Bus Drivers, School Salary in Lubbock, TX

Bus Drivers, School pay range in Lubbock

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $37,720 a year or less, while the top 10% make $57,090 or more. The middle half of bus drivers, school in Lubbock earn between $38,730 and $44,530.

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

Bus Drivers, School salary after taxes in Lubbock

On the average salary of $42,640, a single filer in Lubbock takes home about $36,441 a year, or $3,037 a month and $1,402 every two weeks. Taxes take 15% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax.

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

Prices in the Lubbock area are 9% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 91.3), so the average $42,640 buys what about $46,694 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.0 times the median wage of all jobs in Lubbock ($42,130). A typical home costs $213,766, or 5.0 years of this average salary before tax.

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Bus Drivers, School salary in other Texas cities

Lubbock ranks 11th of 22 Texas metro areas for this job; Abilene pays the most ($46,760).

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Highest-paying cities for bus drivers, school

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

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