Transit Driver Salary in Minnesota

How much does a Transit Driver make in Minnesota?

As of July 01, 2026, the average salary for a Transit Driver in Minnesota is $52,827 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $25.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $60,785
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $47,008 to $56,992
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $41,710

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Transit Driver Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$56,992	$4,749	$1,096	$27
Average	$52,827	$4,402	$1,016	$25
25th Percentile	$47,008	$3,917	$904	$23

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Key Factors That Influence Transit Driver Salaries

A Transit 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 Transit 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 Transit Drivers. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $57,158.
California: $56,941.
Massachusetts: $56,182.

District of Columbia $57,158 California $56,941 Massachusetts $56,182 Washington $55,976 New Jersey $55,955 Alaska $55,883 Connecticut $55,170 New York $54,881

Hawaii $53,957 Rhode Island $53,524 Maryland $53,229 Minnesota $52,827 Colorado $52,672 Illinois $52,620 Oregon $52,424 Delaware $52,279

New Hampshire $52,189 Virginia $51,985 Pennsylvania $51,391 Nevada $51,092 North Dakota $50,994 Michigan $50,839 Wisconsin $50,782 Vermont $50,669

Texas $50,354 Maine $50,333 Arizona $50,302 Ohio $50,266 Georgia $49,791 Indiana $49,554 Wyoming $49,507 Utah $49,435

Iowa $49,404 Kansas $49,156 Louisiana $49,084 North Carolina $49,058 Missouri $49,048 Florida $48,846 Montana $48,738 Nebraska $48,635

Kentucky $48,578 South Carolina $48,372 Tennessee $48,242 Idaho $48,191 New Mexico $47,814 Oklahoma $47,731 Alabama $47,427 South Dakota $46,916

Arkansas $46,637 West Virginia $46,487 Mississippi $46,038

Top Paying Cities for Transit 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:

Conger: $50,577
Courtland: $50,520
Darfur: $50,260

Conger, MN $50,577 Courtland, MN $50,520 Darfur, MN $50,260 Delavan, MN $50,268 Eagle Lake, MN $50,997 Easton, MN $50,287 Ellendale, MN $50,997 Elmore, MN $50,028

Elysian, MN $51,251 Emmons, MN $50,179 Essig, MN $50,326 Fairmont, MN $50,162 Freeborn, MN $50,649 Frost, MN $50,108 Garden City, MN $50,264 Geneva, MN $51,125

Glenville, MN $50,398 Good Thunder, MN $50,354 Granada, MN $50,113 Hanska, MN $50,114 Hartland, MN $50,692 Hayward, MN $50,689 Henderson, MN $51,566 Hollandale, MN $50,904

Hope, MN $51,152 Huntley, MN $50,229 Janesville, MN $50,896 Kasota, MN $51,087 Kiester, MN $50,188 Kilkenny, MN $51,496 Lafayette, MN $50,620 Lake Crystal, MN $50,345

La Salle, MN $50,208 Le Center, MN $51,602 Le Sueur, MN $51,490 Lewisville, MN $50,156 Madelia, MN $50,195 Madison Lake, MN $51,138 Mapleton, MN $50,380 Minnesota Lake, MN $50,406

Montgomery, MN $51,786 New Prague, MN $52,428 New Richland, MN $50,814 New Ulm, MN $50,319 Nicollet, MN $50,795 Northrop, MN $50,469 Pemberton, MN $50,636 Saint Clair, MN $50,961

Saint James, MN $50,158 Saint Peter, MN $51,203 Sanborn, MN $49,958 Searles, MN $50,240 Sleepy Eye, MN $50,076 Springfield, MN $50,028 Truman, MN $50,172 Twin Lakes, MN $50,315

Vernon Center, MN $50,230 Waldorf, MN $50,521 Waseca, MN $50,985 Waterville, MN $51,339 Wells, MN $50,410 Winnebago, MN $50,260 Windom, MN $50,087 Adrian, MN $48,784

Alpha, MN $49,941 Arco, MN $49,872 Avoca, MN $49,843 Balaton, MN $49,747 Beaver Creek, MN $47,534 Bigelow, MN $49,248 Bingham Lake, MN $50,012 Brewster, MN $49,867

