Davis School District, Utah / Bus Driver
Role across Davis School District, Utah
Bus Driver
Operate vehicles or heavy equipment safely to move people or materials, and perform routine checks.
97 people hold the Bus Driver role across 1 department in Davis School District, Utah, with a median total compensation of $37,686. Among 6 jurisdictions where this role is reported, Davis School District, Utah ranks #2 by median pay.
- Employees
- 97
- Median pay
- $37,686
- Departments
- 1
- Cross-jurisdiction
- #2 of 6
Compared with the local labor market
Bus Driver pay vs. the Ogden, UT area
Across all employers in the Ogden, UT area, the median wage for Bus Drivers, School — about 340 people — is $52,890. Davis School District, Utah pays a median base salary of $36,578 for this role, 31% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Davis School District, Utah sits in the local pay range
The bar is the range of annual wages for Bus Drivers, School across every employer in the Ogden, UT area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Davis School District, Utah’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Bus Drivers, School — about 402,930 people — is $47,920. Davis School District, Utah’s median base salary is 24% below that national figure, about the 22nd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
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 Ogden, UT range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 61 of 97 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 Davis School District, Utah is $37,686, 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.
Compare jurisdictions
Bus Driver pay in other jurisdictions
Where Bus Drivers are paid most
Median total compensation for comparable Bus Driverroles in other jurisdictions (highest first). Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not by identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for this role.