Nashville, TN · 2025 pay · 15 people
How much does a bus driver make in Nashville, TN?
$50,936typical pay for a bus driver in 2025
$48,031 – $55,921what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 6.7% from 2024.
✓ Official data from Metro Nashville · Matches the agency's latest release · nashville.gov ↗
Where bus drivers work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
Highest-paid bus drivers, 2025
- 1Dexter W. Jr AkinsBus Driver · Metro Nashville$61,205
- 2Yolanda Y TolbertBus Driver · Metro Nashville$61,205
- 3Jacqueline Y VinsonBus Driver · Metro Nashville$61,177
- 4Kelly O GuthrieBus Driver · Metro Nashville$55,976
- 5Crystal Ann WilliamsBus Driver · Metro Nashville$55,866
Common questions
How much does a bus driver make in Nashville, TN?
The typical bus driver was paid $50,936 in 2025; most earned between $48,031 and $55,921. This counts all 15 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 0.1% of all pay for bus drivers in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Bus Driver, at any level (for example "Bus Driver"). Part-time-schedule titles (such as "20 hours") are left out. Senior, supervising and trainee titles have their own pages.
Job titles are written out in full from the payroll's abbreviations (for example "SR CRRECTNL POLC OFCR" → "Senior Correctional Police Officer"). "Typical pay" is the median; "most earned" is the middle half. How we calculate this