Bus Drivers, School · SOC 53-3051
Bus Drivers, School Salary in the Connecticut nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Connecticut nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Bus Drivers, School in the Connecticut nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $48,070 per year ($23.11 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $35,940 at the 10th percentile to $63,330 at the 90th. BLS estimates 520 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Bus Drivers, School in the Connecticut nonmetropolitan area earn more than $48,070 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $47,430 and $62,080.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $35,940 | $47,430 | $48,070 | $62,080 | $63,330 |
| Hourly | $17.28 | $22.80 | $23.11 | $29.85 | $30.45 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Connecticut nonmetropolitan area$48,070 median for Connecticut nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $47,430 to $62,080
- Connecticutstate$61,520 median for Connecticut; middle half earns $47,490 to $63,110
- United Statesnational$47,920 median for United States; middle half earns $38,650 to $58,430
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −22% vs Connecticut overall and about the same vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Connecticut
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for bus drivers, school, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Connecticut nonmetropolitan areathis page$48,070 median for Connecticut nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $47,430 to $62,080
- $63,710 median for Bridgeport metro area; middle half earns $48,920 to $68,640
- $62,160 median for New Haven metro area; middle half earns $48,430 to $63,650
- $61,560 median for Hartford metro area; middle half earns $46,630 to $62,590
- $61,550 median for Waterbury metro area; middle half earns $45,390 to $62,980
- $59,310 median for Norwich metro area; middle half earns $46,150 to $61,930
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for bus drivers, schools · Highest-paying occupations in Connecticut nonmetropolitan area
About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
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.