Bus attendant vs bus monitor

The differences between bus attendants and bus monitors can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a bus attendant has an average salary of $27,387, which is higher than the $26,958 average annual salary of a bus monitor.

The top three skills for a bus attendant include cleanliness, safety rules and CPR. The most important skills for a bus monitor are customer service, behavior problems, and kids.

Bus attendant vs bus monitor overview

	Bus Attendant	Bus Monitor
Yearly salary	$27,387	$26,958
Hourly rate	$13.17	$12.96
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	51,391	11,422
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 48%	High School Diploma, 47%
Average age	55	58
Years of experience	-	-

What does a bus attendant do?

A Bus Attendant performs a variety of support tasks to ensure that passengers get to receive optimal services. Although the extent of their responsibilities depends on their place or industry of employment, it typically revolves around answering questions about bus routes and other services, directing passengers on and off the bus, assisting passengers with special or particular needs, adjusting seats, and handling documents. Bus Attendants must prepare and hand out refreshments, distribute blankets or pillows, and operate wheelchair lifts.

What does a bus monitor do?

A bus monitor is responsible for supervising students on school buses and coordinating with bus drivers, ensuring a safe transport service for everyone. They are in charge of monitoring the students' behavior, assisting the students with mobility issues, maintaining order, and enforcing the safety rules and policies. During a school or field trip, they also handle attendance sheets and execute roll calls to ensure no one is left behind. Moreover, there are also times when they must produce progress reports and coordinate with school administrators when addressing and resolving student conflicts.

Bus attendant vs bus monitor salary

Bus attendants and bus monitors have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Bus Attendant	Bus Monitor
Average salary	$27,387	$26,958
Salary range	Between $22,000 And $33,000	Between $21,000 And $33,000
Highest paying City	Kennewick, WA	Soledad, CA
Highest paying state	Washington	Washington
Best paying company	Boston Public Schools	University of California, Berkeley
Best paying industry	Transportation	Transportation

Differences between bus attendant and bus monitor education

There are a few differences between a bus attendant and a bus monitor in terms of educational background:

	Bus Attendant	Bus Monitor
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 48%	High School Diploma, 47%
Most common major	Business	Business
Most common college	-	-

Bus attendant vs bus monitor demographics

Here are the differences between bus attendants' and bus monitors' demographics:

	Bus Attendant	Bus Monitor
Average age	55	58
Gender ratio	Male, 24.6% Female, 75.4%	Male, 18.8% Female, 81.2%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 29.4% Unknown, 4.9% Hispanic or Latino, 15.7% Asian, 4.7% White, 44.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.7%	Black or African American, 9.6% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 17.7% Asian, 2.5% White, 64.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%
LGBT Percentage	13%	9%

Differences between bus attendant and bus monitor duties and responsibilities

Bus attendant example responsibilities.

Implement speech, occupational and ABA therapy strategies.
Attend certification class for first aid, CPR, equipment, and kindergarten/first grade training.
Transport patients utilizing safety, equipment and protocols throughout HFWH
Examine injure persons and administer first aid or cardiopulmonary resuscitation, if necessary, using training and medical supplies and equipment.
Attend all essential workshops that are requested for ESE attendants.
Examine injure persons and administer first aid or cardiopulmonary resuscitation, if necessary, using training and medical supplies and equipment.

Bus monitor example responsibilities.

Seat students safely using need seat belts, car seats or wheel chair restraints, etc.
Seat students safely using need seat belts, and if applicable wheel chair restraints, etc.
Enroll in CDL training classes.
Assist children on bus with ESE problems
Secure and ensure clients safety via wheelchair or walk ons.
maintain records of Pre and post inspection of school bus.

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Bus attendant vs bus monitor skills

Common bus attendant skills

Cleanliness, 27%
Safety Rules, 24%
CPR, 13%
Emergency Situations, 6%
Seat Belts, 4%
Incident Reports, 3%

Common bus monitor skills

Customer Service, 22%
Behavior Problems, 15%
Kids, 13%
CPR, 10%
Safety Rules, 4%
Seat Belts, 4%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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