SALARY · BUS DRIVERS, SCHOOL · WASHINGTON

Bus Drivers, School salary in Washington

Before you accept an offer, it helps to know what typical pay looks like where the job actually sits. For bus drivers, school in Washington, BLS put the median at $63,370 a year. The percentiles below show what the lower and upper parts of the field looked like.

MEDIAN ANNUAL SALARY

$63,370

$30 per hour at the median · That is $15,450 (32.2 percent) above the national median of $47,920 for this occupation.

$62,940Mean annual salary
$30Mean hourly wage
$9,660People employed in this job in Washington

Salary range

25th: $56,640Median: $63,37075th: $70,890
MeasureAnnual
25th percentile$56,640
Median (50th percentile)$63,370
75th percentile$70,890
Mean$62,940

The middle half of workers earned from $56,640 to $70,890 a year. The gap between the mean and the median tells its own story. When the mean sits above the median, a smaller group at the top is pulling the average up. When the two are close, pay is more even across the field.

What stays in your pocket on the median salary

ESTIMATED TAKE-HOME PAY

$53,098 a year
$4,425 a month
Federal tax $5,424 · FICA $4,848 · State tax $0
Read this before you use the take-home figure. It is a single-filer estimate using the 2026 standard deduction. It leaves out credits, other deductions, local taxes, and retirement or health deductions. Your actual paycheck can differ, and for states without a verified 2026 table in this build, state tax is still to be added once its table is verified.

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