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School Bus Monitors pay in District of Columbia and Washington
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for School Bus Monitors is $41,720 per year in District of Columbia. It is $42,330 per year in Washington. District of Columbia is 1.4% below Washington on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 33-9094 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 Not published wage and salary jobs in District of Columbia and 470 in Washington. 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.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings