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Bus Driver of School Salary in Corpus Christi, Texas

The annual salary statistics of school bus drivers in Corpus Christi, Texas is shown in Table 1. The wage data of school bus drivers in Corpus Christi 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 Bus Drivers in Corpus Christi, Texas

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$24,080
25th Percentile Wage
$35,950
50th Percentile Wage
$39,600
75th Percentile Wage
$43,040
90th Percentile Wage
$49,770

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for school bus drivers in Corpus Christi, Texas in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $49,770. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $39,600. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $24,080.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of school bus drivers from 2012 to 2022. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth1-Year Growth
2022
$39,600
8.26% 8.26%
2021
$36,330
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Table 2. Compare Bus Driver of School Salary in Corpus Christi with Other Texas Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $39,600 in Corpus Christi is in the middle of salary range for school bus drivers in state of Texas. In comparison, the annual salary of school bus drivers in Corpus Christi is 12.5 percent (12.5%) lower than that in the highest paying Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington and 33.1 percent (33.1%) higher than that in the lowest paying Brownsville-Harlingen.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington
$45,270
Victoria
$42,340
Longview
$41,600
Sherman-Denison
$41,180
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos
$40,530
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown
$40,510
Waco
$40,120
Southern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$39,720
Corpus Christi
$39,600
Tyler
$39,110
Amarillo
$39,080
Abilene
$39,060
Beaumont-Port Arthur
$38,490
Lubbock
$38,470
North Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$38,210
Eastern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$37,930
Northwestern Texas nonmetropolitan area
$37,790
College Station-Bryan
$37,760
Central Texas nonmetropolitan area
$37,550
San Angelo
$37,520
Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area
$37,440
San Antonio-New Braunfels
$37,120
El Paso
$36,260
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission
$35,730
Wichita Falls
$31,710
Midland
$30,410
Texarkana-Texarkana
$29,000
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood
$28,600
Brownsville-Harlingen
$26,500

See also: Top paying jobs in Corpus Christi, Texas.