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What the pay looks like
Median
$46,800
Bottom tenth
$30,050
Top tenth
$92,840
The national median is $46,800 a year, the bottom tenth earn $30,050 or less and the top tenth $92,840 or more, in the 2025 federal wage survey. The survey has no separate line for driving instructors: it counts them inside self-enrichment teachers, a broad group that also includes music, art and dance teachers. The top of that range is mostly not driving instructors, so treat it as the ceiling for the whole group.