Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity Salary by City

BLS OEWS May 2025 • 318 metro areas

Top-paying metros for Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity

Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
New York $82,420 16,550
Seattle, WA $81,400 4,520
Santa Cruz, CA $80,870 190
San Francisco, CA $79,440 5,410
Portland, OR-WA $78,220 2,010
Baltimore, MD $77,130 1,890

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      AK
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Alaska $67,000 70
      Alaska $62,300 190
      Anchorage, AK $62,300 140
      AL
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Dothan, AL $43,660 30
      Huntsville, AL $40,780 110
      Birmingham, AL $38,050 280
      Mobile, AL $37,790 150
      Tuscaloosa, AL $37,480 60
      Alabama $37,300 1,020
      Southwest Alabama $32,710 30
      Auburn, AL $30,100 60
      AR
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Little Rock, AR $40,340 240
      Fort Smith, AR-OK $37,850 60
      Arkansas $36,940 570
      Fayetteville, AR $36,920 90
      Hot Springs, AR $34,600 40
      North Arkansas $29,030 60
      AZ
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Flagstaff, AZ $57,580 150
      Phoenix, AZ $55,810 1,780
      Arizona $48,660 2,850
      Prescott Valley, AZ $40,720 60
      Lake Havasu City, AZ $38,420 60
      Arizona $31,870 50
      CA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Santa Cruz, CA $80,870 190
      San Francisco, CA $79,440 5,410
      Salinas, CA $69,560 170
      Los Angeles, CA $65,100 9,800
      California $62,430 23,500
      San Diego, CA $59,640 1,810
      Napa, CA $59,560 170
      Santa Rosa, CA $56,860 150
      Riverside, CA $55,330 1,380
      Sacramento, CA $54,870 870
      San Luis Obispo, CA $54,140 100
      Fresno, CA $50,620 —
      North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California $49,690 50
      North Coast Region of California $49,370 90
      Oxnard, CA $48,500 180
      Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California $48,490 —
      Bakersfield, CA $46,760 340
      CO
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Boulder, CO $65,040 150
      Northwest Colorado $63,840 460
      Colorado Springs, CO $63,010 380
      Colorado $61,310 3,310
      Denver, CO $60,700 1,910
      Southwest Colorado $50,950 180
      Fort Collins, CO $47,260 70
      CT
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Hartford, CT $59,020 990
      Connecticut $56,870 2,130
      Bridgeport, CT $51,220 480
      Norwich, CT $50,230 100
      Waterbury, CT $48,300 210
      DC
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Washington, DC-VA-MD-WV $64,040 4,440
      DE
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Delaware $52,770 420
      FL
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      South Florida $51,630 —
      Orlando, FL $50,400 1,800
      North Port, FL $50,140 280
      Jacksonville, FL $47,000 580
      Florida $46,640 7,620
      Miami, FL $46,640 2,390
      Deltona, FL $45,020 230
      Cape Coral, FL $44,760 240
      Tampa, FL $43,570 1,170
      Lakeland, FL $40,290 80
      Gainesville, FL $39,570 180
      Homosassa Springs, FL $33,990 30
      GA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Atlanta, GA $47,410 2,320
      Columbus, GA-AL $46,730 80
      Georgia $45,750 3,180
      East Georgia $35,340 50
      Middle Georgia $34,610 60
      North Georgia $34,000 40
      HI
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Hawaii $69,090 2,130
      Urban Honolulu, HI $69,090 1,720
      Kahului, HI $59,390 150
      Hawaii / Kauai $58,750 260
      IA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Davenport, IA-IL $60,380 90
      Iowa City, IA $48,700 —
      Sioux City, IA-NE-SD $47,240 60
      Des Moines, IA $44,760 310
      Cedar Rapids, IA $43,840 140
      Iowa $40,110 1,970
      Southwest Iowa $36,300 —
      Northeast Iowa $36,180 —
      Northwest Iowa $36,180 —
      Southeast Iowa $36,060 —
      ID
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Boise City, ID $49,090 140
      Southeast-Central Idaho $49,000 —
      Idaho $43,490 340
      IL
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Chicago, IL-IN $69,990 6,230
      Illinois $69,950 7,580
      Champaign, IL $65,160 260
      Peoria, IL $60,300 160
      Northwest Illinois $50,110 120
      Rockford, IL $48,200 190
      East Central Illinois $47,230 110
      West Central Illinois $44,070 110
      IN
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Indianapolis, IN $51,770 810
      Indiana $50,400 1,710
