Georgia / City of Dalton Board of Education / Bus Driver
Job-title file
Operate vehicles or heavy equipment safely to move people or materials, and perform routine checks.
1 employees hold this title in City of Dalton Board of Education. Median total compensation for the role is $36,180, below the department median of $52,232.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Georgia, the median wage for Bus Drivers, School — about 16,880 people — is $44,950. City of Dalton Board of Education pays a median base salary of $36,180 for this role, 20% below that figure — about the 37th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Bus Drivers, School across every employer in Georgia, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows City of Dalton Board of Education’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. City of Dalton Board of Education’s median base salary is 24% below that national figure, about the 21st 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 Georgia range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at City of Dalton Board of Education is $36,180, 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 departments
Bus Driver is held in 178 Georgia departments. In City of Dalton Board of Education, the median of $36,180 ranks #9 of 178.
Median total compensation for the Bus Driver role in other Georgiadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 6 jurisdictions. In Georgia, the median of $27,822 ranks #4 of 6. See Bus Driver across all of Georgia →
Median total compensation for comparable Bus Driverroles 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 Driver/City of Dalton Board of Education
At City of Dalton Board of Education, Emilie Revis serves as a Bus Driver. Their 2025 pay totaled $36,180.