School or Special Client Bus Driver Salary in Nassau-Suffolk, New York

The annual salary statistics of school or special client bus drivers in Nassau-Suffolk, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of school or special client bus drivers in Nassau-Suffolk 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 Nassau-Suffolk, New York

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$29,910
25th Percentile Wage
$35,680
50th Percentile Wage
$42,370
75th Percentile Wage
$48,500
90th Percentile Wage
$54,040

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for school or special client bus drivers in Nassau-Suffolk, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $54,040. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $42,370. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $29,910.

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
$42,370
7.48% 12.01%
2016
$39,200
-6.61% -
2015
$41,790
0.91% -
2014
$41,410
1.30% -
2013
$40,870
8.78% -
2012
$37,280
- -

Table 2. Compare School or Special Client Bus Driver Salary in Nassau-Suffolk with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $42,370 in Nassau-Suffolk 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 Nassau-Suffolk is 16.5 percent (16.5%) lower than that in the highest paying East Central New York nonmetropolitan area and 37.0 percent (37.0%) 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