Motorcoach Operator

Operate, maintain, and repair equipment or facilities, performing skilled hands-on work.

147 employees hold this title in Tr-Transit. Median total compensation for the role is $31,784, above the department median of $29,540.

Employees: 147
Total payroll: $4.7M
Role median: $31,784
Agency median: $29,540
Comparison: Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$7,726$50,804+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How total compensation varies among the 147 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Compared with the local labor market

Motorcoach Operator pay vs. the Albuquerque, NM area

Across all employers in the Albuquerque, NM area, the median wage for Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity — about 200 people — is $46,510. Tr-Transit pays a median base salary of $32,853 for this role, 29% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Tr-Transit sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$38,700

$46,510

$48,780

Tr-Transit median · $32,853

The bar is the range of annual wages for Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity across every employer in the Albuquerque, NM area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Tr-Transit’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity — about 159,240 people — is $59,050. Tr-Transit’s median base salary is 44% below that national figure, below the 10th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$40,030

$47,530

$59,050

$70,700

$84,700

Tr-Transit median · $32,853

Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Albuquerque, NM range relative to the national one.

Computed over the 126 of 147 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.

Median total compensation for this role at Tr-Transit is $31,784, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.

Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.

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