Transit Driver Salary in Wisconsin

How much does a Transit Driver make in Wisconsin?

As of July 01, 2026, the average salary for a Transit Driver in Wisconsin is $50,782 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $24.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $58,433
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $45,189 to $54,787
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $40,096

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Transit Driver Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$54,787	$4,566	$1,054	$26
Average	$50,782	$4,232	$977	$24
25th Percentile	$45,189	$3,766	$869	$22

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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:

Green Lake: $49,397
Greenville: $49,867
Hancock: $48,959

Green Lake, WI $49,397 Greenville, WI $49,867 Hancock, WI $48,959 Hortonville, WI $49,762 Iola, WI $49,177 King, WI $49,553 Larsen, WI $49,670 Leopolis, WI $49,116

Manawa, WI $49,360 Marion, WI $49,207 Menasha, WI $49,907 Neenah, WI $49,816 Neshkoro, WI $49,219 New London, WI $49,556 Ogdensburg, WI $49,249 Omro, WI $49,492

Pickett, WI $49,533 Pine River, WI $49,341 Plainfield, WI $49,050 Poy Sippi, WI $49,375 Princeton, WI $49,279 Readfield, WI $49,620 Redgranite, WI $49,388 Ripon, WI $49,483

Rosendale, WI $49,508 Saxeville, WI $49,287 Scandinavia, WI $49,216 Tilleda, WI $49,042 Van Dyne, WI $49,570 Waukau, WI $49,484 Waupaca, WI $49,351 Wautoma, WI $49,236

Weyauwega, WI $49,436 Wild Rose, WI $49,251 Winnebago, WI $49,684 Winneconne, WI $49,568 Wilson, WI $50,381 Boyd, WI $49,076 Cadott, WI $49,111 Chetek, WI $48,979

Chippewa Falls, WI $49,217 Colfax, WI $49,157 Conrath, WI $48,879 Cornell, WI $49,006 Dallas, WI $49,260 Downing, WI $50,145 Downsville, WI $49,781 Durand, WI $49,733

Eau Galle, WI $49,623 Eleva, WI $49,270 Elk Mound, WI $49,161 Elmwood, WI $50,100 Fairchild, WI $49,210 Fall Creek, WI $49,239 Gilmanton, WI $49,494 Holcombe, WI $48,922

Humbird, WI $49,155 Independence, WI $49,351 Jim Falls, WI $49,047 Knapp, WI $50,118 Maiden Rock, WI $50,179 Menomonie, WI $49,733 Merrillan, WI $49,087 Mondovi, WI $49,369

Nelson, WI $49,958 New Auburn, WI $48,959 Osseo, WI $49,385 Pepin, WI $50,352 Pigeon Falls, WI $49,495 Plum City, WI $50,112 Prairie Farm, WI $49,685 Ridgeland, WI $49,418

Rock Falls, WI $49,182 Sand Creek, WI $48,986 Sheldon, WI $48,858 Spring Valley, WI $50,415 Stanley, WI $49,089 Stockholm, WI $50,470 Strum, WI $49,352 Thorp, WI $49,066

Wheeler, WI $49,526 Whitehall, WI $49,288 Spooner, WI $48,843 Almena, WI $49,527 Ashland, WI $48,794 Balsam Lake, WI $50,335 Barron, WI $49,216 Barronett, WI $48,864

Bayfield, WI $48,795 Benoit, WI $48,724 Birchwood, WI $48,777 Brill, WI $48,981 Bruce, WI $48,833 Brule, WI $49,251 Cable, WI $48,624 Cameron, WI $48,993

Centuria, WI $50,611 Comstock, WI $49,662 Cornucopia, WI $48,860 Couderay, WI $48,649 Cumberland, WI $49,297 Danbury, WI $49,135 Drummond, WI $48,769 Edgewater, WI $48,748

Exeland, WI $48,685 Foxboro, WI $49,426 Frederic, WI $49,570 Gordon, WI $49,015 Grand View, WI $48,670 Grantsburg, WI $49,871 Haugen, WI $49,034 Hawthorne, WI $49,412

Hayward, WI $48,685 Herbster, WI $48,927 Hertel, WI $48,857 High Bridge, WI $48,722 Iron River, WI $49,072 Ladysmith, WI $48,837 Lake Nebagamon, WI $49,303 La Pointe, WI $48,712

