Transportation & Logistics
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs
Also called: Airport Shuttle Driver, Chauffeur, Driver, Limo Driver (Limousine Driver)
US median pay
$37,290
per year, 2025
Job growth 2025–35
+7.1%
faster than average
Openings a year (US)
35,500
251,500 employed
Typical entry education
No formal educational credential
Preparation 2/5 · Some preparation
What this job is
Drive a motor vehicle to transport passengers on a planned or scheduled basis. May collect a fare. Includes nonemergency medical transporters and hearse drivers.
What they do day to day
- 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.
- Perform routine vehicle maintenance, such as regulating tire pressure and adding gasoline, oil, and water.
- Pick up and drop off passengers at regularly scheduled neighborhood locations, following strict time schedules.
- Drive shuttle busses, limousines, company cars, or privately owned vehicles to transport passengers.
- Prepare and submit reports that may include the number of passengers or trips, hours worked, mileage driven fuel consumed, or fares received.
Skills and knowledge that matter most
Skills
- Operation and Control3.2/5
- Social Perceptiveness3.1/5
- Service Orientation3.1/5
- Operations Monitoring3.1/5
- Time Management2.9/5
- Coordination2.9/5
- Judgment and Decision Making2.8/5
- Troubleshooting2.4/5
Knowledge
- Customer and Personal Service4.6/5
- Transportation4.5/5
- Public Safety and Security4.4/5
- English Language3.9/5
- Personnel and Human Resources3.8/5
- Administrative3.7/5
Importance rated by people working in the job (1 = not important, 5 = extremely important).
Education and preparation
Preparation level 2 of 5 — Some preparation. Usually a high school diploma; some previous work experience or training helps.
Typical entry education (BLS): No formal educational credential.
Highest education of people in this job:
- High school diploma56%
- Some college26%
- Less than high school17%
Who this job suits
Mostly Realistic
Hands-on work with tools, machines, plants or animals
Conventional
Organising data, details and procedures
Social
Helping, teaching and caring for people
Based on the Holland (RIASEC) interest profile for this occupation.