Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity Salary — Abilene, Texas

The average Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity in Abilene, Texas earns $39,280 a year.

$39,280 / year, mean
↓ 36.9% below national average 33th percentile in Texas

Abilene pays below most of Texas for this role, though still within a normal range for the state. That's well below the national average for bus drivers, transit and intercity — one of the largest gaps in this dataset. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Texas

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
50
Estimate confidence
RSE 1.5%
Cost of living 90 #159 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2109 #114 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $217,009 #160 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $66,464 #128 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Abilene ranks #159 for cost of living and #160 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Seattle $79,800 San Francisco $76,190 New York $73,350 Portland $71,070 Chicago $70,760 Salinas $69,690 Los Angeles $65,950 Rochester $65,360 Atlantic City $64,390 Spokane $64,280 Bremerton $63,830 Baltimore $63,750 Santa Cruz $63,730 Watertown $62,500 Pittsburgh $61,750 Ann Arbor $60,760 Eugene $60,400 Santa Rosa $60,000 Sacramento $59,880 San Diego $59,770 Allentown $59,160 Champaign $58,890 Evansville $58,640 Fresno $58,450 Louisville $58,280 Kiryas Joel $58,170 Riverside $58,120 San Luis Obispo $57,700 Albany $56,680 Indianapolis $56,150 Trenton $55,970 Richmond $55,820 Philadelphia $55,410 Miami $55,110 Dallas $54,980 Napa $54,430 Buffalo $54,410 Peoria $54,340 Orlando $54,010 Harrisburg $53,540 Oxnard $53,050 Johnstown $53,040 Jacksonville $51,770 San Antonio $51,450 Bakersfield $51,000 Rockford $50,540 Midland $50,200 Scranton $50,070 Virginia Beach $50,010 Lexington $49,990 Syracuse $49,670 Houston $49,650 Austin $49,460 Sarasota $49,240 Tampa $49,020 Grand Rapids $48,550 York $48,410 Midland $47,630 Detroit $46,890 Deltona $46,400 Charlottesville $45,980 Huntington $45,670 Hagerstown $45,590 Flint $44,710 Roanoke $44,300 Michigan City $44,270 Lakeland $44,250 Bowling Green $42,490 Fort Myers $42,300 Beaumont $42,030 McAllen $41,570 Corpus Christi $41,040 Longview $40,030 El Paso $40,000 Abilene $39,280 Killeen $38,830 Texarkana $38,060 Tyler $36,990 Brownsville $34,250
CityMean salaryvs. Abilene
Albany, New York$56,680+44.3%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$59,160+50.6%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$60,760+54.7%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$64,390+63.9%
Austin, Texas$49,460+25.9%
Bakersfield, California$51,000+29.8%
Baltimore, Maryland$63,750+62.3%
Beaumont, Texas$42,030+7.0%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$42,490+8.2%
Bremerton, Washington$63,830+62.5%
Brownsville, Texas$34,250-12.8%
Buffalo, New York$54,410+38.5%
Fort Myers, Florida$42,300+7.7%
Champaign, Illinois$58,890+49.9%
Charlottesville, Virginia$45,980+17.1%
Chicago, Illinois$70,760+80.1%
Corpus Christi, Texas$41,040+4.5%
Dallas, Texas$54,980+40.0%
Deltona, Florida$46,400+18.1%
Detroit, Michigan$46,890+19.4%
El Paso, Texas$40,000+1.8%
Eugene, Oregon$60,400+53.8%
Evansville, Indiana$58,640+49.3%
Flint, Michigan$44,710+13.8%
Fresno, California$58,450+48.8%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$48,550+23.6%
Hagerstown, Maryland$45,590+16.1%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$53,540+36.3%
Houston, Texas$49,650+26.4%
Huntington, West Virginia$45,670+16.3%
Indianapolis, Indiana$56,150+42.9%
Jacksonville, Florida$51,770+31.8%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$53,040+35.0%
Killeen, Texas$38,830-1.1%
Kiryas Joel, New York$58,170+48.1%
Lakeland, Florida$44,250+12.7%
Lexington, Kentucky$49,990+27.3%
Longview, Texas$40,030+1.9%
Los Angeles, California$65,950+67.9%
Louisville, Kentucky$58,280+48.4%
McAllen, Texas$41,570+5.8%
Miami, Florida$55,110+40.3%
Michigan City, Indiana$44,270+12.7%
Midland, Michigan$50,200+27.8%
Midland, Texas$47,630+21.3%
Napa, California$54,430+38.6%
New York, New York$73,350+86.7%
Sarasota, Florida$49,240+25.4%
Orlando, Florida$54,010+37.5%
Oxnard, California$53,050+35.1%
Peoria, Illinois$54,340+38.3%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$55,410+41.1%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$61,750+57.2%
Portland, Oregon$71,070+80.9%
Richmond, Virginia$55,820+42.1%
Riverside, California$58,120+48.0%
Roanoke, Virginia$44,300+12.8%
Rochester, New York$65,360+66.4%
Rockford, Illinois$50,540+28.7%
Sacramento, California$59,880+52.4%
Salinas, California$69,690+77.4%
San Antonio, Texas$51,450+31.0%
San Diego, California$59,770+52.2%
San Francisco, California$76,190+94.0%
San Luis Obispo, California$57,700+46.9%
Santa Cruz, California$63,730+62.2%
Santa Rosa, California$60,000+52.7%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$50,070+27.5%
Seattle, Washington$79,800+103.2%
Spokane, Washington$64,280+63.6%
Syracuse, New York$49,670+26.5%
Tampa, Florida$49,020+24.8%
Texarkana, Texas$38,060-3.1%
Trenton, New Jersey$55,970+42.5%
Tyler, Texas$36,990-5.8%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$50,010+27.3%
Watertown, New York$62,500+59.1%
York, Pennsylvania$48,410+23.2%
Gross salary
39,280/yr
Estimated take-home
33,741/yr
Est. total withheld
14.1%

Single filer, federal income tax + FICA only, 2025 rates — Texas has no state income tax on wages. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 53-3052 SOC code
Official area Abilene, TX BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 10180 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: tx_constitucion_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
178,244