Butterfield, MN $50,069 Ceylon, MN $49,980 Chandler, MN $49,057 Currie, MN $49,936 Dovray, MN $50,131 Dunnell, MN $49,904 Starbuck, MN $49,909 Morris, MN $49,941

Crane Lake, MN $49,425 Cromwell, MN $49,613 Grand Rapids, MN $49,627 Ely, MN $49,497 Embarrass, MN $49,427 Esko, MN $49,599 Eveleth, MN $49,502 Finlayson, MN $49,748

Floodwood, MN $49,473 Forbes, MN $49,340 Gilbert, MN $49,489 Goodland, MN $49,412 Hibbing, MN $49,378 Hill City, MN $49,570 Holyoke, MN $49,608 Hoyt Lakes, MN $49,497

Iron, MN $49,353 Jacobson, MN $49,443 Keewatin, MN $49,600 Kerrick, MN $49,695 Kettle River, MN $49,692 Kinney, MN $49,430 Mcgregor, MN $49,618 Makinen, MN $49,437

Marble, MN $49,569 Meadowlands, MN $49,449 Melrude, MN $49,430 Moose Lake, MN $49,800 Afton, MN $52,943 Almelund, MN $51,624 Bayport, MN $52,856 Bethel, MN $52,405

Braham, MN $50,896 Brook Park, MN $50,100 Cambridge, MN $51,482 Cannon Falls, MN $51,713 Castle Rock, MN $52,548 Cedar, MN $52,645 Center City, MN $51,960 Chisago City, MN $52,412

Circle Pines, MN $53,335 Cottage Grove, MN $53,078 Dalbo, MN $50,889 Wirt, MN $49,483 Thief River Falls, MN $49,778 Alvarado, MN $49,625 Angle Inlet, MN $49,603 Argyle, MN $49,686

Badger, MN $49,718 Brooks, MN $49,731 Crookston, MN $49,648 Donaldson, MN $49,708 East Grand Forks, MN $49,564 Euclid, MN $49,598 Fisher, MN $49,567 Gatzke, MN $49,633

Goodridge, MN $49,668 Greenbush, MN $49,720 Grygla, MN $49,610 Hallock, MN $49,842 Halma, MN $49,705 Humboldt, MN $49,813 Karlstad, MN $49,739 Kennedy, MN $49,731

Lake Bronson, MN $49,696 Lancaster, MN $49,699 Mentor, MN $49,715 Middle River, MN $49,691 Newfolden, MN $49,703 Noyes, MN $49,857 Oak Island, MN $49,601 Oklee, MN $49,742

Oslo, MN $49,639 Plummer, MN $49,720 Red Lake Falls, MN $49,695 Roseau, MN $49,750 Saint Hilaire, MN $49,725 Saint Vincent, MN $49,817 Salol, MN $49,706 Stephen, MN $49,686

Strandquist, MN $49,671 Strathcona, MN $49,665 Viking, MN $49,646 Wannaska, MN $49,690 Warren, MN $49,627 Warroad, MN $49,765 Edgerton, MN $48,790 Georgetown, MN $49,730

Glyndon, MN $49,725 Morton, MN $49,996 Murdock, MN $49,894 New London, MN $50,332 Norcross, MN $49,754 Odessa, MN $49,717 Olivia, MN $49,988 Ortonville, MN $49,821

Pennock, MN $50,091 Porter, MN $49,811 Prinsburg, MN $50,008 Raymond, MN $49,938 Redwood Falls, MN $49,990 Renville, MN $49,935 Sacred Heart, MN $49,906 Seaforth, MN $50,052

Spicer, MN $50,378 Sunburg, MN $50,052 Taunton, MN $49,890 Vesta, MN $49,885 Wabasso, MN $49,940 Wanda, MN $50,122 Watson, MN $49,916 Wheaton, MN $49,813

Wood Lake, MN $49,897 Saint Cloud, MN $50,929 Albany, MN $50,634 Alexandria, MN $50,003 Ashby, MN $49,879 Avon, MN $50,783 Barrett, MN $49,847 Belgrade, MN $50,282

