BUS DRIVER Salary in Vermont

How much does a BUS DRIVER make in Vermont?

As of July 01, 2026, the average salary for a BUS DRIVER in Vermont is $45,505 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $22.

However, a BUS DRIVER's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $59,121
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $38,424 to $52,632
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $31,977

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BUS DRIVER Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$52,632	$4,386	$1,012	$25
Average	$45,505	$3,792	$875	$22
25th Percentile	$38,424	$3,202	$739	$18

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Key Factors That Influence BUS DRIVER Salaries

A BUS DRIVER's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Do BUS DRIVER Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract BUS DRIVERs. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $51,333.
California: $51,138.
Massachusetts: $50,456.

District of Columbia $51,333 California $51,138 Massachusetts $50,456 Washington $50,271 New Jersey $50,252 Alaska $50,187 Connecticut $49,548 New York $49,288

Hawaii $48,458 Rhode Island $48,069 Maryland $47,804 Minnesota $47,443 Colorado $47,304 Illinois $47,257 Oregon $47,081 Delaware $46,951

New Hampshire $46,870 Virginia $46,687 Pennsylvania $46,154 Nevada $45,885 North Dakota $45,797 Michigan $45,658 Wisconsin $45,607 Vermont $45,505

Texas $45,222 Maine $45,203 Arizona $45,176 Ohio $45,143 Georgia $44,717 Indiana $44,503 Wyoming $44,462 Utah $44,397

Iowa $44,369 Kansas $44,146 Louisiana $44,081 North Carolina $44,058 Missouri $44,049 Florida $43,868 Montana $43,771 Nebraska $43,678

Kentucky $43,627 South Carolina $43,442 Tennessee $43,326 Idaho $43,279 New Mexico $42,941 Oklahoma $42,867 Alabama $42,593 South Dakota $42,134

Arkansas $41,884 West Virginia $41,749 Mississippi $41,346

Top Paying Cities for BUS DRIVERs

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Adamant: $46,578
Barre: $46,648
Cabot: $46,546

Adamant, VT $46,578 Barre, VT $46,648 Cabot, VT $46,546 Calais, VT $46,586 East Barre, VT $46,577 East Calais, VT $46,578 East Montpelier, VT $46,609 Eden, VT $46,547

Eden Mills, VT $46,505 Graniteville, VT $46,645 Hyde Park, VT $46,616 Johnson, VT $46,675 Lake Elmore, VT $46,564 Marshfield, VT $46,554 Moretown, VT $46,678 Morrisville, VT $46,673

Moscow, VT $46,696 Northfield, VT $46,621 Northfield Falls, VT $46,839 North Hyde Park, VT $46,613 North Montpelier, VT $46,566 Plainfield, VT $46,560 Roxbury, VT $46,481 South Barre, VT $46,702

Waterbury, VT $46,692 Stowe, VT $46,698 Waitsfield, VT $46,672 Warren, VT $46,585 Washington, VT $46,494 Waterbury Center, VT $46,690 Websterville, VT $46,638 Williamstown, VT $46,584

Wolcott, VT $46,558 Woodbury, VT $46,512 Worcester, VT $46,559 Rutland, VT $46,557 Belmont, VT $46,413 Benson, VT $46,413 Bomoseen, VT $46,486 Brandon, VT $46,521

Bridport, VT $46,526 Castleton, VT $46,495 Center Rutland, VT $46,527 Chittenden, VT $46,420 Cuttingsville, VT $46,404 Danby, VT $46,483 East Middlebury, VT $46,551 East Poultney, VT $46,488

East Wallingford, VT $46,438 Fair Haven, VT $46,454 Florence, VT $46,438 Forest Dale, VT $46,522 Gaysville, VT $46,227 Granville, VT $46,445 Hancock, VT $46,438 Hydeville, VT $46,492

Killington, VT $46,433 Middlebury, VT $46,623 Middletown Springs, VT $46,463 Mount Holly, VT $46,420 North Clarendon, VT $46,488 Orwell, VT $46,483 Pawlet, VT $46,500 Pittsfield, VT $46,460

Pittsford, VT $46,504 Poultney, VT $46,496 Proctor, VT $46,547 Ripton, VT $46,493 Rochester, VT $46,469 Rupert, VT $46,464 Salisbury, VT $46,539 Shoreham, VT $46,499

