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Transit and Intercity Bus Driver Salary in Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York

The annual salary statistics of transit and intercity bus drivers in Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of transit and intercity bus drivers in Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area 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 Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage	$26,240
25th Percentile Wage	$28,140
50th Percentile Wage	$31,320
75th Percentile Wage	$35,660
90th Percentile Wage	$39,080

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for transit and intercity bus drivers in Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $39,080. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $31,320. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $26,240.

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. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

Year	Median Salary	Growth	1-Year Growth
2018	$31,320	2.97%	2.97%
2017	$30,390	-	-

Table 2. Compare Transit and Intercity Bus Driver Salary in Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $31,320 in Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area is in the middle of salary range for transit and intercity bus drivers in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of transit and intercity bus drivers in Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area is 47.6 percent (47.6%) lower than that in the highest paying New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island and 32.4 percent (32.4%) higher than that in the lowest paying Syracuse.

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