School Bus Monitors — Career Decision Dashboard
United States
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Report generated from official BLS OEWS and O*NET data — United States.
Median annual wage
$35,100
United States, 2025
Employment
78,420
United States, 2025
Typical education
Not recorded
Job Zone 2
Skills identified
35
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Career overview
Maintain order among students on a school bus. Duties include helping students safely board and exit and communicating behavioral problems. May perform pretrip and posttrip inspections and prepare for and assist in emergency evacuations.
- O*NET code
- 33-9094.00
- Job zone
- 2
- Experience required
- None
Typical tasks
- Direct students evacuating the bus during safety drills.
- Operate a wheelchair lift to load or unload wheelchairs.
- Buckle seatbelts or fasten wheelchair tie-down straps to secure passengers for transportation.
- Escort young children across roads or highways.
- Assist children with disabilities or children with psychological, emotional, or behavioral issues with boarding and exiting the school bus.
- Monitor the conduct of students to maintain discipline and safety.
- Evacuate students from the school bus in emergency situations.
- Direct students boarding and exiting the school bus.
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Salary analysis — United States
10th percentile
$28,130
25th percentile
$31,760
75th percentile
$37,760
90th percentile
$43,250
Most important skills
- Monitoring3.8
- Speaking3.3
- Social Perceptiveness3.3
- Service Orientation3.0
- Active Listening3.0
- Judgment and Decision Making2.9
- Critical Thinking2.9
- Coordination2.9
- Persuasion2.8
- Writing2.8
- Reading Comprehension2.8
- Negotiation2.5
What skills do you need?
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Skills listed are those O*NET rates at importance 3.0 or above for this occupation. Set your own level on the same 0–7 O*NET scale.
Skill coverage
0%
0 of 5 identified skills
Matched
0
Missing
5
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Skills to develop
| Skill | Importance | Required level | Your level | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monitoring | 3.8 | 3.1 | Not selected | 3.1 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.3 | 2.8 | Not selected | 2.8 |
| Speaking | 3.3 | 2.6 | Not selected | 2.6 |
| Service Orientation | 3.0 | 2.8 | Not selected | 2.8 |
| Active Listening | 3.0 | 2.8 | Not selected | 2.8 |
Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.
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Compare with School Bus MonitorsHow salary varies by location
| Location | Median | Employment | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seattle, WA | $47,170 | 190 | 2025 |
| San Francisco, CA | $43,250 | 140 | 2025 |
| Eugene, OR | $43,110 | 100 | 2025 |
| WA | $42,330 | 470 | 2025 |
| Washington, DC | $41,720 | 2,220 | 2025 |
| Rochester, MN | $41,720 | 70 | 2025 |
| DC | $41,720 | — | 2025 |
| Kennewick, WA | $41,660 | 60 | 2025 |
| Lexington Park, MD | $41,490 | 90 | 2025 |
| Portland, OR | $41,490 | 210 | 2025 |
| Stockton, CA | $41,050 | 40 | 2025 |
| OR | $40,900 | 380 | 2025 |
| Olympia, WA | $40,710 | 50 | 2025 |
| Sacramento, CA | $40,540 | 50 | 2025 |
| HI | $40,250 | 220 | 2025 |
| Barnstable Town, MA | $40,160 | 50 | 2025 |
| Worcester, MA | $40,130 | 330 | 2025 |
| Green Bay, WI | $39,880 | 60 | 2025 |
| Rocky Mount, NC | $39,080 | 100 | 2025 |
| VT | $39,020 | 70 | 2025 |
Career transition paths
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Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, 2025 (May 2025 release).
Figures are periodic published survey snapshots, not real-time market rates.