Bus Drivers, School · SOC 53-3051
Bus Drivers, School Salary in the Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Bus Drivers, School in the Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $30,660 per year ($14.74 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $27,960 at the 10th percentile to $35,620 at the 90th. BLS estimates 600 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Bus Drivers, School in the Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area earn more than $30,660 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $29,610 and $32,820.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $27,960 | $29,610 | $30,660 | $32,820 | $35,620 |
| Hourly | $13.44 | $14.24 | $14.74 | $15.78 | $17.13 |
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
- Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area$30,660 median for Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $29,610 to $32,820
- West Virginiastate$33,360 median for West Virginia; middle half earns $30,760 to $35,290
- 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 −8% vs West Virginia overall and −36% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in West Virginia
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for bus drivers, school, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan areathis page$30,660 median for Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $29,610 to $32,820
- $35,350 median for Wheeling metro area; middle half earns $34,310 to $36,980
- $35,070 median for Beckley metro area; middle half earns $30,910 to $35,550
- $34,540 median for Charleston metro area; middle half earns $31,880 to $34,670
- $34,450 median for Weirton metro area; middle half earns $29,630 to $34,940
- $34,330 median for Morgantown metro area; middle half earns $31,090 to $35,790
- $34,050 median for Huntington metro area; middle half earns $33,780 to $34,820
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 Southern West Virginia 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.