Bus Drivers, School Salary in Helena, MT

Bus Drivers, School pay range in Helena

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $39,460 a year or less, while the top 10% make $57,870 or more. The middle half of bus drivers, school in Helena earn between $48,150 and $57,870.

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

Bus Drivers, School salary after taxes in Helena

On the average salary of $52,410, a single filer in Helena takes home about $42,585 a year, or $3,549 a month and $1,638 every two weeks. Taxes take 19% of gross pay.

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

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

Prices in the Helena area are 4% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 95.7), so the average $52,410 buys what about $54,779 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.0 times the median wage of all jobs in Helena ($55,040). A typical home costs $477,996, or 9.1 years of this average salary before tax.

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Bus Drivers, School salary in other Montana cities

Helena ranks 1st of 5 Montana 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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• First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors$68,190 a year
• Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors$51,300 a year

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