Driver/sales workers & truck drivers

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2020 Workforce

3.42M

Average Age

Average Salary

$44,805

Average Male Salary

$45,976

Average Female Salary

$29,082

About

Driver/sales workers & truck drivers are most often employed by the Truck transportation industry. The average yearly wage for Driver/sales workers & truck drivers was $44,805 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Driver/sales workers & truck drivers by wage are Payroll & timekeeping clerks, Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, & repair workers, including wind turbine service technicians, and Public safety telecommunicators.

Driver/sales workers & truck drivers are part of the Transportation Occupations, along with Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers, Aircraft pilots & flight engineers, Air traffic controllers & airfield operations specialists, Flight attendants, Ambulance drivers & attendants, except emergency medical technicians, and 17 more.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Driver/sales workers & truck drivers are Ector CountyOdessa City PUMA, TX, Tracy, Manteca & Lathrop Cities PUMA, CA, and Elizabeth City PUMA, NJ. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Driver/sales workers & truck drivers are Elizabeth City PUMA, NJ, Hialeah City (North Central) PUMA, FL, and Ector CountyOdessa City PUMA, TX.

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Driver/sales workers & truck drivers and on wages and locations for those in the field. Truck transportation is the industry that employs the most Driver/sales workers & truck drivers, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Driver/sales workers & truck drivers, by average wage, is Broadcasting (except internet). Driver/sales workers & truck drivers are paid most in Scottsdale (North), Phoenix (Far Northeast) Cities & Cave Creek PUMA, AZ but are relatively concentrated in Elizabeth City PUMA, NJ.

Yearly Wage

$44,805

AVERAGE SALARY

± $476

In 2020, Driver/sales workers & truck drivers earned an average of $44,805, $11,149 less than than the average national salary of $55,954.

Payroll & timekeeping clerks make somewhat more than Driver/sales workers & truck drivers while Miscellaneous installation, maintenance, & repair workers, including wind turbine service technicians make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Driver/sales workers & truck drivers as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.354

WAGE GINI

In 2015, Driver/sales workers & truck drivers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.354, which is lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Driver/sales workers & truck drivers (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Driver/sales workers & truck drivers.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Driver/sales workers & truck drivers

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Driver/sales workers & truck drivers.

Most Common

The most common industries employing Driver/sales workers & truck drivers, by number of employees, are Truck transportation, Restaurants & Food Services, Couriers & messengers, Construction, Services incidental to transportation, Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers, Waste management & remediation services, Automotive parts, accessories, & tire stores , Building material & supplies dealers, Car Dealers, and Cement, concrete, lime, & gypsum product manufacturing .

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Driver/sales workers & truck drivers, by average wage, are Broadcasting (except internet), Nondepository credit & related activities, and Computer Systems Design.

Industries by Share

3.42M

2020 Workforce

± 44,854

0.368%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 1.85%

The number of people employed as Driver/sales workers & truck drivers has been growing at a rate of 0.368%, from 3,403,947 people in 2019 to 3,416,477 people in 2020.

This graphic shows the share of Driver/sales workers & truck drivers employed by various industries. Truck transportation employs the largest share of Driver/sales workers & truck drivers at 33.9%, followed by Restaurants & Food Services with 6.97% and Couriers & messengers with 5.81%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Driver/sales workers & truck drivers in the US. The average age of male Driver/sales workers & truck drivers in the workforce is 45.2 and of female Driver/sales workers & truck drivers is 42.1, and the most common race/ethnicity for Driver/sales workers & truck drivers is N/A.

Composition by Sex

3.18M

MALE WORKFORCE

± 43,306

237k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 11,940

93.1% of Driver/sales workers & truck drivers are Male, making them the more common sex in the occupation. This chart shows the sex breakdown of Driver/sales workers & truck drivers.

Race & Ethnicity

N/A% of Driver/sales workers & truck drivers are N/A, making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing N/A% of Driver/sales workers & truck drivers, N/A is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Driver/sales workers & truck drivers.

Age by Sex

45.2

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 0.192

42.1

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 0.723

The median age of Driver/sales workers & truck drivers is 45, and Male employees are generally 3.11 years older than than their Female counterparts.

Education

Data on higher education choices for Driver/sales workers & truck drivers from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Driver/sales workers & truck drivers is Business but a relatively high number of Driver/sales workers & truck drivers hold a major in Mechanical Technologies.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.

MOST COMMON MAJORS

MOST SPECIALIZED MAJORS

Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Driver/sales workers & truck drivers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Driver/sales workers & truck drivers need many skills, but most especially Active Listening and Critical Thinking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Driver/sales workers & truck drivers need more than the average amount of Operation and Control, Negotiation, and Persuasion.