School Bus Monitors Salary — Reading, Pennsylvania

The average School Bus Monitors in Reading, Pennsylvania earns $33,710 a year.

$33,710 / year, mean
↓ 5.7% below national average 20th percentile in Pennsylvania

Reading pays below most of Pennsylvania for this role, though still within a normal range for the state. That's close to the national average for school bus monitors — a fairly typical rate for this role. 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 Pennsylvania

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
120
Estimate confidence
RSE 3.8%
Cost of living 97 #83 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1511 #51 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $312,348 #94 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $77,684 #58 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Reading ranks #83 for cost of living and #94 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 $49,210 San Francisco $44,050 Portland $43,110 Sacramento $42,030 Stockton $41,500 Eugene $41,280 Kennewick $40,900 San Diego $40,620 Olympia $40,580 Bakersfield $39,880 Los Angeles $39,870 Lexington Park $39,680 Baltimore $39,340 Elmira $39,170 Spokane $39,070 New York $38,030 Kiryas Joel $37,880 Syracuse $37,160 Riverside $37,080 Glens Falls $36,760 Grand Rapids $36,560 Crestview $36,520 Flint $36,440 Dover $36,430 Allentown $36,180 Peoria $36,140 Virginia Beach $36,030 Albany $35,990 Port St. Lucie $35,880 Gainesville $35,730 Lakeland $35,730 Rochester $35,710 Kingston $35,690 Detroit $35,660 Philadelphia $35,590 Atlantic City $35,470 Buffalo $35,380 Miami $35,070 Trenton $35,010 Utica $34,880 Elkhart $34,760 Lancaster $34,750 Champaign $34,630 Orlando $34,630 Pittsburgh $34,420 Chicago $34,350 Roanoke $34,340 Watertown $34,220 Kankakee $34,140 Richmond $34,040 Indianapolis $33,890 Reading $33,710 Binghamton $33,580 Rockford $33,410 Pensacola $33,380 Bloomington $33,300 Fort Wayne $33,240 Tampa $33,230 Springfield $33,220 Lafayette $33,080 Sarasota $32,980 Evansville $32,970 Harrisonburg $32,710 Austin $32,310 Louisville $32,300 Lynchburg $32,190 South Bend $32,160 Beaumont $31,740 Lansing $31,190 Jacksonville $31,150 Houston $30,960 McAllen $29,990 Dallas $29,920 Michigan City $28,760 San Antonio $28,360 El Paso $28,020 Kokomo $27,790 Killeen $26,910
CityMean salaryvs. Reading
Albany, New York$35,990+6.8%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$36,180+7.3%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$35,470+5.2%
Austin, Texas$32,310-4.2%
Bakersfield, California$39,880+18.3%
Baltimore, Maryland$39,340+16.7%
Beaumont, Texas$31,740-5.8%
Binghamton, New York$33,580-0.4%
Bloomington, Illinois$33,300-1.2%
Buffalo, New York$35,380+5.0%
Champaign, Illinois$34,630+2.7%
Chicago, Illinois$34,350+1.9%
Crestview, Florida$36,520+8.3%
Dallas, Texas$29,920-11.2%
Detroit, Michigan$35,660+5.8%
Dover, Delaware$36,430+8.1%
Elkhart, Indiana$34,760+3.1%
Elmira, New York$39,170+16.2%
El Paso, Texas$28,020-16.9%
Eugene, Oregon$41,280+22.5%
Evansville, Indiana$32,970-2.2%
Flint, Michigan$36,440+8.1%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$33,240-1.4%
Gainesville, Florida$35,730+6.0%
Glens Falls, New York$36,760+9.0%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$36,560+8.5%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$32,710-3.0%
Houston, Texas$30,960-8.2%
Indianapolis, Indiana$33,890+0.5%
Jacksonville, Florida$31,150-7.6%
Kankakee, Illinois$34,140+1.3%
Kennewick, Washington$40,900+21.3%
Killeen, Texas$26,910-20.2%
Kingston, New York$35,690+5.9%
Kiryas Joel, New York$37,880+12.4%
Kokomo, Indiana$27,790-17.6%
Lafayette, Indiana$33,080-1.9%
Lakeland, Florida$35,730+6.0%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$34,750+3.1%
Lansing, Michigan$31,190-7.5%
Lexington Park, Maryland$39,680+17.7%
Los Angeles, California$39,870+18.3%
Louisville, Kentucky$32,300-4.2%
Lynchburg, Virginia$32,190-4.5%
McAllen, Texas$29,990-11.0%
Miami, Florida$35,070+4.0%
Michigan City, Indiana$28,760-14.7%
New York, New York$38,030+12.8%
Sarasota, Florida$32,980-2.2%
Olympia, Washington$40,580+20.4%
Orlando, Florida$34,630+2.7%
Pensacola, Florida$33,380-1.0%
Peoria, Illinois$36,140+7.2%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$35,590+5.6%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$34,420+2.1%
Portland, Oregon$43,110+27.9%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$35,880+6.4%
Richmond, Virginia$34,040+1.0%
Riverside, California$37,080+10.0%
Roanoke, Virginia$34,340+1.9%
Rochester, New York$35,710+5.9%
Rockford, Illinois$33,410-0.9%
Sacramento, California$42,030+24.7%
San Antonio, Texas$28,360-15.9%
San Diego, California$40,620+20.5%
San Francisco, California$44,050+30.7%
Seattle, Washington$49,210+46.0%
South Bend, Indiana$32,160-4.6%
Spokane, Washington$39,070+15.9%
Springfield, Illinois$33,220-1.5%
Stockton, California$41,500+23.1%
Syracuse, New York$37,160+10.2%
Tampa, Florida$33,230-1.4%
Trenton, New Jersey$35,010+3.9%
Utica, New York$34,880+3.5%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$36,030+6.9%
Watertown, New York$34,220+1.5%
Gross salary
33,710/yr
Estimated take-home
28,231/yr
Est. total withheld
16.3%

Single filer, federal + Pennsylvania state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. 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 33-9094 SOC code
Official area Reading, PA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 39740 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: pa_dor_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)
429,989