Transit Driver Salary in Mississippi

How much does a Transit Driver make in Mississippi?

As of July 01, 2026, the average salary for a Transit Driver in Mississippi is $46,038 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $22.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $52,974
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $40,967 to $49,669
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $36,350

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Transit Driver Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$49,669	$4,139	$955	$24
Average	$46,038	$3,837	$885	$22
25th Percentile	$40,967	$3,414	$788	$20

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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:

Hillsboro: $45,178
Holly Bluff: $44,790
Kosciusko: $44,778

Hillsboro, MS $45,178 Holly Bluff, MS $44,790 Kosciusko, MS $44,778 Lake, MS $45,028 Lena, MS $45,206 Lexington, MS $44,699 Lorman, MS $44,811 Louise, MS $45,264

Ludlow, MS $45,305 Mc Adams, MS $44,738 Mc Cool, MS $44,688 Madden, MS $44,913 Madison, MS $45,717 Magee, MS $45,234 Mayersville, MS $45,059 Mendenhall, MS $45,394

Midnight, MS $45,265 Mize, MS $45,050 Morton, MS $45,410 Mount Olive, MS $45,053 Natchez, MS $44,927 Newhebron, MS $45,179 Pattison, MS $45,026 Pelahatchie, MS $45,555

Pickens, MS $45,059 Piney Woods, MS $45,630 Pinola, MS $45,367 Port Gibson, MS $45,018 Puckett, MS $45,454 Pulaski, MS $45,194 Raleigh, MS $45,073 Raymond, MS $45,700

Redwood, MS $45,083 Ridgeland, MS $45,834 Rolling Fork, MS $45,091 Sallis, MS $44,815 Sandhill, MS $45,660 Satartia, MS $45,313 Sharon, MS $45,360 Sibley, MS $45,036

Silver City, MS $45,013 Star, MS $45,692 Taylorsville, MS $44,936 Tchula, MS $44,737 Terry, MS $45,714 Thomastown, MS $44,916 Tinsley, MS $45,273 Tougaloo, MS $45,867

Utica, MS $45,448 Vaiden, MS $44,609 Valley Park, MS $44,876 Vaughan, MS $45,149 Vicksburg, MS $45,237 Walnut Grove, MS $44,998 Washington, MS $44,908 Wesson, MS $45,215

West, MS $44,603 Whitfield, MS $45,863 Yazoo City, MS $45,085 Jackson, MS $45,899 Pearl, MS $45,895 Richland, MS $45,899 Flowood, MS $45,886 Byram, MS $45,842

Lula, MS $45,662 Lyon, MS $44,812 Marks, MS $45,115 Michigan City, MS $46,001 Mount Pleasant, MS $47,107 Myrtle, MS $45,170 Nesbit, MS $47,886 New Albany, MS $45,089

Olive Branch, MS $47,816 Oxford, MS $45,245 Pope, MS $44,961 Potts Camp, MS $45,666 Red Banks, MS $47,084 Ripley, MS $45,031 Robinsonville, MS $47,239 Sarah, MS $46,564

Sardis, MS $45,748 Senatobia, MS $46,622 Sherard, MS $44,715 Sledge, MS $45,586 Southaven, MS $48,167 Taylor, MS $45,175 Tiplersville, MS $45,109 Tula, MS $44,923

Tunica, MS $46,687 University, MS $45,564 Victoria, MS $47,026 Walls, MS $48,063 Walnut, MS $45,125 Waterford, MS $45,833 Greenville, MS $45,894 Alligator, MS $44,573

Anguilla, MS $45,416 Arcola, MS $45,894 Avon, MS $45,894 Benoit, MS $45,465 Beulah, MS $45,045 Boyle, MS $45,261 Chatham, MS $45,815 Cleveland, MS $45,096

Doddsville, MS $44,848 Drew, MS $44,608 Parchman, MS $44,656 Dublin, MS $44,493 Duncan, MS $44,548 Glen Allan, MS $45,678 Grace, MS $45,566 Gunnison, MS $44,679

Hollandale, MS $45,894 Holly Ridge, MS $45,495 Indianola, MS $45,525 Inverness, MS $45,436 Isola, MS $45,538 Leland, MS $45,894 Merigold, MS $44,853 Metcalfe, MS $45,894

Moorhead, MS $45,085 Mound Bayou, MS $44,813 Pace, MS $45,077 Panther Burn, MS $45,694 Rena Lara, MS $44,559 Rome, MS $44,568 Rosedale, MS $44,970 Ruleville, MS $44,823

Scott, MS $45,621 Shaw, MS $45,398 Shelby, MS $44,706 Stoneville, MS $45,894 Sunflower, MS $45,000 Wayside, MS $45,894 Winstonville, MS $44,936 Winterville, MS $45,894

Tupelo, MS $45,296 Algoma, MS $45,171 Amory, MS $44,531 Baldwyn, MS $45,060 Becker, MS $44,417 Belden, MS $45,217 Belmont, MS $44,883 Blue Springs, MS $45,090

