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School Bus Driver resume

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Also called bus driver, campus driver, cdl bus driver and cdl school bus driver.

$47,920
Median pay a year
402,930
People do this work
6
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  • Driving passenger vehicles
  • Recording travel details
  • Notifying hazards
  • Reading maps
  • Monitoring health
  • Inspecting motor vehicles
  • Cleaning vehicles and components
  • Maintaining public security
  • Maintaining vehicles in good condition
  • Recording production data
  • Receiving performance instructions
  • Reporting vehicle malfunctions

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School Bus Driver

Summary

Bus driver transporting students to schools and activities, ensuring safety rules are followed and assisting with boarding and exiting as needed

Experience

School Bus Driver

Where you worked

Month Year to Month Year
  • Drove multi-passenger vehicles to transport students between neighborhoods, schools, and activities
  • Picked up and dropped off students at scheduled locations, following strict time schedules
  • Complied with traffic regulations to operate vehicles safely and courteously
  • Checked vehicle tires, brakes, lights, and safety equipment to ensure everything worked well
  • Maintained order among students during trips to ensure their safety
  • Reported any bus malfunctions or needed repairs to ensure safe operation

Skills

Hands-On Work
Driving passenger vehicles, Cleaning vehicles and components, Maintaining public security
Technical Skills
Recording travel details, Maintaining vehicles in good condition, Recording production data
Core Skills
Reading maps, Monitoring health, Driver's license, Notifying hazards, Inspecting motor vehicles

Education

  • High School Diploma
    Your school, Year

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  • Operated a school bus in compliance with traffic regulations, ensuring the safety of all passengers
  • Checked the bus for safety and maintenance issues, reporting any problems as needed

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Mention how many students you transported each trip

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Operated a school bus with a full load of students each trip, ensuring compliance with traffic regulations and passenger safety

Mention how many students you transported each trip

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A full bus of students each tripMost of the students in my routeSeveral students every day

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Show what improved once the safety checks were done

The line

Checked the bus for safety and maintenance issues, reporting any problems as needed

Show what improved once the safety checks were done

Pick one that fits

Fewer breakdowns during routesSafer rides for all studentsBetter performance of the bus

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The work itself

What a School Bus Driver does

The public record of what this job is, in one paragraph.

Drive a school bus to transport students. Ensure adherence to safety rules. May assist students in boarding or exiting.

What it pays

How much does a School Bus Driver make?

Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.

25th percentile$38,650
Median$47,920
75th percentile$58,430

About 402,930 people do this work in the United States.

What it pays in each state
State25th percentileMedian75th percentile
AK$47,430$54,200$54,750
AL$17,040$17,630$18,750
AR$29,980$45,500$54,170
AZ$40,380$46,050$48,100
CA$51,110$61,040$70,570
CO$47,120$52,620$60,950
CT$47,490$61,520$63,110
DC$53,510$55,450$55,470
DE$37,890$42,390$48,480
FL$38,600$44,690$47,900
GA$27,570$44,950$50,490
HI$48,490$59,090$64,480
IA$39,330$46,320$56,070
ID$41,110$46,250$48,670
IL$46,470$49,090$59,110
IN$36,270$48,020$56,470
KS$37,860$45,860$48,370
KY$38,530$44,830$48,310
LA$23,110$29,450$46,210
MA$54,780$65,170$69,320
MD$47,190$56,450$60,610
ME$42,450$48,640$52,660
MI$42,100$46,380$48,630
MN$38,800$48,940$55,930
MO$39,430$46,880$51,220
MS$22,350$30,640$39,320
MT$39,840$46,220$48,620
NC$35,370$37,460$44,480
ND$46,840$50,790$62,610
NE$39,550$47,760$56,370
NH$48,470$50,990$57,870
NJ$51,160$59,430$65,240
NM$37,990$45,470$56,170
NV$37,280$37,280$46,110
NY$49,320$56,640$62,550
OH$35,160$45,860$47,670
OK$30,510$36,920$44,240
OR$48,350$51,270$61,840
PA$39,630$47,530$55,630
PR$22,910$27,950$30,960
RI$48,640$58,700$62,010
SC$30,070$39,900$46,700
SD$36,980$39,730$46,340
TN$27,650$44,510$51,150
TX$31,330$44,490$49,030
UT$48,950$52,890$61,250
VA$46,340$50,190$59,700
VT$46,660$56,580$57,560
WA$56,640$63,370$70,890
WI$45,950$47,760$55,010
WV$30,760$33,360$35,290
WY$41,980$45,520$48,220

Other names

Other names for this job

bus driver, campus driver, cdl bus driver, cdl school bus driver, commercial driver's license bus driver, commercial driver's license school bus driver, public school bus driver, school van driver, shuttle bus driver, special education bus driver, special education driver, special education school bus driver.

More names for this work

sped bus driver, sped driver, sped school bus driver, student driver, substitute bus driver, bus drive coordinator, bus drivers school, bus monitor, school bus operator.

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  • School Bus Driver

    Already yours: Driving passenger vehicles, Recording travel details, Notifying hazards

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    Median pay$47,920 a year

    What you have not done yet. Reading maps, Inspecting motor vehicles, Cleaning vehicles and components

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  • Driving passenger vehicles
  • Recording travel details
  • Notifying hazards
  • Recording production data

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This page is about the occupation Bus Drivers, School. What this job involves and what it is made of come from O*NET 30.3, the US Department of Labor's occupation database, refreshed July 2026; Rung writes those records into the plain sentences you see. Pay comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS release for 2025. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.