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Delivery Truck Drivers
Career and Education Info
Job Numbers and Growth
There are about 1,051,000 for delivery truck drivers in the US. For this occupation the level of unemployment is relatively high.
Part-Time Work and Self-Employment
Of those surveyed, 7% of employees work part-time. Approximately 9% of delivery truck drivers work for themselves.
Training and Education
Prior to starting this profession, consider obtaining short-term on-the-job training. Government data shows that 4% of employees have a bachelor's degree or higher. Those who have gone to college, but don't have a degree make up 25% of delivery truck drivers. For 71% of workers a high-school education was all they required. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.
Area Job Conditions
The cities with the most employees jobs, compared to the population, are Casper (Wyoming), Lebanon (Pennsylvania), and Billings (Montana). Fewer are found in Ames (Iowa), Iowa City (Iowa), and Jefferson City (Missouri).
Delivery truck drivers earn higher incomes in Battle Creek (Michigan), Pittsfield (Massachusetts), and Dover (Delaware), and lower incomes in Lebanon (Pennsylvania), Great Falls (Montana), and Pocatello (Idaho).
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Delivery Truck Drivers: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area
The table below shows data for Delivery Truck Drivers, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Delivery Truck Drivers are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Delivery Truck Drivers are starred .
State Area Positions Typical Pay Popularity in Area Alabama Anniston 270 $26,390 1 Alabama Auburn 240 $24,690 0.9 Alabama Birmingham 3,360 $29,000 0.9 Alabama Decatur 430 $27,690 1.3 Alabama Dothan 570 $27,850 1.6 Alabama Florence 480 $23,960 1.6 Alabama Gadsden 200 $31,520 1 Alabama Huntsville 1,090 $29,970 0.8 Alabama Mobile 1,100 $26,930 0.9 Alabama Montgomery 1,240 $26,940 1.1 Alabama Tuscaloosa 500 $28,740 0.9 Alaska Anchorage 1,110 $36,490 1 Alaska Fairbanks 210 $32,640 1.1 Arizona Flagstaff 320 $28,460 1 Arizona Kingman 340 $29,940 1.1 Arizona Phoenix 12,160 $31,920 0.9 Arizona Prescott 340 $34,350 0.9 Arizona Tucson 2,400 $28,950 1 Arizona Yuma 330 $28,040 0.9 Arkansas Fayetteville 980 $27,490 0.7 Arkansas Fort Smith 640 $24,350 0.8 Arkansas Hot Springs 170 $27,510 0.8 Arkansas Jonesboro 410 $25,680 1.4 Arkansas Little Rock 1,780 $26,180 0.8 Arkansas Pine Bluff 180 $30,360 0.9 California Bakersfield 1,680 $30,940 0.9 California Chico 350 $33,400 0.8 California El Centro 260 $29,270 0.8 California Fresno 2,510 $32,510 1.1 California Hanford 90 $24,670 0.5 California Madera 120 $24,040 0.6 California Merced 260 $34,170 0.7 California Modesto 1,150 $32,140 1.1 California Napa 260 $28,720 0.7 California Oakland 7,250 $33,470 1 California Oxnard 1,440 $31,090 0.7 California Redding 470 $31,430 1.1 California Riverside 9,620 $30,480 1.1 California Sacramento 5,540 $31,060 0.9 California Salinas 1,170 $26,920 1.1 California San Diego 7,670 $31,200 0.8 California San Francisco 4,980 $38,710 0.7 California San Jose 4,680 $32,180 0.7 California San Luis Obispo 600 $30,190 0.9 California Santa Ana 10,230 $31,150 1 California Santa Barbara 880 $30,790 0.8 California Santa Cruz 