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Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs — Career Decision Dashboard
United States
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Report generated from official BLS OEWS and O*NET data — United States.
Median annual wage
$37,290
United States, 2025
Employment
248,530
United States, 2025
Typical education
High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
Job Zone 2
Skills identified
35
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Career overview
Drive a motor vehicle to transport passengers on a planned or scheduled basis. May collect a fare. Includes nonemergency medical transporters and hearse drivers.
- O*NET code
- 53-3053.00
- Job zone
- 2
- Experience required
- Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years
Typical tasks
- Test vehicle equipment, such as lights, brakes, horns, or windshield wipers, to ensure proper operation.
- Check the condition of a vehicle's tires, brakes, windshield wipers, lights, oil, fuel, water, and safety equipment to ensure that everything is in working order.
- Comply with traffic regulations to operate vehicles in a safe and courteous manner.
- Follow relevant safety regulations and state laws governing vehicle operation, and ensure that passengers follow safety regulations.
- Operate vehicles with specialized equipment, such as wheelchair lifts, to transport and secure passengers with special needs.
- Report any vehicle malfunctions or needed repairs.
- Perform routine vehicle maintenance, such as regulating tire pressure and adding gasoline, oil, and water.
- Pick up and drop off passengers at regularly scheduled neighborhood locations, following strict time schedules.
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Salary analysis — United States
10th percentile
$28,090
25th percentile
$32,710
75th percentile
$45,700
90th percentile
$55,070
Most important skills
- Active Listening3.4
- Monitoring3.3
- Operation and Control3.3
- Critical Thinking3.3
- Operations Monitoring3.1
- Service Orientation3.1
- Social Perceptiveness3.1
- Speaking3.1
- Time Management2.9
- Reading Comprehension2.9
- Coordination2.9
- Judgment and Decision Making2.8
What skills do you need?
Select the skills you already have
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 8 identified skills
Matched
0
Missing
8
Your selected skills cover approximately 0% of the skills identified for this occupation in O*NET. This is a coverage measure of listed skills only — it is not a qualification, hiring or interview outcome.
Skills to develop
| Skill | Importance | Required level | Your level | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monitoring | 3.3 | 3.1 | Not selected | 3.1 |
| Active Listening | 3.4 | 2.9 | Not selected | 2.9 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.3 | 2.9 | Not selected | 2.9 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.1 | 3.0 | Not selected | 3.0 |
| Service Orientation | 3.1 | 2.8 | Not selected | 2.8 |
| Speaking | 3.1 | 2.8 | Not selected | 2.8 |
| Operation and Control | 3.3 | 2.4 | Not selected | 2.4 |
| Operations Monitoring | 3.1 | 2.4 | Not selected | 2.4 |
Ordered by required level gap multiplied by O*NET importance. No prediction or recommendation is implied.
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Compare with Shuttle Drivers and ChauffeursHow salary varies by location
| Location | Median | Employment | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban Honolulu, HI | $57,050 | 1,840 | 2025 |
| Kahului, HI | $54,340 | 280 | 2025 |
| Bremerton, WA | $51,860 | 160 | 2025 |
| HI | $50,310 | 2,490 | 2025 |
| San Jose, CA | $50,040 | 1,140 | 2025 |
| Boulder, CO | $49,500 | 220 | 2025 |
| Modesto, CA | $48,770 | 310 | 2025 |
| San Francisco, CA | $48,370 | 4,540 | 2025 |
| Springfield, MA | $47,720 | 1,650 | 2025 |
| Brunswick, GA | $47,710 | 80 | 2025 |
| Coeur d'Alene, ID | $46,550 | 90 | 2025 |
| Seattle, WA | $46,180 | 3,040 | 2025 |
| DC | $45,700 | 440 | 2025 |
| Washington, DC | $45,640 | 4,960 | 2025 |
| Oxnard, CA | $45,640 | 540 | 2025 |
| Harrisonburg, VA | $45,580 | 140 | 2025 |
| New York, NY | $45,410 | 18,760 | 2025 |
| Grand Forks, ND | $44,830 | 120 | 2025 |
| CA | $44,730 | 29,940 | 2025 |
| WA | $44,660 | 4,780 | 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.