Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs salary

SOC 53-3053 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$37,290

per year, nationally

Middle half

$32,710–$45,700

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

248,530

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+6.7%

36,300 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$28,090$55,070

10th: $28,090
25th: $32,710
Median: $37,290
75th: $45,700
90th: $55,070

Getting in

Typical education to enter: No formal educational credential
Related work experience: None
On-the-job training: Short-term on-the-job training

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where shuttle drivers and chauffeurs earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Hawaii	$50,310	110.0	2,490	2.48×
2	District of Columbia	$45,700	109.9	440	0.39×
3	California	$44,730	110.7	29,940	1.03×
4	Washington	$44,660	107.0	4,780	0.84×
5	New York	$44,160	107.9	18,130	1.17×
6	Massachusetts	$43,590	105.8	12,620	2.17×
7	Vermont	$42,270	98.0	470	0.98×
8	Colorado	$41,020	103.1	4,710	1.02×
9	Minnesota	$39,810	98.6	6,500	1.38×
10	Alaska	$39,800	102.4	960	1.85×
11	Maryland	$39,750	105.0	5,480	1.24×
12	New Jersey	$39,470	108.8	9,330	1.36×
13	Virginia	$38,670	101.1	7,760	1.18×
14	Connecticut	$38,540	103.6	3,410	1.26×
15	Maine	$38,060	97.0	1,190	1.16×
16	Utah	$37,890	98.9	1,060	0.38×
17	Delaware	$37,880	99.8	880	1.14×
18	Illinois	$37,590	100.0	7,840	0.80×
19	North Dakota	$37,560	89.0	660	0.96×
20	Oregon	$37,310	103.4	3,510	1.12×
21	Missouri	$37,050	90.8	4,700	1.00×
22	Arizona	$36,840	100.7	5,620	1.08×
23	Montana	$36,620	94.6	590	0.72×
24	Michigan	$36,330	96.2	5,870	0.83×
25	South Dakota	$36,310	88.6	620	0.84×
26	Rhode Island	$36,300	102.3	790	0.98×
27	Idaho	$36,190	95.5	1,110	0.81×
28	Nevada	$36,170	100.0	3,460	1.40×
29	Texas	$35,600	97.1	13,240	0.59×
30	Nebraska	$35,280	90.1	1,570	0.96×
31	New Mexico	$34,970	92.2	1,490	1.07×
32	Kansas	$34,670	90.1	2,680	1.17×
33	Florida	$34,660	103.4	15,490	0.98×
34	Pennsylvania	$34,230	97.6	14,410	1.49×
35	Georgia	$34,110	96.3	5,810	0.74×
36	New Hampshire	$34,090	104.2	1,220	1.12×
37	Wisconsin	$34,000	94.1	6,820	1.45×
38	Kentucky	$33,580	90.2	2,630	0.82×
39	Wyoming	$33,540	92.7	560	1.24×
40	Ohio	$33,530	92.8	10,450	1.18×
41	Tennessee	$33,450	91.9	3,240	0.62×
42	Indiana	$32,780	93.3	4,810	0.94×
43	Oklahoma	$32,590	87.8	1,270	0.46×
44	Iowa	$32,580	87.8	1,880	0.75×
45	North Carolina	$31,980	94.3	5,520	0.70×
46	Alabama	$30,960	88.8	1,850	0.55×
47	Louisiana	$30,640	88.2	2,140	0.69×
48	South Carolina	$30,490	93.7	2,500	0.68×
49	Arkansas	$29,740	86.9	1,910	0.92×
50	West Virginia	$27,950	89.5	1,000	0.90×
51	Mississippi	$26,900	87.0	1,150	0.62×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where shuttle drivers and chauffeurs wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for shuttle drivers and chauffeurs

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Urban Honolulu, HI	$57,050	111.0	1,840	2.58×
2	Kahului-Wailuku, HI	$54,340	109.4	280	2.37×
3	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$51,860	105.6	160	1.06×
4	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$50,040	110.4	1,140	0.63×
5	Boulder, CO	$49,500	105.2	220	0.71×
6	Modesto, CA	$48,770	104.1	310	0.98×
7	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$48,370	115.6	4,540	1.20×
8	Springfield, MA	$47,720	96.1	1,650	5.13×
9	Brunswick-St. Simons, GA	$47,710	87.7	80	1.11×
10	Coeur d'Alene, ID	$46,550	98.3	90	0.75×
11	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$46,180	111.1	3,040	0.91×
12	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$45,640	108.9	4,960	0.99×
13	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$45,640	110.5	540	1.05×
14	Harrisonburg, VA	$45,580	94.9	140	1.31×
15	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$45,410	112.6	18,760	1.24×
16	Grand Forks, ND-MN	$44,830	86.7	120	1.49×
17	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$44,460	113.6	11,590	1.16×
18	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$44,270	107.8	440	1.35×
19	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	$44,130	102.4	50	0.57×
20	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$43,840	108.6	200	1.01×
21	Lewiston-Auburn, ME	$43,680	94.7	110	1.39×
22	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$43,670	111.9	2,350	0.96×
23	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$43,640	105.8	2,300	0.90×
24	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$43,590	108.3	7,970	1.84×
25	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$43,410	106.7	1,690	0.98×
26	Bellingham, WA	$43,120	103.3	100	0.71×
27	Redding, CA	$43,070	100.7	120	1.07×
28	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$42,950	105.4	1,980	1.03×
29	Stockton-Lodi, CA	$42,940	105.1	360	0.77×
30	Columbus, GA-AL	$42,890	89.3	230	1.22×
31	Fairbanks-College, AK	$42,360	103.2	120	2.12×
32	Hanford-Corcoran, CA	$42,350	101.6	80	1.08×
33	Salinas, CA	$42,310	109.0	410	1.36×
34	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$42,280	104.8	3,990	1.28×
35	Burlington-South Burlington, VT	$42,270	100.9	240	1.23×
36	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$42,220	100.9	380	0.29×
37	Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	$42,130	100.3	320	0.78×
38	Barnstable Town, MA	$41,700	98.4	440	2.89×
39	Chico, CA	$41,560	101.2	100	0.80×
40	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$41,200	104.5	3,020	1.39×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where shuttle drivers and chauffeurs wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Similar occupations

Other jobs in the same field, with what each pays nationally.

Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$58,640
Light Truck Drivers$44,860
Driver/Sales Workers$38,770
Bus Drivers, School$47,920
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity$59,050
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other$37,180
Taxi Drivers$42,100
Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians$35,450