750 $34,250 1.3 California Santa Rosa 1,230 $32,700 1 California Stockton 1,570 $33,760 1.1 California Vallejo 790 $32,690 1 California Visalia 830 $26,830 0.9 California Yuba City 260 $25,970 1.1 Colorado Boulder 640 $33,910 0.6 Colorado Colorado Springs 1,350 $31,240 0.8 Colorado Denver 9,360 $33,460 1.1 Colorado Fort Collins 730 $28,920 0.9 Colorado Grand Junction 620 $27,240 1.8 Colorado Greeley 380 $34,970 0.8 Colorado Pueblo 340 $24,490 1 Connecticut Bridgeport 3,070 $32,550 1 Connecticut Danbury 530 $32,650 1.2 Connecticut Hartford 3,200 $29,800 0.8 Connecticut New Haven 2,480 $33,050 1.3 Connecticut Norwich 870 $34,330 1.1 Connecticut Waterbury 770 $36,150 1.8 Delaware Dover 360 $39,030 1.1 Delaware Wilmington 2,270 $31,780 1 District of Columbia Washington 12,360 $33,330 0.8 Florida Cape Coral 1,050 $28,590 0.7 Florida Deltona 1,100 $27,370 1.1 Florida Fort Lauderdale 6,030 $30,620 1.2 Florida Fort Walton Beach 360 $30,990 0.8 Florida Gainesville 580 $27,110 0.8 Florida Jacksonville 5,630 $28,340 1.4 Florida Lakeland 1,510 $28,580 1.2 Florida Miami 8,400 $27,810 1.2 Florida Naples 890 $30,050 1.1 Florida Ocala 980 $26,160 1.6 Florida Orlando 7,380 $29,870 1 Florida Palm Bay 1,040 $30,720 0.8 Florida Palm Coast 50 $21,080 0.7 Florida Panama City 480 $29,380 1.1 Florida Pensacola 1,120 $24,490 1.1 Florida Port St Lucie 1,000 $27,900 1.2 Florida Punta Gorda 330 $31,190 1.4 Florida Sarasota 1,680 $28,900 0.9 Florida Sebastian 240 $26,430 0.8 Florida Tallahassee 1,080 $27,770 1 Florida Tampa 7,630 $28,070 0.9 Florida West Palm Beach 3,110 $30,700 0.8 Georgia Albany 610 $28,020 1.6 Georgia Athens 570 $32,320 1.2 Georgia Atlanta 18,870 $32,000 1.1 Georgia Augusta 1,500 $26,280 1.1 Georgia Brunswick 350 $25,350 1.4 Georgia Columbus 730 $26,750 1 Georgia Dalton 1,130 $28,730 2.3Georgia Gainesville 550 $30,890 1.3 Georgia Hinesville 60 $27,880 0.9 Georgia Macon 1,210 $27,900 1.9 Georgia Rome 330 $28,280 1.6 Georgia Savannah 1,670 $31,770 1.7 Georgia Valdosta 360 $23,510 1.1 Georgia Warner Robins 240 $23,630 0.8 Hawaii Honolulu 3,210 $28,310 1.1 Idaho Boise 1,450 $27,600 0.8 Idaho Coeur Dalene 260 $29,140 0.8 Idaho Idaho Falls 370 $26,430 1.3 Idaho Lewiston 190 $28,210 1.5 Idaho Pocatello 260 $24,970 1.5 Illinois Bloomington 620 $27,950 1.4 Illinois Champaign 540 $27,480 0.9 Illinois Chicago 25,070 $33,550 0.9 Illinois Danville 190 $25,360 1.3 Illinois Decatur 610 $26,240 2.2Illinois Kankakee 260 $32,250 1.2 Illinois Peoria 1,010 $27,580 0.9 Illinois Rockford 1,110 $27,880 1.1 Illinois Springfield 730 $29,060 1.1 Indiana Anderson 220 $28,120 0.9 Indiana Bloomington 320 $20,150 0.8 Indiana Columbus 200 $33,600 0.8 Indiana Elkhart 910 $29,510 1.1 Indiana Evansville 1,330 $26,770 1.2 Indiana Fort Wayne 1,500 $27,700 1.1 Indiana Gary 1,680 $26,850 0.9 Indiana Indianapolis 6,140 $29,490 1 Indiana Kokomo 330 $26,450 1.6 Indiana Lafayette 600 $28,750 1.3 Indiana Michigan City 240 $35,780 0.9 Indiana Muncie 190 $32,540 0.7 Indiana South Bend 1,070 $25,650 1.2 Indiana Terre Haute 450 $27,420 1 Iowa Ames 120 $20,500 0.5 Iowa Cedar Rapids 690 $29,230 0.8 Iowa Davenport 1,180 $26,990 1 Iowa Des Moines 1,810 $31,150 0.8 Iowa Dubuque 400 $27,290 1.3 Iowa Iowa City 240 $31,110 0.5 Iowa Sioux City 600 $28,750 1.4 Iowa Waterloo 390 $30,140 0.7 Kansas Lawrence 170 $32,440 0.6 