By now you’ve no doubt heard all about it. From Tampa to Toronto, there’s just not enough school-bus drivers to be found.
Typically, being a school-bus driver means an hour and a half to two hours of min wage in the morning, and then you do it again in the afternoon. Depending on where you’re driving that bus, that gives you daily gross pay of $50-$75.
You’re getting up early to start your route shortly after seven. You’ll be done around five or so. Sure, you’ve got that big patch in between you’re not being paid for, but seriously, what are you gonna do with that?
Walk the dog?
Mow the lawn?
Pick up a lunch shift at Tim Hortons?
Around here the hourly wage for dump truck drivers is roughly double that for school bus drivers.
Mind you, the dump truck driver doesn't get to walk the dog in the middle of the day.
For many years the policy of school boards has been to give contracts for bussing to the lowest bidder.
The logical conclusion of that policy is the driver shortage you’re reading about today.
Since a bus-load of school kids should be considered at least as valuable as a truck-load of gravel, there is no logical reason to pay the bus driver half the wage.
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