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School Bus Monitors

Law, Public Safety, Corrections and SecurityO*NET 33-9094.00United States

Maintain order among students on a school bus. Duties include helping students safely board and exit and communicating behavioral problems.

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Median annual earnings
$35,110

50th percentile, United States

Projected change
+3.1%

2025 to 2035

Typical education
High school diploma or less

90.8% of the workforce

Employment
79.73K jobs

Growing to 82.18K by 2035

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The work

What school bus monitors do

Tasks reported for this occupation, ordered by how often they come up in the role.

  • Announce routes or stops.
  • Assist children with disabilities or children with psychological, emotional, or behavioral issues with boarding and exiting the school bus.
  • Buckle seatbelts or fasten wheelchair tie-down straps to secure passengers for transportation.
  • Clean school bus interiors by picking up waste, wiping down windows, or vacuuming.
  • Direct students boarding and exiting the school bus.
  • Direct students evacuating the bus during safety drills.
  • Escort young children across roads or highways.
  • Evacuate students from the school bus in emergency situations.
  • Guide the driver when the bus is moving in reverse gear.
  • Monitor for trains at railroad crossings and signal the bus driver when it is safe to proceed.
  • Monitor the conduct of students to maintain discipline and safety.
  • Open and close school bus doors for students.
  • Operate a wheelchair lift to load or unload wheelchairs.
  • Prevent or defuse altercations between students.
  • Report delays, accidents, or other traffic and transportation situations to dispatchers or other bus drivers, using phones or mobile two-way radios.
  • Respond to students' questions, requests, or complaints.
  • Talk to children's parents or guardians about problematic behaviors, emotional or developmental problems, or related issues.
  • Write and submit reports that include data such as the number of passengers or trips, hours worked, mileage driven, or fuel consumed.

Pay and outlook

What the job pays and where it is heading

Annual earnings range

Reported earnings by percentile, United States

10th percentile
$28,122
25th percentile
$31,762
50th percentile
$35,110
75th percentile
$37,752
90th percentile
$43,243

The gold marker shows the median. Half earn more than $35,110 and half earn less.

Employment outlook

2025 to 2035 projection

+3.1%average or slower
202579,726 jobs
2035 projected82,176 jobs

2,450 more positions over the decade, before replacement hiring.

Preparation

Education levels

What people currently working in the career hold. These are not entry requirements.

High school diploma or less
90.8%
Some college
6%
Certificate
3.2%

Skills

Skills employers ask for

Technical skills appearing most often in job postings for this occupation.

  • Loading And Unloading
  • Working With Children
  • Special Needs Children
  • Emergency Procedures
  • Emergency Evacuation
  • Pre-Trip And Post-Trip Vehicle Inspections
  • Lifting Ability
  • Special Education
  • Behavior Management
  • First Aid
  • Wheelchair Lifts
  • Adaptive Equipment
  • Operations Management
  • Mechanics
  • State Laws
  • Safety Procedures
  • Disciplinary Procedures
  • Drilling
  • Basic First Aid
  • Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)

How the work gets done

Core competencies

Broad capabilities associated with strong performance in this occupation.

In the market

Job titles and employers

Recent job postings in United States

Common job titles

  1. 01School Bus Monitors958 postings
  2. 02School Bus Aides242 postings
  3. 03School Bus Attendants194 postings
  4. 04School Assistants9 postings
  5. 05Substitute School Nurses9 postings
  6. 06School Safety Agents6 postings
  7. 07Substitute Bus Aides4 postings
  8. 08Pre-Op/Post-Op Registered Nurses2 postings
  9. 09Summer Employees2 postings
  10. 10Transportation Attendants2 postings
  11. 11Assistant Transportation Managers1 postings
  12. 12Before and After School Teachers1 postings
  13. 13Permanent Substitutes1 postings
  14. 14School Bus Technicians1 postings
  15. 15School Business Managers1 postings
  16. 16School Office Assistants1 postings
  17. 17Shop Assistants1 postings
  18. 18Transportation Department Managers1 postings
  19. 19Vehicle Service Attendants1 postings

Top employers

  1. 01First Student430 postings
  2. 02Dattco47 postings
  3. 03Quanterix32 postings
  4. 04Dean Transportation28 postings
  5. 05Wayne-Finger Lakes Boces27 postings
  6. 06Dean And Company19 postings
  7. 07Transportation15 postings
  8. 08Ds Bus South14 postings
  9. 09Ocean State Transit14 postings
  10. 10Beacon Mobility11 postings
  11. 11Ds Bus Lines11 postings
  12. 12Keloland Television11 postings
  13. 13Rolling V Bus Corp.11 postings
  14. 14Sts International Srl11 postings
  15. 15Sheppard Bus Service9 postings
  16. 16All-Star Transportation8 postings
  17. 17Birnie Bus Service8 postings
  18. 18Kobussen Buses Ltd.8 postings
  19. 19Apple Bus Company7 postings
  20. 20Auxilio7 postings

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