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Transportation and Material Moving

Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs

Drive a motor vehicle to transport passengers on a planned or scheduled basis. May collect a fare. Includes nonemergency medical transporters and hearse drivers.

Also called: Airport Shuttle Driver, Chauffeur, Driver, Limo Driver (Limousine Driver), Motor Coach Driver, Shuttle Bus Driver

Median pay in Greater Boston
$43,590
$20.96/hr
Jobs in Greater Boston
7,970
Massachusetts 2024–2034
+11.7%
1,660 openings a year
Typical U.S. entry requirement
No formal educational credential
plus Short-term on-the-job training

Greater Boston: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area, May 2025. Growth and openings: Massachusetts statewide projection.

Pay range in Greater Boston

Yearly pay in Greater Boston by percentile
10th25thMedian75th90th
$35,930$38,800$43,590$51,910$60,780

10% of workers earn less than the first figure and 10% earn more than the last.

What you’d do

  • Test vehicle equipment, such as lights, brakes, horns, or windshield wipers, to ensure proper operation.
  • Check the condition of a vehicle's tires, brakes, windshield wipers, lights, oil, fuel, water, and safety equipment to ensure that everything is in working order.
  • Comply with traffic regulations to operate vehicles in a safe and courteous manner.
  • Follow relevant safety regulations and state laws governing vehicle operation, and ensure that passengers follow safety regulations.
  • Operate vehicles with specialized equipment, such as wheelchair lifts, to transport and secure passengers with special needs.
  • Report any vehicle malfunctions or needed repairs.

AI and this job

AI exposure: how much of this job’s work AI tools can do or help with, based on national research. It is not a forecast of job loss.

Lower exposure31 of 100

The index averages three national research measures, each shown as a percentile of all jobs:

  • AIOE 35
  • Language-model AIOE 23
  • GPTs-are-GPTs 34

Observed AI use today: Little or none (Anthropic Economic Index)

Shuttle driving has lower AI exposure, and observed AI use in this job is little or none today. AI tools may help with some routine parts of the work, such as equipment checks and following traffic and safety rules. Driving passengers safely, helping people with special needs, and operating wheelchair lifts still depend on a person.

Likely to change

  • Vehicle equipment and condition checks
  • Following traffic and safety rules with driver aids

Still relies on people

  • Securing passengers who use wheelchair lifts
  • Driving safely and courteously with riders aboard

Written with AI from the data on this page. Check with a career coach before making a decision.

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Training near Boston

College and school programs in the Boston metro area that lead to this job, with 2023-24 completions (IPEDS).

1 program near Boston

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