In the past two years, districts statewide provided a median pay increase of 5 percent to auxiliary employees, while almost half of regions (9) saw an increase in bus driver pay of greater than 5 percent. Bus driver median pay increase 2012–13 to 2014–15 (2 yr period)-Top 5 Regions Regionīus driver median pay increase 2014–15 to 2016–17 (2 yr period)-Top 5 Regions Region During this time, the rest of the state saw an average increase of just $0.60 per hour for bus driver pay. Bus driver median pay in these five regions increased $1.76 per hour on average, $0.10 per hour more than the largest increases seen during the oil boom. The ESCs realizing the biggest increases in their districts’ median bus driver pay are 16, 5, 4, 8, and 9. None of the biggest movers from 2014–15 appear in the top five movers of 2016–17. During that time, the five ESCs with the biggest increases in their districts’ median bus driver pay saw an average increase of $1.66 per hour, compared to just $0.65 per hour for the remaining regions of the state. Pay trendsīetween 2012––15, there was a clear correlation between increased bus driver pay and ESC regions in oil-rich areas, based on responses to the TASB Salary Survey. In 2015, 28 percent of the respondents indicated they were at severe shortage levels, and by 2016 that had actually increased to 31 percent. However, that improvement was seen in those experiencing only moderate shortages rather than a reduction in severe shortages.

The same survey in 2016 found that some progress had been made, with 11 percent of national school bus contracting companies now reporting they have enough drivers. The New York Times reports that Texas, the most productive oil-producing state, saw a loss of 98,000 oil jobs from the 2014 peak, but have bus driver vacancies been filled, and has the rocketing pay increase slowed? As oil prices rebound, but not nearly as quickly as they went bust, what might we expect?Ī 2015 School Bus Fleet magazine survey found that only 6 percent of national school bus contracting companies reported having enough drivers. In December 2015, we posed the question, “Is relief on the horizon for bus driver shortages in Texas?” The answer then was no, even as the oil and gas boom ground to a halt. It’s pretty difficult to find a district that doesn’t need at least one more bus driver. In many communities across the state, there are school buses draped with “now hiring” banners screaming for attention.

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