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Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity pay in New York and Virginia
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity is $84,480 per year in New York. It is $52,940 per year in Virginia. New York is 59.6% above Virginia 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 16,770 wage and salary jobs in New York and 3,800 in Virginia. 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.