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Highest-Paying Metro Areas for School Bus Monitorss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for school bus monitors. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (5 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 155 metro areas

School Bus Monitors: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$47,170	190	0.1
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$43,250	140	0.1
3	Eugene-Springfield, OR	$43,110	100	0.6
4	Rochester, MN	$41,720	70	0.6
5	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$41,720	2,220	0.7
6	Kennewick-Richland, WA	$41,660	60	0.4
7	Lexington Park, MD	$41,490	90	1.3
8	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$41,490	210	0.2
9	Stockton-Lodi, CA	$41,050	40	0.1
10	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$40,710	50	0.4
11	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$40,540	50	0.0
12	Barnstable Town, MA	$40,160	50	0.5
13	Worcester, MA	$40,130	330	0.9
14	Green Bay, WI	$39,880	60	0.4
15	Rocky Mount, NC	$39,080	100	1.8
16	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$38,920	Not published	Not published
17	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$38,820	150	0.2
18	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$38,670	580	0.3
19	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$38,590	650	0.5
20	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$38,470	1,090	0.4
21	Lewiston-Auburn, ME	$38,410	40	0.8
22	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$38,360	270	0.0
23	Bakersfield-Delano, CA	$38,220	110	0.3
24	Harrisonburg, VA	$37,660	30	0.5
25	Durham-Chapel Hill, NC	$37,630	80	0.2

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the School Bus Monitors overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.