Bock, MN $50,888 Bowlus, MN $50,573 Brandon, MN $49,891 Brooten, MN $50,122 Buckman, MN $50,659 Burtrum, MN $50,371 Carlos, MN $49,899 Cold Spring, MN $50,835

Collegeville, MN $50,843 Cyrus, MN $49,884 Dalton, MN $49,858 Elrosa, MN $50,534 Waltham, MN $51,274 Evansville, MN $49,864 Farwell, MN $49,888 Flensburg, MN $50,395

Foley, MN $50,794 Foreston, MN $50,803 Freeport, MN $50,537 Garfield, MN $49,900 Gilman, MN $50,779 Glenwood, MN $50,002 Greenwald, MN $50,513 Grey Eagle, MN $50,346

Hillman, MN $50,316 Hoffman, MN $49,889 Holdingford, MN $50,641 Holmes City, MN $49,885 Isle, MN $49,775 Kensington, MN $49,873 Lastrup, MN $50,324 Little Falls, MN $50,364

Long Prairie, MN $50,168 Lowry, MN $49,899 Mc Grath, MN $49,630 Melrose, MN $50,439 Milaca, MN $50,730 Miltona, MN $49,898 Nelson, MN $49,910 New Munich, MN $50,512

Oak Park, MN $50,840 Ogilvie, MN $50,541 Onamia, MN $50,161 Osakis, MN $50,061 Parkers Prairie, MN $49,845 Paynesville, MN $50,677 Pease, MN $50,894 Pierz, MN $50,353

Rice, MN $50,760 Richmond, MN $50,753 Rockville, MN $50,874 Roscoe, MN $50,716 Royalton, MN $50,673 Saint Joseph, MN $50,901 Saint Stephen, MN $50,805 Saint Martin, MN $50,695

Sartell, MN $50,873 Sauk Centre, MN $50,258 Sauk Rapids, MN $50,847 Nashua, MN $49,816 Naytahwaush, MN $49,859 New York Mills, MN $49,837 Nielsville, MN $49,717 Ogema, MN $49,747

Osage, MN $49,786 Ottertail, MN $49,881 Pelican Rapids, MN $49,829 Perham, MN $49,880 Perley, MN $49,753 Ponsford, MN $49,744 Richville, MN $49,837 Richwood, MN $49,771

Rochert, MN $49,790 Rothsay, MN $49,769 Sabin, MN $49,736 Shelly, MN $49,772 Tintah, MN $49,782 Twin Valley, MN $49,742 Ulen, MN $49,735 Underwood, MN $49,868

Vergas, MN $49,828 Vining, MN $49,825 Waubun, MN $49,750 Wendell, MN $49,802 White Earth, MN $49,907 Winger, MN $49,751 Wolf Lake, MN $49,788 Wolverton, MN $49,804

Bemidji, MN $49,850 Bagley, MN $49,788 Baudette, MN $49,665 Bena, MN $49,595 Big Falls, MN $49,444 Bigfork, MN $49,493 Birchdale, MN $49,503 Blackduck, MN $49,671

Bowstring, MN $49,551 Cass Lake, MN $49,747 Clearbrook, MN $49,768 Deer River, MN $49,589 Talmoon, MN $49,567 Effie, MN $49,451 Federal Dam, MN $49,679 Gonvick, MN $49,746

Gully, MN $49,709 Hines, MN $49,697 International Falls, MN $49,670 Kelliher, MN $49,640 Lengby, MN $49,765 Leonard, MN $49,731 Littlefork, MN $49,537 Loman, MN $49,527

Longville, MN $49,714 Marcell, MN $49,508 Margie, MN $49,483 Max, MN $49,556 Mizpah, MN $49,565 Northome, MN $49,558 Outing, MN $49,644 Pennington, MN $49,655

Ponemah, MN $49,748 Puposky, MN $49,712 Ranier, MN $49,870 Kabetogama, MN $49,487 Redby, MN $49,805 Redlake, MN $49,739 Remer, MN $49,606 Roosevelt, MN $49,662