Luck, WI $50,144 Maple, WI $49,419 Marengo, WI $48,701 Mason, WI $48,708 Mikana, WI $48,975 Milltown, WI $50,353 Minong, WI $48,994 Odanah, WI $48,905

Ojibwa, WI $48,601 Glidden, WI $48,619 Harshaw, WI $48,845 Hawkins, WI $48,752 Hazelhurst, WI $48,853 Heafford Junction, WI $48,894 Hurley, WI $48,755 Iron Belt, WI $48,664

Kennan, WI $48,760 Lac Du Flambeau, WI $48,840 Lake Tomahawk, WI $48,867 Land O Lakes, WI $48,802 Laona, WI $48,828 Long Lake, WI $48,695 Mc Naughton, WI $48,873 Manitowish Waters, WI $48,798

Mellen, WI $48,639 Mercer, WI $48,712 Minocqua, WI $48,891 Montreal, WI $48,767 Park Falls, WI $48,748 Phelps, WI $48,801 Phillips, WI $48,770 Prentice, WI $48,808

Presque Isle, WI $48,778 Saint Germain, WI $48,901 Saxon, WI $48,682 Sayner, WI $48,834 Star Lake, WI $48,707 Three Lakes, WI $48,843 Tony, WI $48,830 Tripoli, WI $48,725

Upson, WI $48,519 Wabeno, WI $48,833 Woodruff, WI $48,911 La Crosse, WI $48,568 Alma, WI $49,805 Alma Center, WI $49,148 Arcadia, WI $49,328 Arkdale, WI $48,963

Bangor, WI $48,674 Black River Falls, WI $48,989 Blair, WI $49,138 Camp Douglas, WI $49,034 Cashton, WI $48,727 Cataract, WI $48,805 Chaseburg, WI $48,648 Cochrane, WI $49,719

Coon Valley, WI $48,628 De Soto, WI $48,732 Dodge, WI $49,190 Eastman, WI $48,870 Ettrick, WI $48,825 Ferryville, WI $48,811 Fountain City, WI $49,504 Galesville, WI $48,974

Gays Mills, WI $48,964 Genoa, WI $48,684 Hillsboro, WI $49,139 Hixton, WI $49,148 Holmen, WI $48,681 Hustler, WI $49,213 Kendall, WI $49,078 La Farge, WI $49,003

Lynxville, WI $48,874 Mather, WI $48,975 Melrose, WI $48,816 Millston, WI $48,871 Mindoro, WI $48,715 Mount Sterling, WI $49,045 Necedah, WI $48,981 Norwalk, WI $48,784

Oakdale, WI $49,037 Onalaska, WI $48,605 Ontario, WI $48,998 Readstown, WI $48,947 Rockland, WI $48,665 Seneca, WI $49,093 Soldiers Grove, WI $49,001 Sparta, WI $48,766

Steuben, WI $48,958 Stoddard, WI $48,607 Taylor, WI $49,041 Tomah, WI $49,062 Trempealeau, WI $48,968 Palmyra, WI $50,075 Tunnel City, WI $49,038 Viola, WI $49,034

Viroqua, WI $48,728 Warrens, WI $48,961 Westby, WI $48,703 West Salem, WI $48,630 Wilton, WI $49,034 Eau Claire, WI $49,351 Altoona, WI $49,418 Arkansaw, WI $49,937

Augusta, WI $49,228 Bay City, WI $50,391 Bloomer, WI $49,059 Boyceville, WI $49,832 Glen Flora, WI $48,750 Wales, WI $50,760 Bagley, WI $48,878 Beetown, WI $48,927

Benton, WI $49,121 Bloomington, WI $48,936 Boscobel, WI $49,042 Cassville, WI $48,878 Cuba City, WI $49,033 Dickeyville, WI $49,075 Fennimore, WI $49,100 Glen Haven, WI $48,851

Hazel Green, WI $48,954 Kieler, WI $49,089 Lancaster, WI $48,988 Mount Hope, WI $48,929 Patch Grove, WI $49,105 Platteville, WI $49,197 Potosi, WI $48,891 Prairie Du Chien, WI $48,998

