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Average Bus Drivers, Transit And Intercity Salary in North Dakota

Bus Drivers, Transit And Intercity in North Dakota earn a median annual salary of $39,220, which is -31.7% compared to the national median. There are 240 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for North Dakota (state).

$39,220
North Dakota median annual wage
$19/hour median
-31.7%
Difference vs national median
National median is $57,440
240
Local employment
0.6 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.58
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$32,490
25th
$32,490
Median
$39,220
75th
$47,390
90th
$49,080

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in North Dakota, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
89.0%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$44,088
Goods: 95.7%
Services: 73.7%
Rents: 71.4%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

StateMedian annual wageCompareEmployment
New York$82,420Compare16,550
Washington$70,360Compare7,100
Illinois$69,950Compare7,580
Maryland$69,440Compare4,680
Hawaii$69,090Compare2,130
Oregon$62,900Compare2,730

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in North Dakota

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Nurse Anesthetists$232,4201.80
Pediatricians, General$225,2501.00
Dentists, General$201,2800.68
Chief Executives$171,3100.63
Architectural And Engineering Managers$140,5600.53
Physical Scientists, All Other$138,430N/A
Computer And Information Systems Managers$136,3000.37
Pharmacists$135,5701.09

North Dakota has salary data for 565 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Nurse Anesthetists.

Historical series

Trend for Bus Drivers, Transit And Intercity in North Dakota

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Bus Drivers, Transit And Intercity are projected to change by +4.3% from 2024 to 2034, with 20,900 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.