentile Wage
$47,850
90th Percentile Wage
$52,560

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for school or special client bus drivers in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $52,560. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $40,260. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $24,920.

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 2018.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth6-Year Growth
2018
$40,260
3.65% 19.23%
2017
$38,790
5.62% -
2016
$36,610
11.91% -
2015
$32,250
-0.16% -
2014
$32,300
5.94% -
2013
$30,380
-7.04% -
2012
$32,520
- -

Table 2. Compare School or Special Client Bus Driver Salary in Buffalo-Niagara Falls with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $40,260 in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is in the middle of salary range for school or special client bus drivers in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of school or special client bus drivers in Buffalo-Niagara Falls is 20.7 percent (20.7%) lower than that in the highest paying East Central New York nonmetropolitan area and 33.7 percent (33.7%) higher than that in the lowest paying Binghamton.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
East Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$50,750
Syracuse
$45,610
Nassau-Suffolk
$42,370
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area
$41,420
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island
$40,600
Buffalo-Niagara Falls
$40,260
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown
$39,050
Elmira
$37,750
Ithaca
$36,960
New York-White Plains-Wayne
$36,910
Central New York nonmetropolitan area
$35,390
Albany-Schenectady-Troy
$34,580
Kingston
$34,220
Glens Falls
$34,050
Rochester
$33,690
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area
$32,510
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area
$32,180
Utica-Rome
$31,870
Watertown-Fort Drum
$30,060
Binghamton
$26,700

See also: Top paying jobs in Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York.