Sinsinawa, WI $48,934 Stitzer, WI $49,085 Wauzeka, WI $48,953 Woodman, WI $48,899 Portage, WI $49,976 Adams, WI $49,188 Arlington, WI $50,481 Baraboo, WI $49,980

Beaver Dam, WI $49,935 Brandon, WI $49,403 Briggsville, WI $49,665 Burnett, WI $49,598 Cambria, WI $49,906 Cazenovia, WI $49,228 Columbus, WI $50,329 Dalton, WI $49,622

Dellwood, WI $49,022 Doylestown, WI $50,250 Elroy, WI $49,092 Endeavor, WI $49,603 Fairwater, WI $49,500 Fall River, WI $50,186 Fox Lake, WI $49,689 Friendship, WI $49,040

Friesland, WI $49,842 Grand Marsh, WI $49,209 Hillpoint, WI $49,515 Kingston, WI $49,669 Lake Delton, WI $49,796 La Valle, WI $49,296 Lime Ridge, WI $49,480 Loganville, WI $49,630

Lyndon Station, WI $49,362 Markesan, WI $49,429 Marquette, WI $49,600 Mauston, WI $49,176 Montello, WI $49,428 New Lisbon, WI $49,040 North Freedom, WI $50,004 Oxford, WI $49,436

Packwaukee, WI $49,633 Pardeeville, WI $50,006 Poynette, WI $50,323 Randolph, WI $49,905 Reedsburg, WI $49,615 Rio, WI $50,269 Rock Springs, WI $49,681 Union Center, WI $49,314

Waupun, WI $49,507 Westfield, WI $49,199 Wisconsin Dells, WI $49,592 Wonewoc, WI $49,128 Wyocena, WI $50,118 Amery, WI $50,624 Baldwin, WI $50,928 Beldenville, WI $50,834

Clayton, WI $49,962 Clear Lake, WI $50,364 Cushing, WI $50,453 Deer Park, WI $50,726 Dresser, WI $51,067 East Ellsworth, WI $50,705 Ellsworth, WI $50,788 Glenwood City, WI $50,476

Hager City, WI $50,918 Hammond, WI $51,528 Hudson, WI $52,343 New Richmond, WI $51,652 Osceola, WI $51,785 Prescott, WI $51,928 River Falls, WI $51,863 Roberts, WI $51,848

Saint Croix Falls, WI $50,765 Somerset, WI $52,138 Star Prairie, WI $51,515 Pell Lake, WI $49,939 Pleasant Prairie, WI $49,985 Powers Lake, WI $50,024 Rochester, WI $50,225 Salem, WI $50,064

Silver Lake, WI $50,076 Somers, WI $49,924 South Milwaukee, WI $51,401 Springfield, WI $49,960 Sturtevant, WI $49,934 Sullivan, WI $50,192 Trevor, WI $50,087 Twin Lakes, WI $50,066

Union Grove, WI $50,042 Walworth, WI $49,855 Radisson, WI $48,663 Waterford, WI $50,490 Waukesha, WI $51,257 Whitewater, WI $49,789 Williams Bay, WI $49,807 Wilmot, WI $50,085

Woodworth, WI $50,024 Zenda, WI $49,805 Milwaukee, WI $51,681 Saint Francis, WI $51,658 Racine, WI $49,900 Afton, WI $49,755 Albany, WI $50,094 Arena, WI $50,111

Argyle, WI $49,814 Avalon, WI $49,762 Avoca, WI $49,476 Barneveld, WI $50,115 Belleville, WI $50,424 Belmont, WI $49,334 Beloit, WI $49,709 Black Earth, WI $50,427

Blanchardville, WI $49,945 Blue Mounds, WI $50,277 Blue River, WI $49,024 Brodhead, WI $49,752 Brooklyn, WI $50,448 Browntown, WI $49,423 Cambridge, WI $50,424 Gile, WI $48,918

Clinton, WI $49,791 Wausau, WI $49,080 Marshfield, WI $49,101 Abbotsford, WI $49,052 Amherst, WI $49,183 Amherst Junction, WI $49,128 Aniwa, WI $48,887 Antigo, WI $48,936