Kansas Topeka 480 $29,630 0.7 Kansas Wichita 1,800 $27,200 0.9 Kentucky Bowling Green 340 $34,340 1 Kentucky Elizabethtown 250 $22,270 1 Kentucky Lexington 1,560 $30,700 1 Kentucky Louisville 4,780 $31,120 1.1 Kentucky Owensboro 280 $23,650 1 Louisiana Alexandria 420 $28,830 1.1 Louisiana Baton Rouge 2,750 $26,750 1.1 Louisiana Houma 730 $25,060 1.2 Louisiana Lafayette 1,640 $24,370 1.7 Louisiana Lake Charles 550 $27,090 1 Louisiana Monroe 790 $23,940 1.6 Louisiana New Orleans 4,090 $28,010 1.2 Louisiana Shreveport 1,490 $30,040 1.3 Maine Bangor 510 $31,340 1.3 Maine Lewiston 400 $32,860 1.4 Maine Portland 1,390 $29,610 1 Maryland Baltimore 9,260 $32,110 1 Maryland Bethesda 3,080 $31,660 0.8 Maryland Cumberland 390 $28,370 1.9 Maryland Hagerstown 1,230 $29,870 1.9 Maryland Salisbury 410 $31,490 1.3 Massachusetts Barnstable Town 640 $34,690 1 Massachusetts Boston 9,910 $34,640 0.8 Massachusetts Brockton 820 $39,180 1.5 Massachusetts Framingham 740 $36,880 0.7 Massachusetts Haverhill 380 $26,620 0.8 Massachusetts Leominster 420 $33,570 1.4 Massachusetts Lowell 920 $36,990 1.2 Massachusetts New Bedford 580 $28,380 1.5 Massachusetts Pittsfield 180 $35,850 0.9 Massachusetts Springfield 2,670 $33,160 1.3 Massachusetts Taunton 650 $27,660 2.4Massachusetts Worcester 1,600 $33,830 1 Michigan Ann Arbor 1,000 $35,050 0.9 Michigan Battle Creek 260 $40,370 0.9 Michigan Bay City 240 $22,050 1.2 Michigan Detroit 6,480 $34,220 1.3 Michigan Flint 1,420 $27,780 1.6 Michigan Grand Rapids 3,950 $30,960 1.5 Michigan Holland 900 $24,330 1.4 Michigan Jackson 380 $28,780 1.2 Michigan Kalamazoo 890 $29,800 1 Michigan Lansing 1,590 $32,460 1.2 Michigan Monroe 210 $26,250 0.9 Michigan Muskegon 450 $25,180 1.2 Michigan Niles 280 $25,240 0.7 Michigan Saginaw 710 $30,440 1.5 Michigan Warren 8,170 $33,940 1 Minnesota Duluth 790 $33,370 1 Minnesota Minneapolis 9,730 $34,010 0.8 Minnesota Rochester 510 $26,760 0.9 Minnesota St Cloud 600 $24,610 0.9 Mississippi Gulfport 770 $27,810 1.1 Mississippi Hattiesburg 450 $27,990 1.3 Mississippi Jackson 2,030 $28,800 1.2 Mississippi Pascagoula 220 $23,000 0.8 Missouri Columbia 620 $30,630 1.2 Missouri Jefferson City 220 $30,230 0.5 Missouri Joplin 380 $27,810 0.8 Missouri Kansas City 5,580 $29,700 0.8 Missouri Springfield 1,500 $26,060 1.2 Missouri St Joseph 300 $31,160 1 Missouri St Louis 8,640 $31,380 0.9 Montana Billings 1,290 $29,040 2.5Montana Great Falls 420 $21,920 2.1Montana Missoula 470 $27,460 1.5 Nebraska Lincoln 630 $27,590 0.6 Nebraska Omaha 2,450 $29,540 0.8 Nevada Carson City 150 $29,180 1 Nevada Las Vegas 6,070 $33,360 0.9 New Hampshire Manchester 840 $33,920 1.2 New Hampshire Nashua 920 $31,510 1 New Hampshire Portsmouth 320 $29,010 0.9 New Hampshire Rochester 530 $34,870 1.5 New Jersey Atlantic City 820 $29,240 0.8 New Jersey Camden 3,390 $27,900 0.9 New Jersey Edison 6,630 $33,960 0.9 New Jersey Newark 6,520 $33,180 0.9 New Jersey Ocean City 230 $24,370 0.9 New Jersey Trenton 1,350 $27,820 0.9 New Jersey Vineland 400 $28,340 1.1 New Mexico Albuquerque 3,780 $28,210 1.4 New Mexico Farmington 360 $27,230 1.1 New Mexico Las Cruces 340 $24,710 0.9 New Mexico Santa Fe 250 $25,400 0.6 New York Albany 2,470 $31,360 0.8 New York Binghamton 830 $28,770 1.2 New York Buffalo 3,110 $28,390 0.8 New York Elmira 280 $31,290 1.4 New York Glens Falls 