Bus Drivers, School
Athens-Clarke County, GA metropolitan area. Estimated employment 260.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in Athens earn more.
$48,630 in Athens buys what $52,100 buys across the country as a whole.
Athens's regional price parity is 93.3 — below the national average, so a dollar here goes further than the nominal figure suggests. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in Georgia
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Athens |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hinesville | $49,600 | $52,800 | 93.9 | +1.4% |
| Athens This page | $48,630 | $52,100 | 93.3 | — |
| Atlanta | $47,310 | $47,300 | 100.1 | −9.2% |
| Rome | $46,890 | $52,000 | 90.2 | −0.2% |
| Albany | $46,640 | $53,200 | 87.7 | +2.1% |
| Gainesville | $45,590 | $47,100 | 96.8 | −9.6% |
| Valdosta | $45,540 | $51,600 | 88.3 | −1.0% |
| Columbus | $44,950 | $50,300 | 89.3 | −3.4% |
Price parity and difference against Athens are in the full table on wider screens.
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Employment
- 260 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 53-3051, Bus Drivers, School. Mapped to our taxonomy as bus-drivers-school.
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