Booneville, MS $45,033 Burnsville, MS $44,997 Corinth, MS $45,168 Dennis, MS $44,832 Derma, MS $45,131 Ecru, MS $45,127 Fulton, MS $45,061 Gattman, MS $44,353

Glen, MS $45,042 Abbeville, MS $45,506 Arkabutla, MS $47,062 Ashland, MS $45,679 Batesville, MS $45,378 Belen, MS $44,977 Blue Mountain, MS $45,135 Byhalia, MS $47,293

Clarksdale, MS $44,682 Coahoma, MS $45,142 Coldwater, MS $47,136 Como, MS $46,007 Courtland, MS $45,142 Crenshaw, MS $45,769 Crowder, MS $44,985 Darling, MS $45,360

Dumas, MS $45,001 Dundee, MS $45,690 Etta, MS $45,121 Falcon, MS $45,469 Falkner, MS $45,336 Farrell, MS $44,813 Friars Point, MS $45,168 Hernando, MS $47,487

Hickory Flat, MS $45,465 Holly Springs, MS $46,199 Horn Lake, MS $48,114 Independence, MS $46,951 Jonestown, MS $45,183 Lake Cormorant, MS $47,861 Lamar, MS $46,223 Stennis Space Center, MS $45,862

Diamondhead, MS $45,476 Biloxi, MS $45,754 Diberville, MS $45,729 Escatawpa, MS $45,506 Gautier, MS $45,498 Hurley, MS $45,627 Kiln, MS $45,522 Lakeshore, MS $45,897

Long Beach, MS $45,420 Mc Henry, MS $45,293 Moss Point, MS $45,543 Ocean Springs, MS $45,566 Vancleave, MS $45,453 Pascagoula, MS $45,543 Pass Christian, MS $45,421 Pearlington, MS $46,491

Perkinston, MS $45,284 Saucier, MS $45,429 Waveland, MS $45,547 Wiggins, MS $45,130 Brookhaven, MS $45,207 Bogue Chitto, MS $44,977 Bude, MS $44,982 Centreville, MS $46,306

Chatawa, MS $45,389 Crosby, MS $45,247 Fernwood, MS $45,175 Gloster, MS $45,555 Jayess, MS $44,827 Kokomo, MS $44,848 Liberty, MS $45,681 Mc Call Creek, MS $44,940

Mccomb, MS $44,994 Magnolia, MS $45,228 Meadville, MS $44,806 Monticello, MS $45,094 Oak Vale, MS $44,867 Osyka, MS $45,541 Roxie, MS $44,780 Ruth, MS $44,896

Silver Creek, MS $45,054 Smithdale, MS $44,911 Sontag, MS $45,110 Summit, MS $44,894 Tylertown, MS $44,884 Union Church, MS $44,983 Woodville, MS $45,729 Columbus, MS $44,018

Aberdeen, MS $44,314 Ackerman, MS $44,708 Artesia, MS $44,082 Bellefontaine, MS $44,776 Brooksville, MS $44,251 Caledonia, MS $44,213 Cedarbluff, MS $44,320 Crawford, MS $44,148

Eupora, MS $44,764 French Camp, MS $44,696 Hamilton, MS $44,129 Kilmichael, MS $44,674 Maben, MS $44,587 Mantee, MS $44,647 Mathiston, MS $44,667 Mayhew, MS $44,021

Montpelier, MS $44,478 Pheba, MS $44,435 Prairie, MS $44,309 Starkville, MS $44,263 Mississippi State, MS $44,227 Steens, MS $44,042 Stewart, MS $44,680 Sturgis, MS $44,563

Walthall, MS $44,850 Weir, MS $44,751 West Point, MS $44,105 Woodland, MS $44,673 Thaxton, MS $45,008 Tishomingo, MS $44,797 Toccopola, MS $45,012 Trebloc, MS $44,526

Tremont, MS $44,958 Van Vleet, MS $44,871 Vardaman, MS $44,925 Verona, MS $45,286 Wheeler, MS $45,038 Grenada, MS $44,695 Banner, MS $44,888 Big Creek, MS $44,770

Bruce, MS $44,917 Calhoun City, MS $44,862 Carrollton, MS $44,484 Cascilla, MS $44,539 Charleston, MS $44,601 Coffeeville, MS $44,722 Coila, MS $44,489 Cruger, MS $44,591

Duck Hill, MS $44,659 Elliott, MS $44,709 Enid, MS $44,729 Glendora, MS $44,467 Gore Springs, MS $44,740 Greenwood, MS $44,472 Holcomb, MS $44,482 Itta Bena, MS $44,800

Mc Carley, MS $44,542 Minter City, MS $44,377 Money, MS $44,437 Morgan City, MS $44,879 North Carrollton, MS $44,725 Oakland, MS $44,678 Paris, MS $44,889 Philipp, MS $44,343

