Also called: Greyhound Driver, Charter Bus Driver, Tour Coach Driver
Drives long-distance buses between cities or charter coaches for tours, teams, and events.
One week you drive a college basketball team to away games; the next you take tourists through national parks, narrating sights. Some drivers run scheduled routes like New York to Boston.
Approximate BLS figures for transit and intercity bus drivers.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Certificate, about 0 years after high school. CDL-B or CDL-A with passenger endorsement.
Ways in: Certification, On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Growing about average (about 3% over 10 years). Steady.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. Highway autonomy may reach coaches after 2031; handling passengers and bags keeps a driver on board for now.
Classes: Driver's education, Geography.
Official data: O*NET occupation 53-3052.
Career Universe is an early version. Pay, training and AI-risk figures are estimates to start your own research, not verified facts. The research was written with AI research assistants, checked by validation scripts and spot-checked by hand. Check anything important with schools, employers and official sources. How the numbers work.