School Bus Monitors Salary in Rockford, IL

School Bus Monitors pay range in Rockford

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $31,200 a year or less, while the top 10% make $37,230 or more. The middle half of school bus monitors in Rockford earn between $31,200 and $35,520.

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

School Bus Monitors salary after taxes in Rockford

On the average salary of $33,410, a single filer in Rockford takes home about $27,512 a year, or $2,293 a month and $1,058 every two weeks. Taxes take 18% of gross pay.

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

Is Rockford a good place for school bus monitors? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Rockford area are 8% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 92.2), so the average $33,410 buys what about $36,255 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 0.7 times the median wage of all jobs in Rockford ($47,120). A typical home costs $221,368, or 6.6 years of this average salary before tax.

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School Bus Monitors salary in other Illinois cities

Rockford ranks 5th of 7 Illinois metro areas for this job; Peoria pays the most ($36,140).

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Highest-paying cities for school bus monitors

Seattle, WA pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($49,210).

School Bus Monitors salary by city

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