Nashville, TN · 2025 pay · 399 people
How much does a driver bus make in Nashville, TN?
$60,155typical pay for a driver bus in 2025
$48,511 – $75,108what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay rose 2.9% from 2024.
✓ Official data from Metro Nashville · Matches the agency's latest release · nashville.gov ↗
Where driver buss work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
Highest-paid driver buss, 2025
- 1Stephen Nathan SmithDriver Bus · Metro Nashville$122,671
- 2Aziz Aghmeer Azo IbrahimiDriver Bus · Metro Nashville$116,498
- 3Dorris Desmond (D.D.) HelmsDriver Bus · Metro Nashville$113,736
- 4Sharlyn D WilliamsDriver Bus · Metro Nashville$110,673
- 5Yvette Louise HaynesDriver Bus · Metro Nashville$108,899
Common questions
How much does a driver bus make in Nashville, TN?
The typical driver bus was paid $60,155 in 2025; most earned between $48,511 and $75,108. This counts all 399 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 19.1% of all pay for driver buss in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Driver Bus, at any level (for example "Driver Bus"). 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