Shevlin, MN $49,743 Solway, MN $49,756 South International Falls, MN $49,678 Spring Lake, MN $49,567 Squaw Lake, MN $49,560 Swift, MN $49,666 Tenstrike, MN $49,724 Trail, MN $49,690

Swanville, MN $50,343 Moorhead, MN $49,703 Upsala, MN $50,505 Villard, MN $50,029 Wahkon, MN $50,052 Waite Park, MN $50,927 West Union, MN $50,208 Brainerd, MN $49,962

Baxter, MN $50,022 Ah Gwah Ching, MN $49,788 Aitkin, MN $49,738 Akeley, MN $49,765 Aldrich, MN $49,817 Backus, MN $49,760 Benedict, MN $49,740 Bertha, MN $49,852

Browerville, MN $49,984 Clarissa, MN $49,921 Crosby, MN $49,788 Crosslake, MN $49,822 Cushing, MN $50,006 Deerwood, MN $49,828 Eagle Bend, MN $49,851 Emily, MN $49,689

Fifty Lakes, MN $49,691 Fort Ripley, MN $50,093 Garrison, MN $50,007 Hackensack, MN $49,753 Hewitt, MN $49,829 Ironton, MN $49,842 Jenkins, MN $49,824 Lake George, MN $49,783

Lake Hubert, MN $49,864 Laporte, MN $49,752 Menahga, MN $49,806 Merrifield, MN $49,826 Motley, MN $49,800 Nevis, MN $49,789 Nisswa, MN $49,870 Palisade, MN $49,575

Park Rapids, MN $49,820 Pequot Lakes, MN $49,832 Pillager, MN $49,855 Pine River, MN $49,765 Randall, MN $50,179 Sebeka, MN $49,779 Nimrod, MN $49,774 Staples, MN $49,837

Verndale, MN $49,804 Wadena, MN $49,879 Walker, MN $49,784 Detroit Lakes, MN $49,886 Ada, MN $49,737 Audubon, MN $49,820 Barnesville, MN $49,761 Battle Lake, MN $49,876

Bejou, MN $49,690 Beltrami, MN $49,730 Bluffton, MN $49,830 Borup, MN $49,732 Breckenridge, MN $49,929 Callaway, MN $49,766 Campbell, MN $49,813 Climax, MN $49,647

Clitherall, MN $49,844 Comstock, MN $49,755 Deer Creek, MN $49,830 Dent, MN $49,841 Dilworth, MN $49,699 Elbow Lake, MN $49,860 Elizabeth, MN $49,829 Erhard, MN $49,816

Erskine, MN $49,774 Felton, MN $49,722 Fergus Falls, MN $49,912 Fertile, MN $49,751 Flom, MN $49,728 Fosston, MN $49,790 Foxhome, MN $49,776 Frazee, MN $49,832

Gary, MN $49,693 Halstad, MN $49,767 Wabasha, MN $51,155 Hawley, MN $49,731 Hendrum, MN $49,755 Henning, MN $49,851 Hitterdal, MN $49,734 Kent, MN $49,786

Lake Park, MN $49,744 Mcintosh, MN $49,773 Mahnomen, MN $49,771 Wilton, MN $49,743 Waskish, MN $49,539 Williams, MN $49,670 Mountain Iron, MN $49,397 Cotton, MN $49,501

Wayzata, MN $53,418 Navarre, MN $53,423 Young America, MN $52,197 Winsted, MN $51,663 Winthrop, MN $50,770 Zimmerman, MN $51,438 Minneapolis, MN $53,926 Nashwauk, MN $49,402

Orr, MN $49,420 Nett Lake, MN $49,740 Pengilly, MN $49,427 Virginia, MN $49,486 Saginaw, MN $49,578 Sawyer, MN $49,584 Side Lake, MN $49,406 Soudan, MN $49,554

Sturgeon Lake, MN $49,775 Swan River, MN $49,415 Swatara, MN $49,540 Taconite, MN $49,593 Tamarack, MN $49,530 Tower, MN $49,478 Twig, MN $49,592 Warba, MN $49,461

