Bus Drivers, School Salary in Decatur, IL

Bus Drivers, School pay range in Decatur

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $44,360 a year or less, while the top 10% make $74,830 or more. The middle half of bus drivers, school in Decatur earn between $44,610 and $74,780.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Bus Drivers, School salary after taxes in Decatur

On the average salary of $56,450, a single filer in Decatur takes home about $44,884 a year, or $3,740 a month and $1,726 every two weeks. Taxes take 20% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2025 rules).

Is Decatur a good place for bus drivers, school? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Decatur area are 12% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 88.4), so the average $56,450 buys what about $63,842 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.1 times the median wage of all jobs in Decatur ($51,290). A typical home costs $126,931, or 2.2 years of this average salary before tax.

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Bus Drivers, School salary in other Illinois cities

Decatur ranks 1st of 8 Illinois metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

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San Jose, CA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($70,900).

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Related jobs in Decatur

• Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$62,550 a year
• Light Truck Drivers$57,850 a year
• Driver/Sales Workers$45,400 a year
• Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs$36,780 a year
• First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors$67,360 a year
• Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators$52,110 a year
• Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$48,110 a year
• Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment$47,510 a year

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