School Bus Monitors in Nevada

Thinking about a career as a School Bus Monitors in Nevada? Here’s what you need to know. Maintain order among students on a school bus. Duties include helping students safely board and exit and communicating behavioral problems. May perform pretrip and posttrip inspections and prepare for and assist in emergency evacuations.

What do School Bus Monitors Make in Nevada?

For a school bus monitors working in Nevada, the median annual wage is $28,560 per year (or roughly $13.73/hour).Annual wages span from $26,430 at the 10th percentile to $40,210 at the 90th percentile.

Location quotient — how concentrated this career is in Nevada compared to the national average — is 0.18, indicating fewer school bus monitors per worker than the national average.

National Wage Comparison

Nationally, school bus monitors earn a median of $67,014 per year ($32.22/hour), lower than the Nevada median.

Employment Outlook

National employment for 496,906 school bus monitors across the United States. In Nevada alone, approximately 130 people work in this role. That trails the typical state, which employs around 710 school bus monitors.

Top States for School Bus Monitors Employment

The table below shows the states where the most school bus monitors work.

Highest-Paying States for School Bus Monitors

These states pay the most for school bus monitors.

Daily Tasks

Common tasks include:

• Announce routes or stops.
• Assist children with disabilities or children with psychological, emotional, or behavioral issues with boarding and exiting the school bus.
• Buckle seatbelts or fasten wheelchair tie-down straps to secure passengers for transportation.
• Clean school bus interiors by picking up waste, wiping down windows, or vacuuming.
• Direct students boarding and exiting the school bus.
• Direct students evacuating the bus during safety drills.
• Escort young children across roads or highways.
• Evacuate students from the school bus in emergency situations.
• Guide the driver when the bus is moving in reverse gear.
• Monitor for trains at railroad crossings and signal the bus driver when it is safe to proceed.
• Monitor the conduct of students to maintain discipline and safety.
• Open and close school bus doors for students.

Tools & Technology

Software and systems commonly involved: Hot technologies: Microsoft Windows

Related Careers

Careers similar to school bus monitors include:

• Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary
• School Psychologists
• Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors
• Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
• Special Education Teachers, Elementary School
• Special Education Teachers, Secondary School

Also Known As

Bus Monitor, School Bus Aide, School Bus Assistant, School Bus Attendant, School Bus Escort, School Bus Matron, School Bus Monitor.

References

• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics — https://www.bls.gov/oes/
• O*NET Online — https://www.onetonline.org/
• BLS Employment Projections — https://www.bls.gov/emp/
• O*NET-SOC code: 33-9094.00