Last updated · Sources: Lancaster County School District: Approved FY26 hourly salary schedule (June 3, 2025), BLS OEWS May 2025

Lancaster County, SC: school bus driver pay side by side

1 employer that hire school bus drivers in Lancaster County. Click a column to sort. A blank cell means the source doesn't say, and we don't guess.

EmployerStart $/hrvs county best startvs BLS metro medianTop $/hrSign-on bonusPaid CDL trainingGuaranteed hoursSummer paySource / date
Lancaster County School District
District · Lancaster County (Lancaster/Indian Land/Kershaw)
$19.66county best−$2.46$34.21not statednot statednot statednot statedApproved FY26 hourly salary schedule (June 3, 2025)
2025-26 (FY26 schedule, latest posted) · checked 2026-10-30

Context: the BLS median for school bus drivers in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area is $22.12/hr (OEWS May 2025, SOC 53-3051). It covers the whole metro, not just this county. BLS source.

Rates come from different school years and postings (see each source), so treat small gaps with care. Third-party figures, such as news reports and salary sites, are labeled in the source name.

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