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Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity vs Light Truck Drivers

Side-by-side · O*NET · BLS · AI-exposure research · Anthropic Economic Index

A factual, source-backed comparison of Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity and Light Truck Drivers on the dimensions both occupations carry. Every figure is a position within an independent published dataset — not a verdict on which job is better, safer, or more “future-proof.”

Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity Light Truck Drivers
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$57,440
$44,140
Employment · BLS OEWS
148,980
994,410
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
64th pct
38th pct

At a glance

Dimension Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity Light Truck Drivers
Median pay $57,440 $44,140
Employment 148,980 994,410
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection About average (+4.3%) Growing fast (+7.3%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 20,900 120,200
Typical education · O*NET Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not. Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.
AI exposure · published exposure studies Moderate · 64th pct Moderate · 38th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk — 51st pct · 28% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index — —
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman — No

Pay and employment are BLS OEWS estimates; outlook and openings are BLS 2024–2034 projections; AI exposure and observed-use figures come from separate research and reflect exposure and usage, not predictions that either job will disappear. Compare like with like.

Skills

Shared: Transportation, Customer and Personal Service, Far Vision, Public Safety and Security, Operation and Control, Control Precision, Multilimb Coordination, Depth Perception, Spatial Orientation, Response Orientation, Reaction Time, Problem Sensitivity, Rate Control, Near Vision, English Language, Selective Attention, Oral Comprehension, Oral Expression, Speech Recognition, Speech Clarity, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Time Management, Written Comprehension, Arm-Hand Steadiness, Speaking, Monitoring, Deductive Reasoning, Information Ordering, Perceptual Speed.

Specific to Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity

  • Operations Monitoring
  • Time Sharing
  • Peripheral Vision
  • Service Orientation
  • Auditory Attention
  • Law and Government
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Night Vision

Specific to Light Truck Drivers

  • Reading Comprehension
  • Manual Dexterity
  • Static Strength
  • Trunk Strength
  • Stamina
  • Inductive Reasoning
  • Extent Flexibility
  • Category Flexibility

Knowledge, skills & abilities O*NET rates as important for each occupation. “Shared” are common to both; the columns list what is distinctive to each (top by the order O*NET surfaces).

Tools & technology

Shared: Operating system software .

Specific to Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity

Specific to Light Truck Drivers

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity or Light Truck Drivers — tasks, the full skill graph, tools, work context, preparation, wages by percentile, industries, AI exposure and the AI work map.

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Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity vs Light Truck Drivers." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/compare/bus-drivers-transit-and-intercity-vs-light-truck-drivers

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Singulariki. (2026). Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity vs Light Truck Drivers. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/bus-drivers-transit-and-intercity-vs-light-truck-drivers

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