Willow River, MN $49,819 Winton, MN $49,784 Wrenshall, MN $49,597 Wright, MN $49,566 Duluth, MN $49,600 Rochester, MN $51,753 Adams, MN $50,725 Altura, MN $50,839

Austin, MN $51,021 Blooming Prairie, MN $51,319 Brownsdale, MN $51,207 Brownsville, MN $48,795 Dundas, MN $51,952 Elko New Market, MN $52,653 Faribault, MN $51,479 Farmington, MN $52,795

Forest Lake, MN $52,896 Frontenac, MN $51,224 Goodhue, MN $51,511 Grandy, MN $51,339 Grasston, MN $50,495 Hampton, MN $52,485 Harris, MN $51,431 Hastings, MN $52,625

Henriette, MN $50,509 Hinckley, MN $49,855 Hugo, MN $53,094 Isanti, MN $52,025 Lake City, MN $51,381 Lake Elmo, MN $53,165 Lakeland, MN $52,828 Lakeville, MN $52,916

Lindstrom, MN $52,169 Lonsdale, MN $52,120 Marine On Saint Croix, MN $52,692 Medford, MN $51,311 Mora, MN $50,236 Morristown, MN $51,301 Nerstrand, MN $51,362 Newport, MN $53,353

North Branch, MN $51,962 Northfield, MN $52,166 Owatonna, MN $51,295 Pine City, MN $50,532 Randolph, MN $52,332 Red Wing, MN $51,405 Rock Creek, MN $50,881 Rosemount, MN $53,101

Rush City, MN $51,061 Saint Francis, MN $52,317 Saint Paul Park, MN $53,231 Sandstone, MN $49,840 Scandia, MN $52,523 Shafer, MN $51,994 South Saint Paul, MN $53,472 Inver Grove Heights, MN $53,345

Waverly, MN $51,724 Byron, MN $51,756 Caledonia, MN $49,013 Canton, MN $49,996 Chatfield, MN $51,195 Claremont, MN $51,442 Dakota, MN $48,908 Dexter, MN $51,296

Dodge Center, MN $51,519 Dover, MN $51,309 Eitzen, MN $49,013 Elgin, MN $51,623 Elkton, MN $51,110 Eyota, MN $51,583 Fountain, MN $50,827 Grand Meadow, MN $51,272

Harmony, MN $50,163 Hayfield, MN $51,438 Hokah, MN $48,672 Homer, MN $49,256 Houston, MN $49,111 Kasson, MN $51,638 Kellogg, MN $51,062 Kenyon, MN $51,539

La Crescent, MN $48,661 Lanesboro, MN $50,175 Lansing, MN $51,117 Le Roy, MN $50,547 Lewiston, MN $50,235 Lyle, MN $50,526 Mabel, MN $49,855 Mantorville, MN $51,632

Mazeppa, MN $51,560 Millville, MN $51,511 Minnesota City, MN $50,263 Oronoco, MN $51,756 Ostrander, MN $51,021 Peterson, MN $50,085 Pine Island, MN $51,633 Plainview, MN $51,330

Preston, MN $50,408 Racine, MN $51,447 Reads Landing, MN $51,147 Rollingstone, MN $50,479 Rose Creek, MN $50,760 Rushford, MN $49,739 Saint Charles, MN $51,060 Sargeant, MN $51,358

Spring Grove, MN $49,419 Spring Valley, MN $51,177 Stewartville, MN $51,583 Taopi, MN $50,619 Utica, MN $50,603 Ellsworth, MN $48,313 Fulda, MN $49,767 Garvin, MN $49,920

Hardwick, MN $48,161 Hendricks, MN $49,742 Heron Lake, MN $49,999 Hills, MN $47,468 Holland, MN $49,126 Ihlen, MN $48,205 Iona, MN $49,314 Ivanhoe, MN $49,844

Jackson, MN $49,991 Jasper, MN $47,974 Jeffers, MN $49,996 Kanaranzi, MN $48,186 Kenneth, MN $48,489 Lake Benton, MN $49,482 Lakefield, MN $49,920 Lake Wilson, MN $49,328

