How much do School Bus Monitors make in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA?

Percentile spread

For School Bus Monitors, the published 10th percentile is $36,540 and the 90th percentile is $49,300. The difference is $12,760, which is 31.5% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $37,320 to the 75th at $49,300, covers $11,980.

The mean annual wage is $42,030, which sits above the median of $40,540. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA median is 15.5% higher than the national median of $35,100 for School Bus Monitors. In 2024 national prices the local median is $38,005, which is 8.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 5.7% higher than the California median of $38,360.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA is 106.670, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $40,540 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts School Bus Monitors at $38,005 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for School Bus Monitors. Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA ranks 3rd of 3 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Stockton-Lodi, CA is 61 miles away, with a median of $41,050 and employment of 40. That median is 1.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $39,062, against $38,005 here.
• San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 98 miles away, with a median of $43,250 and employment of 140. That median is 6.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $37,409, against $38,005 here.

Employment share

School Bus Monitors accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA (50 of 1,080,590). Nationally the occupation is 0.05% of employment (78,420 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.09 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.