Georgia / Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education / Bus Driver
Job-title file
Operate vehicles or heavy equipment safely to move people or materials, and perform routine checks.
186 employees hold this title in Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education. Median total compensation for the role is $48,700, below the department median of $59,600.
What the records show
How total compensation varies among the 186 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 Georgia, the median wage for Bus Drivers, School — about 16,880 people — is $44,950. Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education pays a median base salary of $51,269 for this role, 14% above that figure — about the 76th 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 Savannah-Chatham County 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. Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education’s median base salary is 7% above that national figure, about the 58th 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.
Computed over the 161 of 186 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 Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education is $48,700, 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 Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education, the median of $48,700 ranks #1 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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Jacklyn Williams holds the role of Bus Driver at Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education. In 2025, their total compensation was $104,934.
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Kim Hatcher works as a Bus Driver for Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education. Kim earned $103,223 in 2025.
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Latonja Coleman is a Bus Driver at Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education. 2025 total compensation came to $93,876.
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At Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education, Kerrie Pinckney serves as a Bus Driver. Their 2025 pay totaled $93,727.
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Shannon Shell works as a Bus Driver for Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education. Shannon earned $93,696 in 2025.
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At Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education, Carolyn Reedy serves as a Bus Driver. Their 2025 pay totaled $93,366.
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At Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education, Carl Brown serves as a Bus Driver. Their 2025 pay totaled $92,290.
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Denise Claxton is a Bus Driver at Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education. 2025 total compensation came to $91,034.
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Rebekah Mayner holds the role of Bus Driver at Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education. In 2025, their total compensation was $89,474.
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At Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education, Kristin Hurley serves as a Bus Driver. Their 2025 pay totaled $89,377.
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Randolph Frazier works as a Bus Driver for Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education. Randolph earned $87,044 in 2025.
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At Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education, Regina Smith-Cohen serves as a Bus Driver. Their 2025 pay totaled $85,456.
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At Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education, Lavonia Giles serves as a Bus Driver. Their 2025 pay totaled $85,113.
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Artreena Revis holds the role of Bus Driver at Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education. In 2025, their total compensation was $83,246.
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Tyler Gallimore is a Bus Driver at Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education. 2025 total compensation came to $82,091.
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At Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education, Krystal Wingster serves as a Bus Driver. Their 2025 pay totaled $81,134.
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Basseemah Heard works as a Bus Driver for Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education. Basseemah earned $80,212 in 2025.
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Leah Famble holds the role of Bus Driver at Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education. In 2025, their total compensation was $79,900.
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Margaret Jones is a Bus Driver at Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education. 2025 total compensation came to $79,777.
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Kimberly Williams holds the role of Bus Driver at Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education. In 2025, their total compensation was $79,449.
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Terri Chambers is a Bus Driver at Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education. 2025 total compensation came to $79,412.
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Michelle Jordon works as a Bus Driver for Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education. Michelle earned $78,115 in 2025.
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Cherelle Douglas holds the role of Bus Driver at Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education. In 2025, their total compensation was $77,755.
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Rendrick Moss is a Bus Driver at Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education. 2025 total compensation came to $76,731.
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Jamelia Thomas is a Bus Driver at Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education. 2025 total compensation came to $76,578.
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Latonia Jenkins is a Bus Driver at Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education. 2025 total compensation came to $76,237.
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Felicia Black holds the role of Bus Driver at Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education. In 2025, their total compensation was $75,834.
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Shervonna Burrison works as a Bus Driver for Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education. Shervonna earned $73,986 in 2025.
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Ranorda Dempsey is a Bus Driver at Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education. 2025 total compensation came to $73,349.
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Chenia Drayton works as a Bus Driver for Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education. Chenia earned $73,137 in 2025.
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Aesha Battieste holds the role of Bus Driver at Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education. In 2025, their total compensation was $72,857.
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Sheila Harris holds the role of Bus Driver at Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education. In 2025, their total compensation was $71,859.
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At Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education, Betty Bates serves as a Bus Driver. Their 2025 pay totaled $69,697.
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Tracey Johnson holds the role of Bus Driver at Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education. In 2025, their total compensation was $68,857.
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Ionesa Gordon works as a Bus Driver for Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education. Ionesa earned $68,719 in 2025.
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Craig Burch is a Bus Driver at Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education. 2025 total compensation came to $68,335.
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At Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education, Kim Reedy-Hicks serves as a Bus Driver. Their 2025 pay totaled $68,230.
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Eunice Wilbon holds the role of Bus Driver at Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education. In 2025, their total compensation was $67,463.
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At Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education, Christopher Miller serves as a Bus Driver. Their 2025 pay totaled $67,392.
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Rasheedah Moultrie holds the role of Bus Driver at Savannah-Chatham County Board of Education. In 2025, their total compensation was $66,754.