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Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity

SOC 53-3052 · 2024-2034

Drive bus or motor coach, including regular route operations, charters, and private carriage. May assist passengers with baggage. May collect fares or tickets.

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

The job this trains for

Typical pay in California
$68,599per year
Projected openings
33,100
Projected change
+8.8%
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. Operation and Control
  2. Operations Monitoring
  3. Time Management
  4. Active Listening
  5. Service Orientation
  6. Critical Thinking

Pay by region

RegionTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openings
Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County)$82,836250
Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties)$81,3722,380
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties)$68,0725,010
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County)$66,68710,270
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County)$61,0902,150
Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County)$59,8491,640
Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County)$58,242200
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties)$56,6751,740
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties)$56,2041,200
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties)$50,89870
North Coast Region (Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, and Mendocino Counties)$50,570130
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County)$49,679240
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties)$49,669150
Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County)$47,897430
Redding MSA (Shasta County)Not reported130
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties)Not reported1,790
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County)Not reported130
Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County)Not reported160

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
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$45,70952,480+19.9%
Taxi Drivers$40,11966,330+48%
Bus Drivers, School$62,37626,030+3.1%
School Bus Monitors$39,3322,1800%
Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters$71,4811,120-6.7%
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$61,548262,610+11.4%

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