Arpin, WI $49,004 Athens, WI $48,940 Auburndale, WI $48,980 Babcock, WI $48,903 Birnamwood, WI $48,917 Blenker, WI $48,973 Bowler, WI $49,012 Brokaw, WI $49,014

Bryant, WI $48,830 Chili, WI $49,042 Colby, WI $49,026 Curtiss, WI $49,004 Custer, WI $49,059 Deerbrook, WI $48,827 Dorchester, WI $49,007 Edgar, WI $48,979

Eland, WI $48,972 Elcho, WI $48,851 Elderon, WI $49,002 Elton, WI $48,893 Galloway, WI $49,048 Gilman, WI $48,897 Jump River, WI $48,854 Gleason, WI $48,837

Granton, WI $49,039 Greenwood, WI $49,064 Hannibal, WI $48,888 Hatley, WI $48,953 Hewitt, WI $49,189 Irma, WI $48,859 Junction City, WI $48,954 Loyal, WI $49,060

Lublin, WI $48,938 Marathon, WI $48,970 Mattoon, WI $49,067 Medford, WI $48,954 Merrill, WI $48,938 Milladore, WI $48,971 Mosinee, WI $49,003 Neillsville, WI $49,107

Nekoosa, WI $49,020 Nelsonville, WI $49,235 Ogema, WI $48,822 Owen, WI $49,014 Pearson, WI $48,810 Pelican Lake, WI $48,813 Phlox, WI $49,031 Woodville, WI $50,647

Houlton, WI $52,472 Abrams, WI $49,081 Amberg, WI $48,784 Armstrong Creek, WI $48,797 Athelstane, WI $48,816 Black Creek, WI $49,613 Bonduel, WI $49,218 Brillion, WI $49,569

Cecil, WI $49,142 Coleman, WI $49,039 Combined Locks, WI $49,942 Crivitz, WI $48,951 De Pere, WI $49,187 Dunbar, WI $48,764 Fence, WI $48,713 Florence, WI $48,785

Forest Junction, WI $49,710 Gillett, WI $49,106 Goodman, WI $48,795 Greenleaf, WI $49,375 Green Valley, WI $49,120 Gresham, WI $49,089 Hilbert, WI $49,692 Kaukauna, WI $49,881

Freedom, WI $49,819 Keshena, WI $49,141 Kimberly, WI $49,946 Krakow, WI $49,120 Lakewood, WI $48,875 Lena, WI $49,073 Little Chute, WI $49,943 Little Suamico, WI $49,069

Marinette, WI $49,100 Mountain, WI $48,904 Neopit, WI $49,021 Niagara, WI $48,838 Nichols, WI $49,394 Oconto, WI $49,068 Oconto Falls, WI $49,095 Oneida, WI $49,125

Pembine, WI $48,807 Peshtigo, WI $49,059 Porterfield, WI $48,931 Potter, WI $49,595 Pound, WI $48,986 Pulaski, WI $49,138 Pickerel, WI $48,856 Pittsville, WI $48,968

Plover, WI $49,132 Port Edwards, WI $49,158 Rib Lake, WI $48,889 Ringle, WI $48,938 Rosholt, WI $49,038 Rothschild, WI $49,125 Rudolph, WI $48,987 Schofield, WI $49,085

Spencer, WI $49,050 Stetsonville, WI $48,977 Stevens Point, WI $49,111 Stratford, WI $49,009 Summit Lake, WI $48,865 Tigerton, WI $49,088 Tomahawk, WI $48,895 Unity, WI $49,012

Vesper, WI $48,995 Westboro, WI $48,826 White Lake, WI $48,851 Willard, WI $49,053 Wisconsin Rapids, WI $49,082 Withee, WI $48,985 Wittenberg, WI $49,028 Rhinelander, WI $48,923

Argonne, WI $48,766 Boulder Junction, WI $48,796 Brantwood, WI $48,751 Butternut, WI $48,671 Catawba, WI $48,766 Clam Lake, WI $48,503 Conover, WI $48,822 Crandon, WI $48,898

Eagle River, WI $48,894 Fifield, WI $48,735 Poplar, WI $49,491 Port Wing, WI $49,084 Seymour, WI $49,334 Oak Creek, WI $51,054 Adell, WI $50,057 Allenton, WI $50,239

