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02-23-2009, 05:17 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: chicago | | | How much money do you think a bus driver gets paid per year in Chicago
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I thought no more than $20,000. I mean you always see them in a bad mood.
Well guess what according to this month Chicago Magazine. They get paid $56,000 per year.
No way!
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02-23-2009, 05:18 PM
|  | Online | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sunapee, New Hampshire | | | The guys out here in my little town make $80K and more. That is some good money for this community.
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02-23-2009, 05:23 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado | | | It's also a reflection of what it takes to make a living and buy a home any more.
In 1980, $20,000 was a professional salary - it's what I hired on at Washington State University with a Master's degree.
Now, my daughters make more than half that working part time while going to college.
$56,000 is s decent salary, but well-to-do, it ain't.
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02-23-2009, 05:25 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Roscoe Guitars Moderator | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Omaha, Nebraska | | | Yeah, why pay the guy driving a 21 ton vehicle full of passengers in a fast paced city, with about 2000 people per square KILOMETER enough money to encourage him (or her) to pay attention?
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02-23-2009, 05:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Pacman Yeah, why pay the guy driving a 21 ton vehicle full of passengers in a fast paced city, with about 2000 people per square KILOMETER enough money to encourage him (or her) to pay attention? | Absolutely agree. I'd rather see the guy weilding the class B vehicle get paid better than the paper pushers, myself.
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02-23-2009, 05:40 PM
| | Fueled by chocolate | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Montreal, Canada | | | And how much do teachers make? Something's very wrong here... |
02-23-2009, 06:17 PM
|  | Supporting Curmudgeon Moderator | | Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Suburban Chicago, IL | | Quote:
Originally Posted by bass12 And how much do teachers make? Something's very wrong here... | All the ones I know make well in excess of $56K...
Guys, $56K is barely enough to support a family in Chicago.
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02-23-2009, 06:35 PM
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Originally Posted by HeavyDuty All the ones I know make well in excess of $56K...
Guys, $56K is barely enough to support a family in Chicago. | Exactly. It might sound like a lot of money, but it really isn't. My dad makes about that and he lives in a small town. They aren't well to do.
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02-23-2009, 06:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Pacman Yeah, why pay the guy driving a 21 ton vehicle full of passengers in a fast paced city, with about 2000 people per square KILOMETER enough money to encourage him (or her) to pay attention? | Exactly! $20k is probably below or pretty close to the poverty line here, given the cost of living. And since I'm one of those passengers about 8-10 times a week...
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02-23-2009, 08:10 PM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Detroit, michigan | | | Chicago has a higher standard of living. Thus the people living there make more. |
02-24-2009, 02:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Pacman Yeah, why pay the guy driving a 21 ton vehicle full of passengers in a fast paced city, with about 2000 people per square KILOMETER enough money to encourage him (or her) to pay attention? |
I remember sitting at red light in downtown Chicago and a city bus flew up behind me in the right lane and sideswiped my car, tearing off my passenger side mirror and a couple of pieces of trim, not to mention scraping the crap out of the entire side of my car. He just kept right on going, making a right turn and disappearing down Lake Shore Drive.
Must be nice having a job that pays great and you can do whatever the **** you want and you don't have to be accountable to anyone. 
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02-24-2009, 02:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Pacman Yeah, why pay the guy driving a 21 ton vehicle full of passengers in a fast paced city, with about 2000 people per square KILOMETER enough money to encourage him (or her) to pay attention? | Damn, you made my point before I could 
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02-24-2009, 09:07 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: chicago | | | Do you mean that a driver is responsible for 2000 people per square? That makes sense.
What about a 3rd grade teacher. She is responsible for what 40 kids/per class? And gets paid no more than $40k.
A pilot gets paid what $100k? And enough blood tests to make sure he is not doing drugs or drinking alcohol, or make sure he pays attention.
I guess looking at that point of view is fine. But some people would argue that just because is a bus driver, she shouldn't earn that much. Maybe teachers will stop being teachers and start driving buses.
