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Transit and Intercity Bus Driver Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

The annual salary statistics of transit and intercity bus drivers in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage data of transit and intercity bus drivers in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island 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 Transit and Intercity Bus Drivers in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage	$36,210
25th Percentile Wage	$44,000
50th Percentile Wage	$59,780
75th Percentile Wage	$74,140
90th Percentile Wage	$80,460

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for transit and intercity bus drivers in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $80,460. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $59,780. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $36,210.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of transit and intercity bus drivers from 2012 to 2018.

Year	Median Salary	Yearly Growth	6-Year Growth
2018	$59,780	-1.37%	13.08%
2017	$60,600	8.38%	-
2016	$55,520	1.64%	-
2015	$54,610	2.67%	-
2014	$53,150	1.07%	-
2013	$52,580	1.18%	-
2012	$51,960	-	-

Table 2. Compare Transit and Intercity Bus Driver Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $59,780, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is the highest paying city for transit and intercity bus drivers in state of New York, followed by New York-White Plains-Wayne (median annual salary $54,550). In comparison, the median annual salary of transit and intercity bus drivers in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is 8.7 percent (8.7%) higher than that in New York-White Plains-Wayne.

Cities/Areas	Median Annual Salary
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island	$59,780
New York-White Plains-Wayne	$54,550
Rochester	$54,160
Nassau-Suffolk	$50,430
Binghamton	$43,610
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	$41,040
Buffalo-Niagara Falls	$37,540
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown	$36,580
Kingston	$31,350
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	$31,320
Central New York nonmetropolitan area	$30,890
Ithaca	$30,390
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	$28,860
Elmira	$24,720
Albany-Schenectady-Troy	$21,650
Syracuse	$21,160