Pittsboro, MS $44,928 Schlater, MS $44,465 Scobey, MS $44,606 Sidon, MS $44,578 Slate Spring, MS $44,833 Sumner, MS $44,599 Swan Lake, MS $44,483 Swiftown, MS $44,997

Tie Plant, MS $44,697 Tillatoba, MS $44,628 Tippo, MS $44,412 Tutwiler, MS $44,576 Vance, MS $44,505 Water Valley, MS $44,843 Webb, MS $44,538 Winona, MS $44,659

Belzoni, MS $45,210 Benton, MS $45,140 Bentonia, MS $45,462 Bolton, MS $45,650 Brandon, MS $45,653 Braxton, MS $45,577 Camden, MS $45,023 Canton, MS $45,490

Carthage, MS $44,937 Cary, MS $45,138 Clinton, MS $45,794 Conehatta, MS $44,936 Crystal Springs, MS $45,557 Delta City, MS $45,691 D Lo, MS $45,482 Durant, MS $44,744

Edwards, MS $45,531 Ethel, MS $44,684 Fayette, MS $44,830 Flora, MS $45,629 Pocahontas, MS $45,852 Florence, MS $45,745 Meridian, MS $44,848 Bailey, MS $44,788

Buckatunna, MS $44,826 Chunky, MS $44,746 Clara, MS $44,794 Collinsville, MS $44,812 Daleville, MS $44,744 Decatur, MS $44,812 De Kalb, MS $44,754 Enterprise, MS $44,745

Hickory, MS $44,754 Lauderdale, MS $44,799 Lawrence, MS $44,908 Little Rock, MS $44,763 Louin, MS $44,838 Louisville, MS $44,752 Macon, MS $44,865 Marion, MS $44,945

Newton, MS $44,822 Noxapater, MS $44,773 Pachuta, MS $44,720 Paulding, MS $44,710 Philadelphia, MS $44,810 Porterville, MS $44,746 Preston, MS $44,759 Quitman, MS $44,777

Rose Hill, MS $44,685 Scooba, MS $44,850 Sebastopol, MS $45,045 Shubuta, MS $44,739 Shuqualak, MS $44,842 State Line, MS $44,910 Stonewall, MS $44,797 Toomsuba, MS $44,809

Union, MS $44,784 Vossburg, MS $44,729 Waynesboro, MS $44,798 Hattiesburg, MS $44,901 Bassfield, MS $44,867 Bay Springs, MS $44,872 Beaumont, MS $44,850 Brooklyn, MS $44,942

Carriere, MS $45,732 Carson, MS $44,887 Collins, MS $44,928 Columbia, MS $44,862 Eastabuchie, MS $44,816 Ellisville, MS $44,832 Heidelberg, MS $44,760 Laurel, MS $44,971

Leakesville, MS $45,197 Lucedale, MS $45,549 Lumberton, MS $45,064 Mc Lain, MS $45,025 Mc Neill, MS $45,676 Moselle, MS $44,817 Moss, MS $44,790 Neely, MS $44,943

New Augusta, MS $44,759 Nicholson, MS $45,959 Ovett, MS $44,757 Petal, MS $44,885 Picayune, MS $45,916 Poplarville, MS $45,379 Prentiss, MS $45,028 Purvis, MS $44,887

Richton, MS $44,750 Sandersville, MS $44,838 Sandy Hook, MS $44,879 Seminary, MS $44,807 Soso, MS $44,799 Stringer, MS $44,825 Sumrall, MS $44,829 Foxworth, MS $44,848

Gulfport, MS $45,393 Bay Saint Louis, MS $45,811 Plantersville, MS $45,037 Pontotoc, MS $45,160 Randolph, MS $44,992 Rienzi, MS $45,038 Saltillo, MS $45,179 Shannon, MS $45,053

Sherman, MS $45,232 Smithville, MS $44,809 Golden, MS $44,887 Greenwood Springs, MS $44,498 Guntown, MS $45,105 Houlka, MS $45,056 Houston, MS $44,814 Iuka, MS $44,835

Mantachie, MS $45,110 Marietta, MS $44,979 Mooreville, MS $45,195 Nettleton, MS $44,875 New Site, MS $44,882 Okolona, MS $44,772 Lambert, MS $44,628 Forest, MS $45,152

Gallman, MS $45,434 Georgetown, MS $45,461 Goodman, MS $44,977 Harperville, MS $45,116 Harriston, MS $44,850 Harrisville, MS $45,535 Hazlehurst, MS $45,257 Hermanville, MS $45,109

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	$58,929	$28.0	28%
Internet	$57,548	$28.0	25%
Energy & Utilities	$52,944	$25.0	15%
Aerospace & Defense	$51,563	$25.0	12%
Insurance	$50,642	$24.0	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

$40,967

Average $46,038/year

$49,669

$3,414

Average $3,837/month

$4,139

$788

Average $885/week

$955

$20

Average $22/hour

$24

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$49,669	$4,139	$955	$24
Average	$46,038	$3,837	$885	$22
25th Percentile	$40,967	$3,414	$788	$20

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