      South Bend, IN-MI $50,400 180
      Evansville, IN $49,430 70
      Central Indiana $48,190 70
      Northern Indiana $47,670 60
      Michigan City, IN $44,510 80
      KS
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Topeka, KS $49,890 —
      Kansas $44,480 410
      Wichita, KS $40,450 90
      Kansas $31,200 90
      KY
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN $54,430 1,040
      Lexington, KY $53,760 —
      Kentucky $50,360 2,410
      Bowling Green, KY $47,040 170
      East Kentucky $35,210 120
      Central Kentucky $33,870 100
      West Kentucky $32,110 50
      LA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Louisiana $48,000 1,270
      New Orleans, LA $48,000 880
      Monroe, LA $36,950 210
      MA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Springfield, MA $65,770 290
      Boston, MA-NH $63,000 3,150
      Massachusetts $62,870 3,850
      Worcester, MA $54,100 190
      Massachusetts $53,460 40
      Pittsfield, MA $48,200 70
      MD
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Baltimore, MD $77,130 1,890
      Maryland $69,440 4,680
      Hagerstown, MD-WV $41,260 110
      Maryland $40,410 100
      ME
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Portland, ME $65,310 140
      Lewiston, ME $53,180 70
      Maine $53,180 320
      Southwest Maine $35,720 —
      MI
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Ann Arbor, MI $65,370 280
      Grand Rapids, MI $49,670 350
      Detroit, MI $48,190 850
      Flint, MI $47,660 260
      Midland, MI $47,050 110
      Michigan $46,590 3,080
      Northern Michigan $44,200 —
      Southern Michigan $43,820 100
      Upper Peninsula of Michigan $41,220 —
      Mid Michigan $38,390 320
      MN
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Minneapolis, MN-WI $56,890 1,510
      Duluth, MN-WI $52,990 190
      Minnesota $52,290 2,370
      Northeast Minnesota $46,960 50
      Northwest Minnesota $45,400 160
      Southwest Minnesota $45,200 —
      Mankato, MN $43,930 50
      MO
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Kansas City, MO-KS $63,340 650
      Joplin, MO-KS $59,740 50
      St. Louis, MO-IL $58,120 710
      Missouri $54,090 1,460
      Jefferson City, MO $39,150 60
      Springfield, MO $37,800 50
      Central Missouri $28,590 50
      Southeast Missouri $28,380 70
      MS
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Upper East Mississippi $38,790 70
      Jackson, MS $38,570 120
      Mississippi $37,610 340
      MT
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Missoula, MT $55,560 80
      Bozeman, MT $46,760 70
      Montana $46,760 550
      West Montana $44,530 90
      East-Central Montana $37,480 110
      NC
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Durham, NC $44,720 410
      Winston, NC $42,450 140
      Charlotte, NC-SC $41,790 810
      North Carolina $41,790 2,460
      Raleigh, NC $40,750 180
      Greensboro, NC $39,120 160
      Wilmington, NC $36,170 80
      Burlington, NC $35,600 60
      Central North Carolina $35,320 70
      Eastern North Carolina $34,990 30
      Western North Carolina $33,670 180
      Greenville, NC $27,320 60
      ND
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Bismarck, ND $44,320 60
      North Dakota $39,220 240
      Fargo, ND-MN $32,490 —
      NE
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Lincoln, NE $56,960 150
      Omaha, NE-IA $47,330 120
      Nebraska $43,160 550
      South Nebraska $38,300 —
      Northwest Nebraska $30,930 50
      NH
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      New Hampshire $53,990 260
      NJ
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Atlantic City, NJ $70,700 320
      New Jersey $62,200 5,850
      Trenton, NJ $57,400 470
      NM
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Santa Fe, NM $46,050 100
      Albuquerque, NM $45,680 250
      Las Cruces, NM $45,590 90
      New Mexico $43,450 680
      Northern New Mexico $39,600 110
      Eastern New Mexico $34,500 80
      NV
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Reno, NV $47,090 290
      Las Vegas, NV $42,800 2,170
      Nevada $42,800 2,520
      Balance of Nevada $39,980 50
      NY
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      New York $82,420 16,550
      New York, NY-NJ $70,700 19,130
      Rochester, NY $64,680 540
      Watertown, NY $60,620 70
      Kiryas Joel, NY $55,280 290
      Kingston, NY $52,110 100
      Syracuse, NY $51,210 50
      Albany, NY $48,570 170
      Buffalo, NY $46,820 220
      Central East New York $39,900 120
      Southwest New York $38,510 100
