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Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity pay in Columbia, SC and Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity is $44,750 per year in Columbia, SC. It is $90,460 per year in Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV. Columbia, SC is 50.5% below Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 53-3052 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 130 wage and salary jobs in Columbia, SC and 2,180 in Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.