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Union County, NC: school bus driver pay side by side

1 employer that hire school bus drivers in Union County. Click a column to sort. A blank cell means the source doesn't say, and we don't guess.

EmployerStart $/hrvs county best startvs BLS metro medianTop $/hrSign-on bonusPaid CDL trainingGuaranteed hoursSummer paySource / date
Union County Public Schools
District · Union County (Monroe)
$20.00county best−$2.12not statednot statedYesnot statednot statedUCPS We Are Hiring page
2026-27 · checked 2026-10-30

Context: the BLS median for school bus drivers in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area is $22.12/hr (OEWS May 2025, SOC 53-3051). It covers the whole metro, not just this county. BLS source.

Rates come from different school years and postings (see each source), so treat small gaps with care. Third-party figures, such as news reports and salary sites, are labeled in the source name.

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