Driver/Sales Workers Career, Salary and Skills
Driver/Sales Workers have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $38,770 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 409,180. Wage data is published for 435 locations.
Occupation description
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.
O*NET code
53-3031.00
Job zone
2
Typical education
High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED)
Experience
None
National salary and employment
Median annual
$38,770
Hourly median
$18.64
Employment
409,180
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Active Listening | 3.75 | 3.00 |
| Speaking | 3.62 | 2.88 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.12 | 3.38 |
| Service Orientation | 3.12 | 3.00 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.00 | 2.88 |
| Time Management | 3.00 | 2.75 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.00 | 2.88 |
| Monitoring | 2.88 | 2.62 |
| Persuasion | 2.88 | 3.00 |
Typical tasks
- Review lists of dealers, customers, or station drops and load trucks.
- 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.
- Maintain trucks and food-dispensing equipment and clean inside of machines that dispense food or beverages.
- Arrange merchandise and sales promotion displays or issue sales promotion materials to customers.
Technology
- bMobile Technology Route Manager
- bMobile Technology Sales
- Computer Directions Route Sales Tracker
- GEOCOMtms A.Maze Planning
- IBM Domino
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
- MobiTech Systems Route Sales Trakker
- Regulussoft Route Accounting
- Route planning software
- Soft Essentials Vending Essentials
Driver/Sales Workers salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Driver/Sales Workers Salary in TXMedian $35,850 · Employment 40,950
- Driver/Sales Workers Salary in CAMedian $45,600 · Employment 34,480
- Driver/Sales Workers Salary in FLMedian $36,260 · Employment 24,380
- Driver/Sales Workers Salary in OHMedian $35,720 · Employment 20,430
- Driver/Sales Workers Salary in GAMedian $40,040 · Employment 19,150
- Driver/Sales Workers Salary in New York, NYMedian $44,720 · Employment 19,040
- Driver/Sales Workers Salary in NYMedian $42,730 · Employment 18,990
- Driver/Sales Workers Salary in MIMedian $39,610 · Employment 15,490
- Driver/Sales Workers Salary in PAMedian $37,330 · Employment 15,100
- Driver/Sales Workers Salary in NCMedian $36,540 · Employment 14,530
- Driver/Sales Workers Salary in ILMedian $38,960 · Employment 13,680
- Driver/Sales Workers Salary in INMedian $36,250 · Employment 12,040
Related careers
- Retail SalespersonsNational median $35,410
- Parking AttendantsNational median $35,150
- Fast Food and Counter WorkersNational median $31,200
- Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, HandNational median $40,240
- Cargo and Freight AgentsNational median $52,260
- Customer Service RepresentativesNational median $44,770
- Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and TravelNational median $69,990
- Order ClerksNational median $46,170
Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.