Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs · SOC 53-3053

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for shuttle drivers and chauffeurs. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 380 metro areas

Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Urban Honolulu, HI	$57,050	1,840	4.1
2	Kahului-Wailuku, HI	$54,340	280	3.8
3	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$51,860	160	1.7
4	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$50,040	1,140	1.0
5	Boulder, CO	$49,500	220	1.1
6	Modesto, CA	$48,770	310	1.6
7	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$48,370	4,540	1.9
8	Springfield, MA	$47,720	1,650	8.2
9	Brunswick-St. Simons, GA	$47,710	80	1.8
10	Coeur d'Alene, ID	$46,550	90	1.2
11	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$46,180	3,040	1.5
12	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$45,640	540	1.7
13	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$45,640	4,960	1.6
14	Harrisonburg, VA	$45,580	140	2.1
15	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$45,410	18,760	2.0
16	Grand Forks, ND-MN	$44,830	120	2.4
17	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$44,460	11,590	1.8
18	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$44,270	440	2.2
19	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	$44,130	50	0.9
20	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$43,840	200	1.6
21	Lewiston-Auburn, ME	$43,680	110	2.2
22	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$43,670	2,350	1.5
23	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$43,640	2,300	1.4
24	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$43,590	7,970	2.9
25	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$43,410	1,690	1.6

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs 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.