Transportation and Material Moving · Holland code RCE

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.

Also called: Driver, Driver Salesman, Route Driver, Route Salesman, Delivery Man, Pizza Delivery Driver, Route Delivery Driver, Route Sales Driver.

O*NET 53-3031.00

At a glance

US median annual pay: $38,770; Middle half earn $30,200 to $49,000. BLS OEWS, May 2025.
Most common education: High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED); 64% of workers surveyed by O*NET report this level.
Preparation needed: Job Zone 2 of 5; Some preparation. Zone 1 is little or none; zone 5 is graduate-level.

What the work involves

The tasks workers in this occupation rate as most important, from the O*NET survey.

Drive trucks to deliver such items as food, medical supplies, or newspapers.
Arrange merchandise and sales promotion displays or issue sales promotion materials to customers.
Collect coins from vending machines, refill machines, and remove aged merchandise.
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.

Skills and knowledge it leans on

Skills

Active Listening3.8 / 5
Speaking3.6 / 5
Critical Thinking3.1 / 5
Reading Comprehension3.0 / 5
Monitoring2.9 / 5
Writing2.8 / 5

Knowledge areas

Customer and Personal Service4.2 / 5
Food Production3.6 / 5
English Language3.5 / 5
Transportation3.5 / 5
Public Safety and Security3.2 / 5
Administration and Management3.0 / 5

Importance ratings on O*NET’s 1 to 5 scale. Higher means the occupation depends on it more.

Who tends to enjoy it

How strongly this occupation draws on each of the six Holland interest types, which is the same profile the career interests test compares you against.

Realistic72
Investigative0
Artistic0
Social24
Enterprising45
Conventional61

The same work abroad

Other countries classify jobs differently, so these are the closest matches through the international ISCO-08 standard, not exact equivalents.

European occupation titles (ESCO)

motorcycle delivery person · DE Auslieferer mit Motorrad/Auslieferin mit Motorrad · FR coursier véhicules 2 roues/coursière véhicules 2 roues
cargo vehicle driver · DE Lastkraftwagenfahrer/Lastkraftwagenfahrerin · FR conducteur de poids lourd/conductrice de poids lourd
bicycle courier · DE Fahrradkurier/Fahrradkurierin · FR coursier à vélo/coursière à vélo

Closest UK occupation groups (SOC 2020)

Taxi and cab drivers and chauffeurs (8213)173,900 employed
Heavy and large goods vehicle drivers (8211)273,400 employed
Road transport drivers n.e.c. (8219)27,400 employed

Employment is the UK Annual Population Survey for April 2025 to March 2026, all workers in the group, which can be broader than this one occupation.

Pay across Europe, for the whole group

Median annual earnings of all employees in “Plant and machine operators and assemblers”. This is the broad ISCO group this occupation falls in, not the occupation itself, so treat it as context for the wage level, not as a salary for this job.

Median annual earnings, Plant and machine operators and assemblers, by country
Country	Median pay
Belgium	€39,630
Netherlands	€37,567
Austria	€37,304
Sweden	€36,005
Germany	€34,433
Ireland	€32,617
France	€28,550
Italy	€28,330
Spain	€24,409
Portugal	€11,309
Poland	€10,259

Eurostat Structure of Earnings Survey, businesses with ten or more employees outside public administration, in euro and not adjusted for the cost of living. Reference years differ between sources: the US, Japan and Europe figures on this page come from different survey years, so compare them as rough levels, not to the euro or yen.

Exposure to AI

This occupation sits in the lower third of the 774 occupations scored, with an exposure score of -0.73. The scores are standardized across those occupations, so 0 is the average and a score of 1 is about one standard deviation above it.

Our note on reading it: the dataset links AI applications to the abilities that occupations require, so the score reflects overlap between the two. It is a comparison between occupations, not a forecast about jobs. It does not say whether exposure means tasks are replaced or workers get more done with the tools, and it says little about one employer or one role.

Source: Felten, E., Raj, M., & Seamans, R. (2021). Occupational, industry, and geographic exposure to artificial intelligence: A novel dataset and its potential uses. Strategic Management Journal, 42(12), 2195-2217. Matched to this page by 6-digit SOC code (53-3031).

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