Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2018
53-3031 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. Includes newspaper delivery drivers. Excludes "Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers" (49-9091) and "Light Truck or Delivery Services Drivers" (53-3033).
National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation
National estimates for this occupation: Top
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:
| Employment (1) |
Employment
RSE (3) |
Mean hourly
wage |
Mean annual
wage (2) |
Wage RSE (3) |
| 414,860 |
1.8 % |
$14.24 |
$29,610 |
0.6 % |
Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Hourly Wage |
$8.56 |
$9.40 |
$11.88 |
$17.68 |
$23.50 |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$17,810 |
$19,540 |
$24,700 |
$36,770 |
$48,880 |
Industry profile for this occupation: Top
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided.
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Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Restaurants and Other Eating Places |
203,160 |
1.90 |
$11.27 |
$23,440 |
| Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4244 and 4248 only) |
79,000 |
8.05 |
$17.97 |
$37,370 |
| Drycleaning and Laundry Services |
16,240 |
5.51 |
$17.84 |
$37,100 |
| Direct Selling Establishments |
12,320 |
9.22 |
$18.40 |
$38,260 |
| Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers |
7,980 |
1.46 |
$17.34 |
$36,060 |
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Vending Machine Operators |
7,710 |
20.04 |
$16.84 |
$35,020 |
| Direct Selling Establishments |
12,320 |
9.22 |
$18.40 |
$38,260 |
| Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods (4244 and 4248 only) |
79,000 |
8.05 |
$17.97 |
$37,370 |
| Drycleaning and Laundry Services |
16,240 |
5.51 |
$17.84 |
$37,100 |
| Beverage Manufacturing |
7,440 |
2.86 |
$18.16 |
$37,770 |
Top paying industries for this occupation:
Geographic profile for this occupation: Top
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided.
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States with the highest employment level in this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Texas |
42,440 |
3.50 |
1.22 |
$13.84 |
$28,780 |
| California |
36,440 |
2.14 |
0.75 |
$17.83 |
$37,080 |
| Florida |
28,850 |
3.35 |
1.17 |
$12.18 |
$25,330 |
| Ohio |
21,710 |
4.01 |
1.40 |
$13.05 |
$27,140 |
| New York |
21,420 |
2.28 |
0.80 |
$14.60 |
$30,370 |
States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Wyoming |
1,430 |
5.32 |
1.86 |
$13.90 |
$28,920 |
| North Dakota |
2,160 |
5.18 |
1.81 |
$13.93 |
$28,980 |
| Idaho |
2,950 |
4.18 |
1.46 |
$13.26 |
$27,580 |
| Ohio |
21,710 |
4.01 |
1.40 |
$13.05 |
$27,140 |
| Colorado |
10,440 |
3.98 |
1.39 |
$14.97 |
$31,140 |
Top paying States for this occupation:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| California |
36,440 |
2.14 |
0.75 |
$17.83 |
$37,080 |
| Hawaii |
1,530 |
2.39 |
0.83 |
$17.56 |
$36,530 |
| Massachusetts |
7,910 |
2.22 |
0.77 |
$16.83 |
$35,010 |
| Oregon |
6,910 |
3.66 |
1.28 |
$16.77 |
$34,870 |
| Connecticut |
3,970 |
2.39 |
0.83 |
$16.68 |
$34,690 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
20,460 |
2.15 |
0.75 |
$14.93 |
$31,050 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
14,720 |
2.41 |
0.84 |
$16.79 |
$34,910 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
10,680 |
3.58 |
1.25 |
$12.93 |
$26,900 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
10,160 |
2.85 |
0.99 |
$15.89 |
$33,050 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
9,820 |
2.12 |
0.74 |
$13.58 |
$28,260 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
9,140 |
3.41 |
1.19 |
$12.77 |
$26,570 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ |
7,640 |
3.72 |
1.30 |
$14.65 |
$30,480 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
7,340 |
2.58 |
0.90 |
$13.11 |
$27,270 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI |
7,180 |
3.67 |
1.28 |
$13.55 |
$28,190 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
6,700 |
2.43 |
0.85 |
$16.61 |
$34,540 |
United States Department of Labor