Stockbridge, VT $46,417 Wallingford, VT $46,442 Wells, VT $46,502 West Pawlet, VT $46,517 West Rupert, VT $46,506 West Rutland, VT $46,478 Whiting, VT $46,501 Saint Johnsbury, VT $46,551

Albany, VT $46,524 Barnet, VT $46,502 Barton, VT $46,519 Beebe Plain, VT $46,533 Concord, VT $46,458 Coventry, VT $46,587 Craftsbury, VT $46,538 Craftsbury Common, VT $46,540

Danville, VT $46,512 Derby, VT $46,533 Derby Line, VT $46,498 East Burke, VT $46,497 East Charleston, VT $46,502 East Hardwick, VT $46,527 East Haven, VT $46,395 East Saint Johnsbury, VT $46,550

Glover, VT $46,505 Granby, VT $46,338 Greensboro, VT $46,490 Greensboro Bend, VT $46,519 Hardwick, VT $46,571 Irasburg, VT $46,508 Island Pond, VT $46,432 Lowell, VT $46,492

Lower Waterford, VT $46,545 Lyndon, VT $46,537 Lyndon Center, VT $46,589 Lyndonville, VT $46,539 Morgan, VT $46,455 Newport, VT $46,561 Newport Center, VT $46,502 North Concord, VT $46,380

North Troy, VT $46,508 Orleans, VT $46,490 Passumpsic, VT $46,554 Peacham, VT $46,460 Saint Johnsbury Center, VT $46,555 Sheffield, VT $46,473 Sutton, VT $46,469 Troy, VT $46,513

West Burke, VT $46,500 West Charleston, VT $46,478 West Danville, VT $46,515 Westfield, VT $46,477 West Glover, VT $46,509 Averill, VT $46,239 Beecher Falls, VT $46,539 Canaan, VT $46,423

Gilman, VT $46,627 Guildhall, VT $46,362 Lunenburg, VT $46,463 Norton, VT $46,331 North Bennington, VT $46,849 North Pownal, VT $46,943 Pownal, VT $46,970 White River Junction, VT $46,545

Ascutney, VT $46,567 Barnard, VT $46,439 Bethel, VT $46,468 Bradford, VT $46,517 Bridgewater, VT $46,487 Bridgewater Corners, VT $46,395 Brookfield, VT $46,514 Brownsville, VT $46,488

Chelsea, VT $46,487 Corinth, VT $46,474 East Corinth, VT $46,494 East Randolph, VT $46,503 East Ryegate, VT $46,462 East Thetford, VT $46,520 Fairlee, VT $46,470 Groton, VT $46,482

Hartford, VT $46,666 Hartland, VT $46,503 Hartland Four Corners, VT $46,501 Mc Indoe Falls, VT $46,621 Newbury, VT $46,477 North Hartland, VT $46,536 North Pomfret, VT $46,456 North Thetford, VT $46,519

Norwich, VT $46,509 Plymouth, VT $46,362 Post Mills, VT $46,509 Quechee, VT $46,557 Randolph, VT $46,548 Randolph Center, VT $46,525 Reading, VT $46,400 Sharon, VT $46,467

South Pomfret, VT $46,423 South Royalton, VT $46,481 South Ryegate, VT $46,490 South Strafford, VT $46,478 South Woodstock, VT $46,412 Strafford, VT $46,438 Taftsville, VT $46,560 Thetford, VT $46,520

Thetford Center, VT $46,471 Topsham, VT $46,457 Tunbridge, VT $46,466 Vershire, VT $46,444 Wells River, VT $46,493 West Fairlee, VT $46,579 West Hartford, VT $46,457 West Newbury, VT $46,475

West Topsham, VT $46,494 Wilder, VT $46,668 Windsor, VT $46,522 Woodstock, VT $46,465 Bellows Falls, VT $46,635 Cambridgeport, VT $46,581 Cavendish, VT $46,426 Chester, VT $46,473

Chester Depot, VT $46,456 Grafton, VT $46,438 Londonderry, VT $46,521 Ludlow, VT $46,451 North Springfield, VT $46,613 Perkinsville, VT $46,486 Peru, VT $46,472 Proctorsville, VT $46,434