Ashippun, WI $50,401 Belgium, WI $50,547 Brookfield, WI $51,566 Brownsville, WI $49,557 Butler, WI $51,596 Campbellsport, WI $49,802 Cascade, WI $49,761 Cedarburg, WI $51,127

Cedar Grove, WI $50,315 Chilton, WI $49,597 Cleveland, WI $49,398 Clyman, WI $50,006 Colgate, WI $51,046 Delafield, WI $50,739 Eden, WI $49,542 Elkhart Lake, WI $49,538

Fredonia, WI $50,535 Germantown, WI $51,258 Glenbeulah, WI $49,514 Grafton, WI $51,136 Greenbush, WI $49,512 Hartford, WI $50,595 Hartland, WI $50,894 Hingham, WI $49,977

Horicon, WI $49,861 Hubertus, WI $50,977 Hustisford, WI $50,061 Iron Ridge, WI $50,135 Ixonia, WI $50,291 Jackson, WI $50,982 Johnson Creek, WI $50,136 Juneau, WI $49,860

Kewaskum, WI $50,260 Kiel, WI $49,451 Kohler, WI $49,665 Lannon, WI $51,329 Lebanon, WI $50,109 Lomira, WI $49,790 Malone, WI $49,555 Mayville, WI $49,806

Menomonee Falls, WI $51,406 Merton, WI $50,977 Mount Calvary, WI $49,597 Nashotah, WI $50,728 Neosho, WI $50,309 Newburg, WI $50,739 New Holstein, WI $49,527 Newton, WI $49,351

North Lake, WI $51,155 Oakfield, WI $49,465 Oconomowoc, WI $50,529 Okauchee, WI $50,673 Oostburg, WI $50,068 Pewaukee, WI $51,114 Plymouth, WI $49,605 Port Washington, WI $50,827

Random Lake, WI $50,294 Richfield, WI $51,005 Rubicon, WI $50,396 Saint Cloud, WI $49,592 Saukville, WI $50,890 Sheboygan, WI $49,807 Sheboygan Falls, WI $49,639 Slinger, WI $50,754

Stockbridge, WI $49,708 Sussex, WI $51,154 West Bend, WI $50,491 Theresa, WI $50,087 Thiensville, WI $51,505 Waldo, WI $49,932 Watertown, WI $50,073 Mequon, WI $51,372

Woodland, WI $50,180 Bassett, WI $50,066 Benet Lake, WI $50,019 Big Bend, WI $50,847 Bristol, WI $50,026 Burlington, WI $50,119 Caledonia, WI $50,307 Camp Lake, WI $50,081

Cudahy, WI $51,618 Darien, WI $49,845 Delavan, WI $49,824 Dousman, WI $50,392 Eagle, WI $50,300 Cobb, WI $49,503 Cottage Grove, WI $50,713 Cross Plains, WI $50,586

Dane, WI $50,583 Darlington, WI $49,475 Deerfield, WI $50,574 De Forest, WI $50,640 Dodgeville, WI $49,725 Edgerton, WI $50,314 Edmund, WI $49,612 Evansville, WI $50,176

Footville, WI $49,862 Fort Atkinson, WI $50,098 Gotham, WI $49,724 Gratiot, WI $49,254 Hanover, WI $49,852 Highland, WI $49,436 Hollandale, WI $50,024 Janesville, WI $49,891

Shawano, WI $49,170 Sherwood, WI $49,838 Shiocton, WI $49,487 Sobieski, WI $49,077 Suamico, WI $49,064 Suring, WI $49,002 Townsend, WI $48,898 Wausaukee, WI $48,869

Wrightstown, WI $49,690 Zachow, WI $49,157 Algoma, WI $49,067 Baileys Harbor, WI $48,932 Brussels, WI $49,062 Casco, WI $49,072 Collins, WI $49,456 Denmark, WI $49,130

Egg Harbor, WI $48,971 Ellison Bay, WI $48,887 Ephraim, WI $48,970 Fish Creek, WI $48,938 Forestville, WI $49,063 Francis Creek, WI $49,187 Kellnersville, WI $49,219 Kewaunee, WI $49,095

