Career
Driver/sales workers
Drive routes and sell or deliver goods.
$38,770
Median pay
+7.9%
Job growth, 2025–35
45,500
Openings a year
High school diploma or equivalent
Typical education
None required
Typical time after high school
Here's what you actually need to know.
The work
What people in this job do
- Drive trucks to deliver such items as food, medical supplies, or newspapers.
- Inform regular customers of new products or services and price changes.
- Record sales or delivery information on daily sales or delivery record.
- Listen to and resolve customers' complaints regarding products or services.
- Collect money from customers, make change, and record transactions on customer receipts.
The outlook
How the forecast changed this year
The deeper question
What kind of person does this path ask you to become?
What this work centers on
O*NET interest profile, scored 1–7.
The work
Do you want most of your days spent on objects & tools, then information & systems?
Responsibility
Are you willing to be the one responsible for this?
“Drive trucks to deliver such items as food, medical supplies, or newspapers.”
Development
What would you need to build over the next 5–10 years?
Active Listening, Speaking, Critical Thinking, Service Orientation.
Trade-offs
What does it ask of you in exchange?
No degree beyond high school, though short-term on-the-job training is typical, for a median of $38,770 a year and 45,500 openings nationally each year.
Paths in
Degrees that lead here
- NO MATCHCIP 99.9999
Paths across
Careers that use similar skills
- Light Truck Drivers$44,860 · +6.3%
- Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$45,260 · -7.6%
- Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers$41,380 · -10.4%
- Counter and Rental Clerks$41,300 · +3.0%
- Couriers and Messengers$39,200 · +8.0%
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Sources
- BLS Employment Projections, 2025–35, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34 (archived), U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- O*NET 31.0 Database (August 2026), National Center for O*NET Development / U.S. Department of Labor. Retrieved 2026-10-01.
- CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 Crosswalk, NCES and BLS. Retrieved 2026-10-01.