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Bus Drivers, School

SOC 53-3051 · 2024-2034

Drive a school bus to transport students. Ensure adherence to safety rules. May assist students in boarding or exiting.

How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.

The job this trains for

Typical pay in California
$62,376per year
Projected openings
26,030
Projected change
+3.1%
Usually needs
High school diploma or equivalent

Skills this work uses most

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.

  1. Monitoring
  2. Active Listening
  3. Critical Thinking
  4. Social Perceptiveness
  5. Operations Monitoring
  6. Speaking

Pay by region

RegionTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openings
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties)$66,6931,050
Napa MSA (Napa County)$66,324100
Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties)$65,203870
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties)$63,444860
Chico MSA (Butte County)$60,87580
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County)$60,6824,790
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County)$60,5371,610
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties)$60,393790
Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County)$59,881130
Merced MSA (Merced County)$59,687540
Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County)$59,687300
Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County)$59,4241,870
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County)$59,092580
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties)$58,1404,090
El Centro MSA (Imperial County)$58,02770
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County)$57,218300
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties)$56,99390
Visalia MSA (Tulare County)$56,183300
Redding MSA (Shasta County)$55,46660
Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County)$54,186380
Vallejo MSA (Solano County)$54,002240
Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County)$53,623590
Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties)$52,977610
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties)$52,045180
North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties)$50,908240
Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County)$50,87760
Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties)$47,856120
San Rafael MD (Marin County)Not reported120
Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County)Not reported250

Similar work

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.

The job this trains forTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openingsProjected change
School Bus Monitors$39,3322,1800%
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity$68,59933,100+8.8%
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$45,70952,480+19.9%
Taxi Drivers$40,11966,330+48%
Light Truck Drivers$47,814157,370+17.9%
Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters$71,4811,120-6.7%

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