Lamberton, MN $49,951 Leota, MN $48,930 Lismore, MN $48,885 Luverne, MN $47,959 Lynd, MN $49,947 Magnolia, MN $48,270 Mountain Lake, MN $50,082 Odin, MN $50,071

Okabena, MN $49,982 Ormsby, MN $50,096 Pipestone, MN $48,851 Reading, MN $49,355 Revere, MN $49,926 Round Lake, MN $49,828 Rushmore, MN $49,048 Russell, MN $49,917

Ruthton, MN $49,393 Sherburn, MN $50,058 Slayton, MN $49,620 Steen, MN $47,812 Storden, MN $49,980 Tracy, MN $49,971 Trimont, MN $50,124 Trosky, MN $48,321

Tyler, MN $49,679 Walnut Grove, MN $49,937 Welcome, MN $50,125 Westbrook, MN $49,982 Wilmont, MN $49,187 Woodstock, MN $49,075 Worthington, MN $49,628 Beaver Bay, MN $49,573

Brimson, MN $49,411 Finland, MN $49,499 Grand Marais, MN $49,601 Grand Portage, MN $49,561 Hovland, MN $49,547 Isabella, MN $49,393 Knife River, MN $49,589 Lutsen, MN $49,575

Schroeder, MN $49,545 Silver Bay, MN $49,575 Tofte, MN $49,524 Two Harbors, MN $49,593 Adolph, MN $49,600 Alborn, MN $49,532 Angora, MN $49,369 Askov, MN $49,875

Aurora, MN $49,514 Babbitt, MN $49,507 Barnum, MN $49,602 Biwabik, MN $49,567 Bovey, MN $49,488 Britt, MN $49,402 Brookston, MN $49,560 Bruno, MN $49,762

Buhl, MN $49,434 Calumet, MN $49,598 Canyon, MN $49,543 Carlton, MN $49,591 Chisholm, MN $49,429 Cloquet, MN $49,586 Cohasset, MN $49,628 Coleraine, MN $49,726

Cook, MN $49,417 Albertville, MN $52,348 Annandale, MN $51,011 Anoka, MN $52,758 Andover, MN $53,092 Hopkins, MN $53,724 Burnsville, MN $53,265 Arlington, MN $51,366

Becker, MN $51,096 Big Lake, MN $51,377 Bird Island, MN $49,972 Osseo, MN $53,350 Brownton, MN $50,947 Buffalo, MN $51,866 Buffalo Lake, MN $50,357 Carver, MN $52,728

Champlin, MN $53,322 Chanhassen, MN $53,283 Chaska, MN $52,989 Clear Lake, MN $50,877 Clearwater, MN $50,868 Cokato, MN $51,113 Cologne, MN $52,532 Crystal Bay, MN $53,285

Darwin, MN $50,893 Dassel, MN $51,079 Dayton, MN $53,072 Delano, MN $52,482 Eden Valley, MN $50,757 Elk River, MN $52,210 Excelsior, MN $53,194 Fairfax, MN $50,055

Franklin, MN $49,973 Gaylord, MN $51,136 Gibbon, MN $50,352 Glencoe, MN $51,369 Green Isle, MN $51,637 Hamburg, MN $52,001 Hamel, MN $53,223 Hanover, MN $52,721

Hector, MN $50,099 Eden Prairie, MN $53,566 Minnetonka, MN $53,540 Maple Plain, MN $53,062 Howard Lake, MN $51,383 Hutchinson, MN $50,902 Jordan, MN $52,740 Kimball, MN $50,829

Lester Prairie, MN $51,737 Litchfield, MN $50,706 Long Lake, MN $53,291 Loretto, MN $52,848 Maple Lake, MN $51,188 Mayer, MN $52,214 Dennison, MN $51,472 Stacy, MN $52,417

Stanchfield, MN $51,115 Stillwater, MN $52,962 Taylors Falls, MN $51,590 Vermillion, MN $52,706 Warsaw, MN $51,425 Webster, MN $52,439 Welch, MN $51,800 Willernie, MN $53,283

