Driver/Sales Workers
Also called: Automotive Parts Delivery Driver (Auto Parts Delivery Driver), Bakery Deliverer, Bobtailer, Bread Distributor, Bread Jockey, Breadman, Catering Driver, City Route Driver
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.
What driver/sales workers do
Typical tasks
- 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.
- Collect coins from vending machines, refill machines, and remove aged merchandise.
- Write customer orders and sales contracts according to company guidelines.
- Review lists of dealers, customers, or station drops and load trucks.
- Sell food specialties, such as sandwiches and beverages, to office workers and patrons of sports events.
Typical path into the job (BLS)
Driver/Sales Workers salary
The median annual wage for driver/sales workers is $38,770 (BLS OEWS May 2025; BLS Employment Projections 2025–35, national). The lowest 10 percent earn less than $22,590 and the highest 10 percent earn more than $59,980. The mean annual wage is $40,730.
The mean hourly wage of $19.00 is 2.6× the federal minimum wage of $7.25. State minimums are higher in most large states. Minimum wage by state →
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Pay by percentile
Annual wage percentiles from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Percentiles are a good proxy for pay by experience.
Projected pay for Driver/Sales Workers (3, 5 and 10 years)est.
Today $38,770 → in 3 years $42,800 → in 5 years $45,700 → in 10 years $53,800 (10-year range $46,300–$62,500). The model assumes pay growth of +3.3% per year.
What drives the annual growth rate
Projected pay = current pay × (1 + annual growth)^years. The annual growth rate starts from a base wage-growth rate and adds or subtracts labor demand (BLS projected employment growth), wage momentum and AI replacement risk for each occupation. Projections are not guarantees. How it is calculated →
Outlook score for Driver/Sales Workers
Each component is a percentile rank among all occupations in the same country (0–100). Weights: labor demand 25, wage momentum / openings 15, pay level 15, AI resistance 25, aging workforce 10 (Japan only), entry barrier 10.
Will AI replace Driver/Sales Workers? AI replacement risk
How AI is changing this job
A written analysis for this occupation is being prepared.
AI replacement risk compares the parts of a job that are easy to hand to AI or software (processing information, documentation, repetitive computer work) with the parts that are hard to automate (physical work, working closely with people, judgment in unpredictable settings), using O*NET work activities, work context, skills and knowledge. The result is a relative position among all occupations in the country, scaled to 0–100%. Methodology →
Labor demand for Driver/Sales Workers
Employment projections are from the BLS Employment Projections program (2025–35). Annual openings include both new jobs and replacement of workers who leave the occupation.
The same job in Japan
| Driver/Sales Workers United States | 清涼飲料ルートセールス Japan | フードデリバリー（料理配達員） Japan | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median / average pay | $38,770 | ¥4.07M ≈ $25,852 | ¥4.07M ≈ $25,852 |
| Pay in 10 years (est.) | $53,800 | ¥5.11M | ¥5.09M |
| Outlook score | 58 | 47 | 45 |
| AI replacement risk | 32% Low | 32% Low | 37% Low |
| Workers | 409K | — | — |
Matched by occupation (SOC code). Yen converted at 157.25 JPY/USD for reference; Japanese figures are averages, U.S. figures are medians, and the surveys define occupations differently.
Skills, education and requirements for Driver/Sales Workers
Key skills
O*NET skill level ratings (0–7).
Key knowledge areas
What the work involves
Important abilities
Education of workers
Training before entry
Related work experience
Job Zone 2 — some preparation needed (O*NET)
Difficulty of entry: ★☆☆☆☆ Easy to enter (from education, training, experience and Job Zone)
How to become driver/sales workers
A step-by-step guide for this occupation is being prepared. The education, training and experience data above show the typical path.
Career path and how to earn more as driver/sales workers
Career-path guidance is being prepared. Pay by percentile is shown in the Pay section.