# Driver/Sales Workers

> Drive truck or other vehicle over established routes or within an established territory and sell or deliver goods, such as food products, including restaurant take-out items, or pick up or deliver items such as commercial laundry. May also take orders, collect payment, or stock merchandise at point of delivery.

- Edition: Data verified Nov 2026 · CollegesRef 2026–27 edition
- Page: https://www.collegesref.com/careers/driver-sales-workers
- SOC code: 53-3031.00
- Career family: Transportation
- Median annual pay: $38,770 (10th percentile $22,590, 90th percentile $59,980)
- Projected growth: Faster than average, +7.9%
- Openings a year: 45,500
- Typical entry education: High school diploma
- Bright outlook: yes
- Data years: BLS 2025 wages · 2025–35 projections

## Interest profile (code RCE)

| Interest area | Score (0–100) |
| --- | ---: |
| Realistic (R) | 72 |
| Investigative (I) | 0 |
| Artistic (A) | 0 |
| Social (S) | 24 |
| Enterprising (E) | 45 |
| Conventional (C) | 61 |

## What you'd do

- Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment (importance 90/100)
- Handling and Moving Objects (importance 89/100)
- Performing General Physical Activities (importance 84/100)
- Getting Information (importance 74/100)
- Performing for or Working Directly with the Public (importance 73/100)
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates (importance 68/100)
- Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work (importance 67/100)
- Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings (importance 66/100)
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events (importance 64/100)
- Documenting/Recording Information (importance 56/100)

## Skills

Active Listening, Speaking, Critical Thinking, Service Orientation, Complex Problem Solving, Reading Comprehension, Social Perceptiveness, Time Management, Judgment and Decision Making, Monitoring

## Knowledge

Customer and Personal Service, Food Production, English Language, Transportation, Public Safety and Security, Administration and Management, Sales and Marketing, Mathematics, Production and Processing, Computers and Electronics

## Also called

Automotive Parts Delivery Driver (Auto Parts Delivery Driver), Bakery Deliverer, Bobtailer, Bread Distributor, Bread Jockey, Breadman, Catering Driver, City Route Driver, City Routeman, Coal Deliverer

## Related careers

- [Light Truck Drivers](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/light-truck-drivers): $44,860 median pay
- [Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/shipping-receiving-and-inventory-clerks): $45,260 median pay
- [Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/door-to-door-sales-workers-news-and-street-vendors-and-related-workers): $41,380 median pay
- [Counter and Rental Clerks](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/counter-and-rental-clerks): $41,300 median pay
- [Couriers and Messengers](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/couriers-and-messengers): $39,200 median pay
- [Stockers and Order Fillers](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/stockers-and-order-fillers): $37,330 median pay

## Sources

- [O*NET Database](https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html), version 31.0 (CC BY 4.0)
- [BLS Employment Projections](https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables.htm), version 2025-35, data year 2025 (Public domain (U.S. government work))
- [BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics](https://www.bls.gov/oes/tables.htm), version 2025, data year 2025 (Public domain (U.S. government work))
- [NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk](https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/resources.aspx?y=56), version 2020, data year 2020 (Public domain (U.S. government work))

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