Wyoming, MN $52,647 Saint Paul, MN $53,659 Mendota, MN $53,712 Minnetonka Beach, MN $53,302 Monticello, MN $51,354 Montrose, MN $52,054 Mound, MN $53,025 New Auburn, MN $51,359

New Germany, MN $52,028 Norwood Young America, MN $52,179 Plato, MN $51,832 Princeton, MN $51,103 Prior Lake, MN $53,041 Rockford, MN $52,717 Rogers, MN $52,933 Saint Bonifacius, MN $52,850

Saint Michael, MN $52,429 Santiago, MN $51,037 Savage, MN $53,330 Shakopee, MN $53,114 Silver Creek, MN $51,091 Silver Lake, MN $51,288 South Haven, MN $50,878 Norwood, MN $52,147

Spring Park, MN $53,161 Stewart, MN $50,593 Victoria, MN $52,992 Waconia, MN $52,650 Watertown, MN $52,445 Watkins, MN $50,801 Wanamingo, MN $51,548 West Concord, MN $51,518

Winona, MN $49,495 Stockton, MN $50,155 Wykoff, MN $51,043 Zumbro Falls, MN $51,569 Zumbrota, MN $51,543 Mankato, MN $50,861 Albert Lea, MN $50,738 Alden, MN $50,358

Amboy, MN $50,241 Belle Plaine, MN $52,320 Blue Earth, MN $50,159 Bricelyn, MN $50,189 Clarks Grove, MN $50,820 Cleveland, MN $51,330 Comfrey, MN $50,017 Willmar, MN $50,280

Alberta, MN $49,838 Appleton, MN $49,896 Atwater, MN $50,412 Barry, MN $49,864 Beardsley, MN $49,652 Bellingham, MN $49,735 Belview, MN $49,886 Benson, MN $49,940

Blomkest, MN $49,964 Boyd, MN $49,873 Browns Valley, MN $49,673 Canby, MN $49,784 Chokio, MN $49,840 Clara City, MN $49,955 Clarkfield, MN $49,910 Clements, MN $49,956

Clinton, MN $49,738 Clontarf, MN $49,862 Correll, MN $49,776 Cosmos, MN $50,396 Cottonwood, MN $49,927 Danube, MN $49,938 Danvers, MN $49,843 Dawson, MN $49,906

Donnelly, MN $49,837 Dumont, MN $49,771 Echo, MN $49,874 Ghent, MN $49,952 Graceville, MN $49,745 Granite Falls, MN $49,953 Grove City, MN $50,525 Hancock, MN $49,898

Hanley Falls, MN $49,896 Herman, MN $49,820 Holloway, MN $49,838 Kandiyohi, MN $50,316 Kerkhoven, MN $49,940 Lake Lillian, MN $50,166 Lucan, MN $49,915 Madison, MN $49,801

Marietta, MN $49,629 Marshall, MN $50,023 Maynard, MN $49,901 Milan, MN $49,906 Milroy, MN $49,903 Minneota, MN $49,937 Montevideo, MN $49,962 Morgan, MN $49,994

Transit Driver Salary by Industry: Top Paying Sectors

For Transit 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, Transit Driver positions in Financial Services or Retail & Wholesale typically offer lower base pay, as these industries often view Transit Driver as a support function rather than a direct revenue driver.

The top paying industries for a Transit Driver

Industry Sector	Average Annual Salary	Average Hourly Rate	Pay vs.Avg
Pharmaceuticals	$67,618	$33.0	28%
Internet	$66,033	$32.0	25%
Energy & Utilities	$60,751	$29.0	15%
Aerospace & Defense	$59,166	$28.0	12%
Insurance	$58,109	$28.0	10%

Transit Driver Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Transit 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

$47,008

Average $52,827/year

$56,992

$3,917

Average $4,402/month

$4,749

$904

Average $1,016/week

$1,096

$23

Average $25/hour

$27

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$56,992	$4,749	$1,096	$27
Average	$52,827	$4,402	$1,016	$25
25th Percentile	$47,008	$3,917	$904	$23

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