School Bus Monitors build social perceptiveness, service orientation and coordination skills that carry over to other work. Below are 25 careers ranked by how closely their skills match, with pay from BLS May 2025. The closest match is Passenger Attendants (89%).
Updated October 2026 · Data: O*NET 31.0 and BLS OEWS May 2025 · How we match careers
Sorted by skill match.
| # | Career | Skill match | Median pay | Pay change | Extra education |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Passenger Attendants | 89% | $37,720 | +7% | None |
| 2 | Flight Attendants | 85% | $63,580 | +81% | None |
| 3 | Bus Drivers, School | 84% | $47,920 | +37% | None |
| 4 | Orderlies | 78% | $38,290 | +9% | None |
| 5 | Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity | 77% | $59,050 | +68% | None |
| 6 | Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs | 77% | $37,290 | +6% | None |
| 7 | Locker Room, Coatroom, and Dressing Room Attendants | 76% | $36,300 | +3% | None |
| 8 | Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance | 75% | $50,340 | +43% | None |
| 9 | Childcare Workers | 73% | $34,980 | 0% | None |
| 10 | Physical Therapist Aides | 72% | $35,240 | 0% | None |
Compared with School Bus Monitors, median $35,100. Skill match is our estimate (0–99) from O*NET 31.0 skills, knowledge, work activities and interests, adjusted for preparation and big pay drops. Pay: BLS OEWS May 2025, national median.
How important each skill is in work as school bus monitors (O*NET importance, scale 1–5).
The gaps that show up most often across your top 10 matches.
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A concrete first step, the skills to add, and the hard parts of each job, from O*NET 31.0 education, training and work context data.
89% skill match · $37,720 · +7% pay
Instructing · Service Orientation · Operations Monitoring
85% skill match · $63,580 · +81% pay
Instructing · Service Orientation · Coordination
84% skill match · $47,920 · +37% pay
Operations Monitoring · Operation and Control · Troubleshooting
If you want to stay close to what you do now, these roles are the nearest.
The closest matches are Passenger Attendants (89% skill match, median $37,720), Flight Attendants (85% skill match, median $63,580) and Bus Drivers, School (84% skill match, median $47,920), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.
Among the 25 matches, 19 pay more than school bus monitors at the median. The biggest increases: Subway and Streetcar Operators (+146%, $86,380), Railroad Conductors and Yardmasters (+122%, $78,000) and Flight Attendants (+81%, $63,580).
23 of the 25 matches usually need no more education than you have now, based on O*NET Job Zones.
We compare the importance of skills, knowledge, work activities and interests in O*NET 31.0 for your job and every other career, then adjust for extra preparation and big pay drops. The full method is on our Methodology page.