School bus driver employment is still struggling to recover to pre-pandemic levels: State and local government (public sector) and private-sector school bus driver employment in elementary and secondary schools, 2008–2023

Date All school bus drivers employment Public-sector school bus driver employment Private-sector school bus driver employment
2008-01-01 233,042 211,515 20,506
2008-02-01 232,332 210,436 20,863
2008-03-01 230,568 208,370 21,006
2008-04-01 234,883 210,758 22,635
2008-05-01 238,020 212,746 23,807
2008-06-01 244,469 217,427 25,566
2008-07-01 247,794 218,520 27,771
2008-08-01 251,032 220,197 29,306
2008-09-01 255,780 221,862 32,362
2008-10-01 259,264 223,179 34,615
2008-11-01 261,297 223,474 36,559
2008-12-01 263,750 224,444 38,200
2009-01-01 265,898 225,528 39,480
2009-02-01 270,364 227,927 41,691
2009-03-01 278,372 234,632 43,123
2009-04-01 280,508 236,835 43,480
2009-05-01 283,637 239,928 43,517
2009-06-01 285,684 243,996 41,524
2009-07-01 287,061 246,841 40,082
2009-08-01 286,877 247,488 39,279
2009-09-01 289,720 251,989 37,647
2009-10-01 286,958 252,045 34,829
2009-11-01 285,010 251,363 33,563
2009-12-01 284,445 251,996 32,200
2010-01-01 280,063 247,891 31,616
2010-02-01 276,844 245,140 30,881
2010-03-01 269,106 237,779 30,251
2010-04-01 264,989 233,500 30,116
2010-05-01 259,639 228,028 29,984
2010-06-01 256,457 223,854 30,811
2010-07-01 254,215 221,937 30,321
2010-08-01 251,872 220,476 29,439
2010-09-01 251,849 220,433 29,246
2010-10-01 253,628 221,120 30,119
2010-11-01 254,070 221,331 30,260
2010-12-01 252,794 219,167 31,310
2011-01-01 253,376 219,675 31,617
2011-02-01 255,957 221,193 32,527
2011-03-01 260,202 224,323 33,237
2011-04-01 259,532 223,551 33,130
2011-05-01 258,381 223,243 32,099
2011-06-01 257,264 223,450 30,769
2011-07-01 256,972 223,143 30,949
2011-08-01 254,462 220,595 30,987
2011-09-01 246,606 214,709 29,195
2011-10-01 239,505 209,275 27,715
2011-11-01 232,890 204,013 26,419
2011-12-01 229,047 201,578 25,026
2012-01-01 227,381 200,102 24,840
2012-02-01 223,928 197,701 24,141
2012-03-01 219,348 195,681 22,206
2012-04-01 217,757 195,252 21,487
2012-05-01 219,830 197,597 21,657
2012-06-01 217,387 194,726 22,255
2012-07-01 215,206 191,835 22,965
2012-08-01 217,375 192,600 24,370
2012-09-01 218,587 191,820 26,341
2012-10-01 220,684 192,464 27,774
2012-11-01 221,003 192,144 28,391
2012-12-01 217,652 188,387 28,769
2013-01-01 213,246 184,322 28,497
2013-02-01 209,307 180,849 28,099
2013-03-01 210,469 180,073 30,100
2013-04-01 212,749 182,205 30,255
2013-05-01 212,659 181,832 30,053
2013-06-01 215,309 183,364 30,683
2013-07-01 216,794 185,408 29,662
2013-08-01 217,978 187,258 28,542
2013-09-01 218,335 188,809 27,402
2013-10-01 217,965 188,885 26,962
2013-11-01 218,343 188,553 27,680
2013-12-01 220,318 189,644 28,367
2014-01-01 223,047 191,618 28,857
2014-02-01 226,709 194,831 29,308
2014-03-01 228,024 196,792 28,662
2014-04-01 225,923 194,960 28,447
2014-05-01 222,576 190,994 29,187
2014-06-01 218,173 187,569 28,698
2014-07-01 217,326 186,144 29,737
2014-08-01 213,670 182,683 29,946
2014-09-01 212,232 179,344 31,807
2014-10-01 212,873 178,896 32,723
2014-11-01 214,917 180,821 32,646
2014-12-01 217,926 184,204 32,096
2015-01-01 221,806 188,068 32,377
2015-02-01 222,357 188,499 32,497
2015-03-01 218,447 185,110 31,976
2015-04-01 214,187 181,033 31,611
2015-05-01 211,188 178,664 31,345
2015-06-01 208,285 175,592 31,514
2015-07-01 204,765 171,924 31,662
2015-08-01 205,966 172,157 32,679
2015-09-01 207,148 172,843 33,216
2015-10-01 208,138 173,214 34,059
