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School Bus Monitors · SOC 33-9094

School Bus Monitors Salary in the Durham Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metro area

Figures describe the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Durham city limits.

Median annual wage$37,630
Median hourly wage$18.09

School Bus Monitors in the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metro area earned a median of $37,630 per year ($18.09 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $32,710 at the 10th percentile to $44,110 at the 90th. BLS estimates 80 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of School Bus Monitors in the Durham metro area earn more than $37,630 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $35,330 and $37,630.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$32,710$35,330$37,630$37,630$44,110
Hourly$15.73$16.99$18.09$18.09$21.21

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.

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How this area compares

  • Durham metro areathis metro area
    $37,630
  • North Carolinastate (NC)
    $32,970
  • United Statesnational
    $35,100

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +14% vs North Carolina overall and +7% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$17,050$27,090$37,130$47,170Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $17,050Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $20,190Savannah, GA — $20,370Kokomo, IN — $24,150Jackson, MS — $24,750New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $25,070Twin Falls, ID — $25,250Killeen-Temple, TX — $25,990Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $26,240Knoxville, TN — $26,680Oklahoma City, OK — $26,910Youngstown-Warren, OH — $26,920Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $26,970Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $27,250Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $27,260Cleveland, OH — $27,320Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $27,430Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $27,450Columbus, GA-AL — $27,560Spartanburg, SC — $27,770Columbia, SC — $27,780Wichita, KS — $27,790Jonesboro, AR — $27,990Chattanooga, TN-GA — $28,180Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $28,640Tulsa, OK — $28,770San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $28,840Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $28,850Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $28,910Baton Rouge, LA — $29,300Jacksonville, FL — $29,390El Paso, TX — $29,520Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $29,540Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $29,570Boise City, ID — $29,600Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $29,660South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $29,910Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $30,070Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $30,130McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $30,180Lynchburg, VA — $30,240Richmond, VA — $30,420Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $30,640North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $30,670Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $30,830Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $30,990Warner Robins, GA — $31,180Kankakee, IL — $31,200Rockford, IL — $31,200Springfield, IL — $31,200Lake Charles, LA — $31,410Kansas City, MO-KS — $31,500Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $31,570Raleigh-Cary, NC — $31,630Flint, MI — $31,860Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $31,860Fort Smith, AR-OK — $31,950Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $32,030Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $32,220Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $32,330Fort Wayne, IN — $32,340Binghamton, NY — $32,370Joplin, MO-KS — $32,470Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $32,780Columbus, OH — $32,830Roanoke, VA — $33,080Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $33,100Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $33,120Lancaster, PA — $33,210St. George, UT — $33,270Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $33,290Pittsfield, MA — $33,330Winston-Salem, NC — $33,380Greensboro-High Point, NC — $33,430Topeka, KS — $33,560Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $33,590Elmira, NY — $33,700Bloomington, IL — $33,750Manchester-Nashua, NH — $33,750Utica-Rome, NY — $33,800Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $33,890Champaign-Urbana, IL — $33,900Omaha, NE-IA — $33,930Anchorage, AK — $33,990Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $34,010Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $34,120Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $34,430Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $34,440Port St. Lucie, FL — $34,440Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $34,460Cedar Rapids, IA — $34,590Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $34,620Tucson, AZ — $34,650Rochester, NY — $34,710Kingston, NY — $34,770Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $34,780New Haven, CT — $34,790St. Louis, MO-IL — $34,880Pittsburgh, PA — $34,970Rapid City, SD — $35,000Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $35,010Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $35,040Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $35,040Gainesville, FL — $35,060Albuquerque, NM — $35,110Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $35,120Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $35,450Athens-Clarke County, GA — $35,520Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $35,520Evansville, IN — $35,620Glens Falls, NY — $35,750Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $35,910Syracuse, NY — $35,950Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $35,980Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $36,130Reading, PA — $36,140Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $36,240Farmington, NM — $36,250Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $36,270Dover, DE — $36,410Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $36,490Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $36,540Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $36,610Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $36,830Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $36,930Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $37,130Peoria, IL — $37,140Fargo, ND-MN — $37,150Bangor, ME — $37,300New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $37,340Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $37,630Harrisonburg, VA — $37,660Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $38,220Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $38,360Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $38,410Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $38,470Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $38,590Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $38,670Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $38,820San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $38,920Rocky Mount, NC — $39,080Green Bay, WI — $39,880Worcester, MA — $40,130Barnstable Town, MA — $40,160Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $40,540Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $40,710Stockton-Lodi, CA — $41,050Lexington Park, MD — $41,490Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $41,490Kennewick-Richland, WA — $41,660Rochester, MN — $41,720Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $41,720Eugene-Springfield, OR — $43,110San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $43,250Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $47,170

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Durham metro area has the 25th-highest published median for this occupation among the 155 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in North Carolina

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for school bus monitors, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Durham metro areathis page
    $37,630
  • Rocky Mount metro area
    $39,080
  • Charlotte metro area
    $34,120
  • Greensboro metro area
    $33,430
  • Winston-Salem metro area
    $33,380
  • Raleigh metro area
    $31,630

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:

Security Guards$38,530Firefighters$38,350Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers$60,100Crossing Guards and Flaggers$35,770First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers$59,520Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers$27,280

Highest-paying metro areas for school bus monitorss · Highest-paying occupations in Durham Metro

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.