Saxtons River, VT $46,625 South Londonderry, VT $46,550 Springfield, VT $46,590 Westminster, VT $46,634 Westminster Station, VT $46,637 Weston, VT $46,425 Shaftsbury, VT $46,793 Brattleboro, VT $46,730

Bondville, VT $46,536 East Dover, VT $46,631 Jacksonville, VT $46,748 Jamaica, VT $46,537 Marlboro, VT $46,961 Newfane, VT $46,600 Putney, VT $46,591 Readsboro, VT $46,967

South Newfane, VT $46,617 Stamford, VT $46,933 Townshend, VT $46,558 Vernon, VT $46,872 Wardsboro, VT $46,592 West Dover, VT $46,668 West Dummerston, VT $46,612 West Halifax, VT $46,684

West Townshend, VT $46,496 West Wardsboro, VT $46,496 Whitingham, VT $46,732 Williamsville, VT $46,612 Wilmington, VT $46,703 Burlington, VT $46,831 South Burlington, VT $46,828 Winooski, VT $46,831

Colchester, VT $46,831 Alburgh, VT $46,597 Bakersfield, VT $46,666 Belvidere Center, VT $46,497 Bristol, VT $46,676 Cambridge, VT $46,732 Charlotte, VT $46,767 East Berkshire, VT $46,621

East Fairfield, VT $46,691 Enosburg Falls, VT $46,562 Essex, VT $46,795 Essex Junction, VT $46,798 Fairfax, VT $46,735 Fairfield, VT $46,690 Ferrisburgh, VT $46,715 Franklin, VT $46,565

Grand Isle, VT $46,739 Highgate Center, VT $46,604 Highgate Springs, VT $46,628 Hinesburg, VT $46,766 Huntington, VT $46,731 Isle La Motte, VT $46,655 Jeffersonville, VT $46,700 Jericho, VT $46,756

Jonesville, VT $46,766 Milton, VT $46,778 Monkton, VT $46,729 Montgomery, VT $46,562 Montgomery Center, VT $46,505 New Haven, VT $46,670 North Ferrisburgh, VT $46,736 North Hero, VT $46,690

Richford, VT $46,554 Richmond, VT $46,761 Saint Albans, VT $46,711 Saint Albans Bay, VT $46,705 Shelburne, VT $46,810 Sheldon, VT $46,655 Sheldon Springs, VT $46,770 South Hero, VT $46,782

Starksboro, VT $46,703 Swanton, VT $46,647 Underhill, VT $46,745 Underhill Center, VT $46,747 Vergennes, VT $46,656 Waterville, VT $46,672 Westford, VT $46,769 Williston, VT $46,804

Montpelier, VT $46,641 Bennington, VT $46,883 Arlington, VT $46,718 Dorset, VT $46,536 East Arlington, VT $46,519 East Dorset, VT $46,537 Manchester, VT $46,663 Manchester Center, VT $46,632

BUS DRIVER Salary by Industry: Top Paying Sectors

For BUS DRIVER roles, the industry you choose can affect earning potential by as much as 48% (the gap between the highest and lowest paying industries). Data shows that the Pharmaceuticals and Internet sectors offer the strongest compensation, at 28% above the average. In contrast, BUS DRIVER positions in Financial Services or Retail & Wholesale typically offer lower base pay, as these industries often view BUS DRIVER as a support function rather than a direct revenue driver.

The top paying industries for a BUS DRIVER

Industry Sector	Average Annual Salary	Average Hourly Rate	Pay vs.Avg
Pharmaceuticals	$58,246	$28.0	28%
Internet	$56,881	$27.0	25%
Energy & Utilities	$52,331	$25.0	15%
Aerospace & Defense	$50,965	$25.0	12%
Insurance	$50,055	$24.0	10%

BUS DRIVER Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a BUS DRIVER's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

Last Updated on July 01, 2026

$38,424

Average $45,505/year

$52,632

$3,202

Average $3,792/month

$4,386

$739

Average $875/week

$1,012

$18

Average $22/hour

$25

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$52,632	$4,386	$1,012	$25
Average	$45,505	$3,792	$875	$22
25th Percentile	$38,424	$3,202	$739	$18

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