Luxemburg, WI $49,073 Manitowoc, WI $49,279 Maplewood, WI $49,054 Maribel, WI $49,188 Mishicot, WI $49,147 New Franken, WI $49,065 Reedsville, WI $49,319 Saint Nazianz, WI $49,416

Sister Bay, WI $48,941 Sturgeon Bay, WI $49,071 Tisch Mills, WI $49,125 Two Rivers, WI $49,143 Valders, WI $49,393 Washington Island, WI $48,859 Whitelaw, WI $49,221 Green Bay, WI $49,058

East Troy, WI $50,300 Elkhorn, WI $49,953 Elm Grove, WI $51,596 Fontana, WI $49,836 Franksville, WI $50,274 Genesee Depot, WI $50,661 Genoa City, WI $49,978 Greendale, WI $51,559

Hales Corners, WI $51,471 Franklin, WI $51,174 Helenville, WI $50,017 Honey Creek, WI $50,142 Kansasville, WI $50,125 Kenosha, WI $49,912 New Berlin, WI $51,310 Lake Geneva, WI $49,808

Lyons, WI $50,076 Mukwonago, WI $50,607 Muskego, WI $50,927 New Munster, WI $50,082 North Prairie, WI $50,579 Fremont, WI $49,528 Rice Lake, WI $48,936 Sarona, WI $48,816

Shell Lake, WI $48,858 Siren, WI $49,352 Solon Springs, WI $49,075 South Range, WI $49,538 Springbrook, WI $48,723 Stone Lake, WI $48,741 Superior, WI $49,591 Trego, WI $48,775

Turtle Lake, WI $49,879 Wascott, WI $49,026 Washburn, WI $48,838 Webster, WI $48,897 Weyerhaeuser, WI $48,818 Winter, WI $48,585 Oshkosh, WI $49,658 Almond, WI $49,122

Appleton, WI $49,946 Bancroft, WI $48,968 Bear Creek, WI $49,408 Berlin, WI $49,442 Big Falls, WI $49,294 Butte Des Morts, WI $49,633 Caroline, WI $49,160 Clintonville, WI $49,287

Coloma, WI $48,993 Dale, WI $49,723 Eldorado, WI $49,541 Embarrass, WI $49,271 Eureka, WI $49,455 Fond Du Lac, WI $49,782 Jefferson, WI $50,056 Juda, WI $49,690

Lake Mills, WI $50,296 Linden, WI $49,560 Livingston, WI $49,305 Lodi, WI $50,421 Lone Rock, WI $49,574 Lowell, WI $50,100 Mc Farland, WI $50,769 Marshall, WI $50,520

Mazomanie, WI $50,401 Merrimac, WI $50,202 Middleton, WI $50,733 Milton, WI $49,912 Mineral Point, WI $49,582 Monroe, WI $49,660 Montfort, WI $49,327 Monticello, WI $50,036

Morrisonville, WI $50,588 Mount Horeb, WI $50,350 Muscoda, WI $49,243 New Glarus, WI $50,241 Oregon, WI $50,685 Orfordville, WI $49,805 Plain, WI $49,725 Prairie Du Sac, WI $50,228

Reeseville, WI $50,202 Rewey, WI $49,361 Richland Center, WI $49,193 Ridgeway, WI $50,082 Sauk City, WI $50,243 Sextonville, WI $49,646 Sharon, WI $49,833 Shullsburg, WI $49,159

South Wayne, WI $49,359 Spring Green, WI $49,916 Stoughton, WI $50,589 Sun Prairie, WI $50,640 Verona, WI $50,626 Waterloo, WI $50,364 Waunakee, WI $50,753 Windsor, WI $50,721

Woodford, WI $49,651 Madison, WI $50,860

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	$65,001	$31.0	28%
Internet	$63,478	$31.0	25%
Energy & Utilities	$58,400	$28.0	15%
Aerospace & Defense	$56,876	$27.0	12%
Insurance	$55,861	$27.0	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

$45,189

Average $50,782/year

$54,787

$3,766

Average $4,232/month

$4,566

$869

Average $977/week

$1,054

$22

Average $24/hour

$26

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$54,787	$4,566	$1,054	$26
Average	$50,782	$4,232	$977	$24
25th Percentile	$45,189	$3,766	$869	$22

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