Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) invites qualified individuals to join our transportation team.

This is a great opportunity for stay-at-home parents to earn income with benefits (and bring your preschooler to work with you!). Retirees, college students and career-switchers are also encouraged to apply.

Salary

• Competitive pay

  • Driver pay starts at $19.20 an hour

• Drivers are eligible for annual step increases plus market scale adjustments based upon School Board approval. The top of the scale is more than $31.00 an hour, plus benefits

Excellent Benefits

• Paid training

• 6 paid holidays

• Health insurance, life insurance, paid sick leave, retirement plan

• A guaranteed minimum of 30 hours/week

• Full-time benefits for part-time work

Excellent Perks

• Flexible schedule

• Bring your preschool age children on the bus

• Summer work available

• Savings for Staff/Employee discount program

Driver Requirements

• Minimum age: 21 years

• Five years driving experience

• Good driving record

• Pass a physical exam, drug screen, and background check

• Commercial Driver's License (CDL) - training provided

• Five-week training program and road test

• Bus Driver I/II job specification 

Hours

Morning shifts usually run from 6 to 9:30 a.m., and afternoon shifts run from 1:30 to 5 p.m. Full-time drivers are offered a minimum of 30 hours a week. Additional weekly hours are available.

Advancement Opportunities

Many of our drivers advance to either a Bus Driver Floater or a Bus Driver Supervisor. Many others move or return to other FCPS positions in administration, instruction, and more. Bus driving can be a good career, a good job for a season in your life, or a pathway to other opportunities with FCPS.

A floater driver's salary starts at a higher rate of pay for their experience and ability to drive a variety of buses and routes and manage different groups of student passengers. Floaters are drivers with full benefits that fill in for drivers who are on leave.

• Bus Driver Floater
  • Job specification
  • Salary scale
• Bus Driver Supervisor
  • Job specification
  • Salary scale

Learn More

For more information call 571-423-3023 or email driveforfcps@fcps.edu.