2015-11-01 206,388 171,872 33,890
2015-12-01 202,776 168,989 33,482
2016-01-01 201,344 168,161 32,762
2016-02-01 201,236 169,371 31,444
2016-03-01 200,523 169,075 31,028
2016-04-01 202,682 171,430 31,014
2016-05-01 204,052 173,020 30,481
2016-06-01 205,667 174,774 30,025
2016-07-01 207,642 177,121 29,652
2016-08-01 207,602 179,034 27,700
2016-09-01 208,053 181,468 25,717
2016-10-01 203,986 180,131 22,986
2016-11-01 199,736 177,879 20,988
2016-12-01 200,441 179,305 20,321
2017-01-01 199,016 178,312 20,005
2017-02-01 198,311 177,420 20,126
2017-03-01 201,141 179,699 20,560
2017-04-01 201,530 179,525 21,065
2017-05-01 203,982 181,980 21,180
2017-06-01 208,397 186,403 21,296
2017-07-01 212,996 191,335 20,789
2017-08-01 213,143 190,548 21,393
2017-09-01 213,938 189,884 22,542
2017-10-01 214,516 188,845 24,159
2017-11-01 216,058 188,295 26,251
2017-12-01 217,737 187,041 29,253
2018-01-01 218,440 186,569 30,427
2018-02-01 221,711 188,009 32,181
2018-03-01 225,910 190,731 33,250
2018-04-01 232,331 196,069 33,727
2018-05-01 233,334 196,267 34,427
2018-06-01 230,100 194,098 33,556
2018-07-01 228,551 191,932 34,347
2018-08-01 228,069 190,351 35,777
2018-09-01 224,799 186,765 36,237
2018-10-01 227,282 187,820 37,347
2018-11-01 229,249 188,107 38,869
2018-12-01 227,465 186,318 38,709
2019-01-01 227,327 185,798 39,090
2019-02-01 228,503 186,013 39,658
2019-03-01 228,412 186,122 39,719
2019-04-01 228,660 185,266 41,187
2019-05-01 229,148 183,771 43,206
2019-06-01 228,195 180,451 45,573
2019-07-01 224,532 176,806 45,555
2019-08-01 223,252 176,621 44,460
2019-09-01 226,687 181,224 43,328
2019-10-01 229,114 184,404 42,760
2019-11-01 231,854 187,119 42,808
2019-12-01 233,491 189,469 42,126
2020-01-01 232,416 188,403 42,118
2020-02-01 225,707 184,594 39,756
2020-03-01 217,820 177,499 39,226
2020-04-01 203,194 165,888 36,512
2020-05-01 192,297 157,142 34,342
2020-06-01 190,419 155,213 34,172
2020-07-01 185,737 150,942 33,493
2020-08-01 180,835 146,750 32,563
2020-09-01 174,182 139,351 33,439
2020-10-01 165,390 131,048 33,083
2020-11-01 157,190 125,490 30,575
2020-12-01 154,723 123,686 30,047
2021-01-01 153,039 122,336 29,713
2021-02-01 158,489 126,491 30,743
2021-03-01 166,367 133,753 31,360
2021-04-01 177,064 144,008 31,801
2021-05-01 189,497 156,484 32,041
2021-06-01 195,468 163,502 31,214
2021-07-01 203,375 171,500 31,253
2021-08-01 212,452 179,315 32,626
2021-09-01 216,118 183,066 32,540
2021-10-01 219,744 186,370 32,773
2021-11-01 224,169 188,291 35,277
2021-12-01 227,333 190,222 36,510
2022-01-01 231,491 193,862 37,028
2022-02-01 230,290 192,209 37,744
2022-03-01 227,841 190,074 37,430
2022-04-01 224,639 185,462 38,841
2022-05-01 219,328 179,893 39,098
2022-06-01 214,029 175,038 38,654
2022-07-01 208,450 170,670 37,581
2022-08-01 203,472 167,341 36,042
2022-09-01 200,720 166,426 34,205
2022-10-01 199,434 165,446 33,988
2022-11-01 198,697 166,008 32,622
2022-12-01 196,906 164,627 32,212
2023-01-01 197,683 166,389 31,227
2023-02-01 199,643 168,226 31,350
2023-03-01 198,746 166,942 31,299
2023-04-01 196,132 165,778 29,849
2023-05-01 194,486 165,176 28,492
2023-06-01 195,320 165,358 28,838
2023-07-01 192,345 161,660 29,221
2023-08-01 189,966 157,647 30,686
2023-09-01 192,367 156,573 34,014

Notes: 12-month rolling averages of monthly CPS employment data. Does not include school bus drivers who are federally employed, self-employed, or unpaid family workers. Does not include school bus drivers employed in other industries.

Source: EPI analysis of CPS microdata.

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