      Capital/Northern New York $38,480 80
      OH
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Columbus, OH $72,480 640
      Dayton, OH $65,780 250
      Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN $55,100 1,140
      Cleveland, OH $54,360 1,280
      Ohio $54,360 3,730
      Akron, OH $47,710 300
      Youngstown, OH $44,370 40
      Eastern Ohio $40,890 30
      Southern Ohio $36,830 50
      OK
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Oklahoma City, OK $51,400 500
      Northwest Oklahoma $51,190 50
      Southwest Oklahoma $45,990 80
      Oklahoma $43,660 1,330
      Tulsa, OK $43,660 —
      Southeast Oklahoma $43,630 190
      Lawton, OK $36,960 90
      Northeast Oklahoma $36,480 60
      Enid, OK $22,520 50
      OR
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Portland, OR-WA $78,220 2,010
      Eugene, OR $64,330 270
      Oregon $62,900 2,730
      Bend, OR $50,790 100
      Central Oregon $39,040 —
      Coast Oregon $39,040 —
      Other
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      District of Columbia $50,470 120
      PA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Harrisburg, PA $63,820 170
      Pittsburgh, PA $58,650 1,350
      Allentown, PA-NJ $54,100 270
      Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD $53,020 1,540
      Johnstown, PA $52,440 120
      Scranton, PA $52,240 270
      Pennsylvania $48,010 4,300
      York, PA $46,760 320
      Northwestern Pennsylvania $37,150 220
      Southwestern Pennsylvania $35,820 230
      PR
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      San Juan, PR $29,770 460
      Ponce, PR $22,620 70
      RI
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Providence, RI-MA $57,130 310
      Rhode Island $49,920 90
      SC
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Columbia, SC $45,210 170
      Greenville, SC $38,640 150
      Charleston, SC $38,580 110
      South Carolina $38,580 720
      SD
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      West South Dakota $45,180 100
      Sioux Falls, SD-MN $41,190 —
      South Dakota $40,470 310
      East South Dakota $37,590 120
      TN
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Nashville, TN $52,330 1,110
      Tennessee $48,140 2,100
      Clarksville, TN-KY $46,190 70
      Knoxville, TN $45,780 270
      Memphis, TN-MS-AR $43,840 290
      East Tennessee $38,820 120
      Chattanooga, TN-GA $27,950 180
      TX
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Dallas, TX $63,930 1,830
      San Antonio, TX $49,980 1,220
      Houston, TX $49,070 3,240
      Texas $49,070 9,510
      Austin, TX $47,910 1,230
      Beaumont, TX $45,620 130
      McAllen, TX $42,360 190
      Midland, TX $40,630 70
      Corpus Christi, TX $39,110 90
      Longview, TX $38,300 50
      Tyler, TX $38,270 30
      El Paso, TX $38,030 420
      Killeen, TX $37,850 —
      Texarkana, TX-AR $37,280 40
      Coastal Plains Region of Texas $37,160 90
      Abilene, TX $36,020 50
      Hill Country Region of Texas $35,420 —
      Brownsville, TX $33,790 110
      UT
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Wasatch Front Fringe Utah $60,740 110
      Ogden, UT $50,590 170
      Salt Lake City, UT $49,500 540
      Utah $49,500 1,120
      High Desert Utah $47,150 —
      VA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Richmond, VA $63,920 500
      Virginia $51,140 4,040
      Charlottesville, VA $47,090 260
      Virginia Beach, VA-NC $45,930 610
      West Virginia $45,440 580
      Roanoke, VA $38,510 160
      Northern West Virginia $37,110 150
      Southwest Virginia $35,630 —
      Southside Virginia $35,270 —
      VT
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Burlington, VT $56,560 170
      Vermont $52,520 410
      Southern Vermont $47,740 140
      WA
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Seattle, WA $81,400 4,520
      Washington $70,360 7,100
      Bremerton, WA $63,770 220
      Spokane, WA $60,160 490
      Western Washington $54,610 —
      WI
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Eau Claire, WI $58,050 30
      Green Bay, WI $56,640 50
      Appleton, WI $56,540 70
      La Crosse, WI-MN $53,840 90
      Milwaukee, WI $51,300 1,020
      Wisconsin $51,100 2,280
      Sheboygan, WI $49,390 —
      Janesville, WI $45,300 160
      Wausau, WI $44,950 60
      Northeastern Wisconsin $44,780 80
      WV
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Huntington, WV-KY-OH $48,230 70
      WY
      Metro areaMedian salaryEmployed
      Western Wyoming $52,900 80
      Wyoming $43,910 160