Transportation and Material Moving
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: Delivery Man, Driver, Driver Salesman, Pizza Delivery Driver, Route Delivery Driver, Route Driver
- Median pay in Greater Boston
- $47,340
- $22.76/hr
- Jobs in Greater Boston
- 2,880
- Massachusetts 2024–2034
- +7.2%
- 630 openings a year
- Typical U.S. entry requirement
- High school diploma or equivalent
- plus Short-term on-the-job training
Greater Boston: Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area, May 2025. Growth and openings: Massachusetts statewide projection.
Pay range in Greater Boston
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $31,200 | $37,330 | $47,340 | $60,330 | $65,490 |
10% of workers earn less than the first figure and 10% earn more than the last.
What you’d 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.
- Maintain trucks and food-dispensing equipment and clean inside of machines that dispense food or beverages.
AI and this job
AI exposure: how much of this job’s work AI tools can do or help with, based on national research. It is not a forecast of job loss.
Lower exposure27 of 100
The index averages three national research measures, each shown as a percentile of all jobs:
- AIOE 25
- Language-model AIOE 26
- GPTs-are-GPTs 29
Observed AI use today: Some (Anthropic Economic Index)
Driver/sales workers have lower AI exposure, and some AI use is already seen in this job. AI tools may help with recording sales and deliveries and handling payments. Driving, building relationships with regular customers, and resolving complaints still rely on people.
Likely to change
- Recording sales and delivery information
- Tracking payments and customer receipts
Still relies on people
- Driving safely and delivering goods
- Resolving customer complaints face to face
Written with AI from the data on this page. Check with a career coach before making a decision.
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Training near Boston
College and school programs in the Boston metro area that lead to this job, with 2023-24 completions (IPEDS).
No college programs near Boston map to this job. Many people enter through on-the-job training or apprenticeship.
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