Miami-Dade County / Transportation & Public Works / Bus Operator
Job-title file
Operate, maintain, and repair equipment or facilities, performing skilled hands-on work.
1,423 employees hold this title in Transportation & Public Works. Median total compensation for the role is $57,610, below the department median of $71,032.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 1,423 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
Across all employers in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL area, the median wage for Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity — about 3,620 people — is $48,300. Transportation & Public Works pays a median base salary of $57,610 for this role, 19% above that figure — about the 65th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity across every employer in the Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Transportation & Public Works’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. Transportation & Public Works’s median base salary is 2% below that national figure, about the 47th 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 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 1,418 of 1,423 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in 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 Transportation & Public Works is $57,610, 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
This role is reported in 3 jurisdictions. In Miami-Dade County, the median of $57,610 ranks #3 of 3. See Bus Operator across all of Miami-Dade County →
Median total compensation for comparable Bus Operator roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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Bus Operator/Transportation & Public Works
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Alden Peralta Hernandez works as a Bus Operator for Transportation & Public Works within Mdc. Alden earned $50,014 in 2026.
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Marguy Audige works as a Bus Operator for Transportation & Public Works within Mdc. Marguy earned $50,014 in 2026.
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Travanique Townsend holds the role of Bus Operator at Transportation & Public Works within Mdc. In 2026, their total compensation was $50,014.
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Jose Jarquin Peralta holds the role of Bus Operator at Transportation & Public Works within Mdc. In 2026, their total compensation was $50,014.
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At Transportation & Public Works, Tiara Walker serves as a Bus Operator within Mdc. Their 2026 pay totaled $50,014.
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Kiaree Scruggs holds the role of Bus Operator at Transportation & Public Works within Mdc. In 2026, their total compensation was $50,014.
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At Transportation & Public Works, Yonekis Carrera Solar serves as a Bus Operator within Mdc. Their 2026 pay totaled $50,014.
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At Transportation & Public Works, Sylvia Pinkney serves as a Bus Operator within Mdc. Their 2026 pay totaled $50,014.
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At Transportation & Public Works, Roberta Louis serves as a Bus Operator within Mdc. Their 2026 pay totaled $50,014.
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Chenille Wright is a Bus Operator at Transportation & Public Works within Mdc. 2026 total compensation came to $50,014.
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Onasia Butler holds the role of Bus Operator at Transportation & Public Works within Mdc. In 2026, their total compensation was $50,014.
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Shaniqua Riley is a Bus Operator at Transportation & Public Works within Mdc. 2026 total compensation came to $50,014.
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Rafael Vilorio is a Bus Operator at Transportation & Public Works within Mdc. 2026 total compensation came to $50,014.
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At Transportation & Public Works, Jensen Villacorta serves as a Bus Operator within Mdc. Their 2026 pay totaled $50,014.
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At Transportation & Public Works, Ivan Cabrera Portal serves as a Bus Operator within Mdc. Their 2026 pay totaled $50,014.
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At Transportation & Public Works, Deborah Reels serves as a Bus Operator within Mdc. Their 2026 pay totaled $50,014.
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Danny Suarez holds the role of Bus Operator at Transportation & Public Works within Mdc. In 2026, their total compensation was $50,014.
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Charles Butler holds the role of Bus Operator at Transportation & Public Works within Mdc. In 2026, their total compensation was $50,014.
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Francina Holdman holds the role of Bus Operator at Transportation & Public Works within Mdc. In 2026, their total compensation was $49,050.
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Reo Petersen works as a Bus Operator for Transportation & Public Works within Mdc. Reo earned $42,612 in 2026.
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Andriana Sims works as a Bus Operator for Transportation & Public Works within Mdc. Andriana earned $42,599 in 2026.
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At Transportation & Public Works, Ramon Casanas serves as a Bus Operator within Mdc. Their 2026 pay totaled $42,592.
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Paola Juarez holds the role of Bus Operator at Transportation & Public Works within Mdc. In 2026, their total compensation was $40,634.