Maybe I should start driving a bus on my part time. |
02-24-2009, 09:16 AM
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Originally Posted by crow01 Do you mean that a driver is responsible for 2000 people per square? That makes sense.
What about a 3rd grade teacher. She is responsible for what 40 kids/per class? And gets paid no more than $40k.
A pilot gets paid what $100k? And enough blood tests to make sure he is not doing drugs or drinking alcohol, or make sure he pays attention.
I guess looking at that point of view is fine. But some people would argue... | By some people, you mean you.
But you know what, I agree. 56k? That's huge compared to what they should be payed.
I'm a firm believer that bus drivers should be payed in either peanuts, or some sort of trail-mix (raisins not included...they don't deserve those).
Clearly... |
02-24-2009, 09:23 AM
| | Johnny and Joe | | Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chicago | | Quote:
Originally Posted by crow01 Do you mean that a driver is responsible for 2000 people per square? That makes sense.
What about a 3rd grade teacher. She is responsible for what 40 kids/per class? And gets paid no more than $40k.
A pilot gets paid what $100k? And enough blood tests to make sure he is not doing drugs or drinking alcohol, or make sure he pays attention.
I guess looking at that point of view is fine. But some people would argue that just because is a bus driver, she shouldn't earn that much. Maybe teachers will stop being teachers and start driving buses.
Maybe I should start driving a bus on my part time. | First of all, you're totally ignoring the cost-of-living angle, which is key.
Second, I believe that teachers are generally underpaid, but to say they never get paid more than $40k simply isn't true. And it doesn't mean that bus drivers' pay should be reduced, either.
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02-24-2009, 11:11 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Toronto, ON | | | My grandfather, rest his soul, was a streetcar driver before he passed. He made in and around what you're saying.
He also had to work overtime, deal with legions of rude idiots, terrible drivers, adverse weather conditions, accidents, work through holidays, work swing shifts etc, all while assisting to provide food, shelter and a decent life for my grandmother, my single Mother and her three children. He also had cancer to deal with that started about five years before he was able to retire (the doctors made him stop working).
Maybe I'm biased, but for being a public transit operator, he deserved all that and more, Hell, maybe even a medal every day he went to work.
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02-24-2009, 11:26 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Wichita, KS | | | How dare those bus drivers get a fair wage for honest work! If they want to get paid a livable wage then they should go to college and get a degree so they can find an "important" job in middle-upper management where they sit around and act important while making sure the people doing the "menial" work (y'know, like driving busses and building things and such) continue to work for peanuts!
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02-24-2009, 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by baalroo How dare those bus drivers get a fair wage for honest work! If they want to get paid a livable wage then they should go to college and get a degree so they can find an "important" job in middle-upper management where they sit around and act important while making sure the people doing the "menial" work (y'know, like driving busses and building things and such) continue to work for peanuts! | I like this guy..... But do they gt paid too much? It's not like there is slot of k owledge needed to drive a bus and it's not like it's hard labor or either |
02-24-2009, 02:04 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Roscoe Guitars Moderator | | Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Omaha, Nebraska | | Quote:
Originally Posted by crow01 Do you mean that a driver is responsible for 2000 people per square? That makes sense.
What about a 3rd grade teacher. She is responsible for what 40 kids/per class? And gets paid no more than $40k.
A pilot gets paid what $100k? And enough blood tests to make sure he is not doing drugs or drinking alcohol, or make sure he pays attention.
I guess looking at that point of view is fine. But some people would argue that just because is a bus driver, she shouldn't earn that much. Maybe teachers will stop being teachers and start driving buses.
Maybe I should start driving a bus on my part time. |
FWIW, I never said teachers get paid enough. My mother was a teacher, and I generally think teachers are underpaid by a long stretch.
But that's not at all related to the pay a bus driver gets, now is it?
If you're an educator, you'd know that the money for one is not coming out the pocket of the other....
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02-24-2009, 03:16 PM
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Originally Posted by spencer I like this guy..... But do they gt paid too much? It's not like there is slot of k owledge needed to drive a bus and it's not like it's hard labor or either | In a major city like Chicago, that amount of pay isn't a lot of money.
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