Driving School Owners and Instructors

The U.S. Department of Labor does not offer salary information for the career of driving school owners or instructors. It does note that self-enrichment teachers, a category which could include commercial driving instructors, earned a median hourly wage of $18.62 (or $38,720 annually) in May 2018. The lowest 10 percent earned $20,820 and the top 10 percent earned $77,770. Driving instructors at public high schools who work as salaried educators have the same earnings as regular teachers. The median annual salary for secondary school teachers was $60,320. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $39,740; the highest 10 percent earned $97,500 or more.