Public Bus Operator

BLS OEWS, May 2025, national. The matching BLS detailed occupation is Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity (53-3052).

BLS occupation title

Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity

SOC code

53-3052

National employment

159,240

Median hourly wage

$28.39

Mean hourly wage

$28.98

Median annual wage

$59,050

Mean annual wage

$60,280

10th percentile hourly wage

$19.25

90th percentile hourly wage

$40.72

Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 national estimates, https://www.bls.gov/oes/. Record: 53-3052.

What these figures are

National estimates for one BLS occupation across all employers, not a rate for any one job and not a statement about any shift pattern. The median is the wage at which half the workers in the occupation are above and half below. Where BLS does not publish a value, the page says so and does not estimate it.

Shift hours

Pay for a particular shift is arithmetic on the hours actually worked and the rate actually paid. The calculators do only that arithmetic: shift hours, hour totals split at 40, long shifts, shifts that end next day.