Bus drivers, school job market in Georgia

In short

In QCEW 2026 Q1, industries that employ Bus drivers, school in Georgia had +1.2% year-over-year employment change, compared with +0.9% nationally. Establishments changed -0.3%. Average weekly wages in those industries changed +2.8%.

QCEW measures employment, wages and establishments by industry. These figures weight those industry conditions by this occupation’s published industry mix, so they are not direct occupation employment and not a count of current job openings.

+1.2%Industry employmentU.S. +0.9%State data coverage: 100%
-0.3%EstablishmentsU.S. +3.8%State data coverage: 100%
+2.8%Avg. weekly industry wageU.S. +2.5%State data coverage: 100%
112,264Represented establishmentsEstablishments in the industries that employ this occupation, not employers hiring itIndustry mix share 88.6%, separate from the data coverage on the trend cards

Industry employment change over time

Year-over-year change for the industries that employ Bus drivers, school in Georgia

Every published quarter

BLS does not publish a national quarterly series for this occupation’s industry mix, so only the Georgia series is shown. The U.S. figure on the cards above is the latest quarter benchmark.

Quarterly year-over-year industry employment change for Bus drivers, school in Georgia, with the published state data coverage for each quarter
QuarterGeorgiaState data coverage
2024 Q2+3.7%100%
2024 Q3+3.1%100%
2024 Q4+2.5%100%
2025 Q1+2.3%100%
2025 Q2+1.9%100%
2025 Q3+2.0%100%
2025 Q4+1.8%100%
2026 Q1+1.2%100%

Industry mix behind this view

Which industries are weighted into this view. Not a ranking of employers or of job quality.

Industries weighted into the local context for Bus drivers, school in Georgia
Industry groupShare of occupation employmentLocal employment changeEstablishmentsAvg. weekly wage
Private education and health services52.7%+2.9%42,405$1,358
Trade, transportation, and utilities35.8%-1.0%69,859$1,363
State and local11.1%+0.8%6,775$1,162
Other services0.3%-0.3%24,099$1,021
Professional and business services0.0%-0.1%87,069$2,114
QCEW release
QCEW 2026 Q1
Data period
January to March 2026
Release date
Not verified
Industry mix vintage
EP-2025-2035

The feed’s release date for this quarter cannot be verified as a publication date, so it is not presented as one. The data period above is the quarter the figures describe.

QCEW describes the industries that employ this occupation, not the occupation itself. It is not a count of job openings and is not part of the 0-100 Job Market Health score.

How to read this page

QCEW measures employment and wages by industry, not by occupation. We weight those industry conditions using the published industry mix for Bus drivers, school. These figures describe the industries that employ Bus drivers, school; they are not direct counts of people working in the occupation or of jobs currently open. This page is not part of the national 0 to 100 Job Market Health score.

Source: BLS QCEW. See the methodology, the national Bus drivers, school report and about the data.