370 $25,400 1.2 New York Ithaca 230 $26,570 0.9 New York Kingston 460 $26,970 1.3 New York Nassau 7,980 $36,230 0.9 New York New York 29,560 $36,570 0.8 New York Poughkeepsie 1,800 $32,460 1.1 New York Rochester 2,470 $29,500 0.7 New York Syracuse 1,980 $29,700 0.9 New York Utica 910 $23,500 1.1 North Carolina Asheville 1,540 $30,310 1.3 North Carolina Burlington 400 $25,180 1.1 North Carolina Charlotte 7,290 $31,710 1.2 North Carolina Durham 1,280 $29,120 0.7 North Carolina Fayetteville 910 $28,060 1.1 North Carolina Goldsboro 370 $26,380 1.7 North Carolina Greensboro 3,010 $29,180 1.2 North Carolina Greenville 370 $27,980 0.8 North Carolina Hickory 1,200 $29,080 1.1 North Carolina Jacksonville 400 $23,850 1.7 North Carolina Raleigh 3,460 $30,290 1 North Carolina Rocky Mount 450 $36,670 1.3 North Carolina Wilmington 1,240 $32,230 1.3 North Carolina Winston Salem 1,530 $32,960 1.1 North Dakota Bismarck 320 $26,730 0.9 North Dakota Fargo 1,120 $32,560 1.5 North Dakota Grand Forks 310 $25,620 1.1 Ohio Akron 2,270 $28,330 1 Ohio Canton 1,510 $27,060 1.3 Ohio Cincinnati 7,150 $31,610 1 Ohio Cleveland 6,710 $29,830 0.9 Ohio Columbus 6,930 $31,450 1.1 Ohio Dayton 2,210 $29,990 0.8 Ohio Lima 420 $26,450 1.3 Ohio Mansfield 500 $33,340 1.6 Ohio Sandusky 160 $31,870 0.8 Ohio Springfield 340 $28,270 1.2 Ohio Toledo 2,480 $30,640 1.2 Ohio Youngstown 2,020 $27,360 1.3 Oklahoma Lawton 280 $29,870 1.3 Oklahoma Oklahoma City 3,370 $27,350 0.9 Oklahoma Tulsa 2,860 $26,170 1 Oregon Bend 400 $32,770 0.9 Oregon Corvallis 110 $27,510 0.6 Oregon Eugene 740 $29,230 0.8 Oregon Medford 510 $28,610 1 Oregon Portland 5,670 $33,050 0.8 Oregon Salem 630 $29,430 0.6 Pennsylvania Allentown 2,720 $32,250 1.2 Pennsylvania Altoona 760 $27,040 2.1Pennsylvania Erie 640 $26,640 0.8 Pennsylvania Harrisburg 2,570 $32,790 1.2 Pennsylvania Johnstown 390 $26,050 1.1 Pennsylvania Lancaster 1,910 $29,330 1.2 Pennsylvania Lebanon 790 $20,680 2.9Pennsylvania Philadelphia 12,020 $32,480 0.9 Pennsylvania Pittsburgh 7,980 $31,000 1 Pennsylvania Reading 1,320 $29,290 1.2 Pennsylvania Scranton 1,980 $30,920 1.1 Pennsylvania State College 350 $30,720 1 Pennsylvania Williamsport 470 $21,900 1.5 Pennsylvania York 1,510 $34,080 1.3 Rhode Island Providence 3,910 $31,030 1 South Carolina Anderson 510 $28,100 1.4 South Carolina Charleston 2,270 $25,810 1.1 South Carolina Columbia 2,910 $28,150 1.2 South Carolina Florence 600 $26,500 1.1 South Carolina Greenville 2,790 $27,120 1.3 South Carolina Myrtle Beach 1,050 $28,380 1.4 South Carolina Spartanburg 890 $31,010 1.1 South Carolina Sumter 260 $24,750 1.3 South Dakota Rapid City 370 $24,880 1 South Dakota Sioux Falls 850 $29,280 0.9 Tennessee Chattanooga 1,970 $28,540 1.3 Tennessee Clarksville 480 $24,420 1 Tennessee Cleveland 220 $27,000 1.1 Tennessee Jackson 390 $27,760 1.1 Tennessee Johnson City 440 $28,020 0.9 Tennessee Kingsport 840 $30,340 1.1 Tennessee Knoxville 2,750 $28,390 1.2 Tennessee Memphis 4,110 $28,900 1 Tennessee Morristown 490 $28,470 1.8 Tennessee Nashville 4,740 $30,640 0.9 Texas Abilene 500 $29,000 1.3 Texas Amarillo 770 $26,750 1.2 Texas Austin 5,270 $29,540 1 Texas Beaumont 1,190 $24,830 1.1 Texas Brownsville 780 $23,300 1 Texas College Station 440 $28,370 0.9 Texas Corpus Christi 1,140 $26,240 1 Texas Dallas 13,480 $30,050 0.9 Texas El Paso 2,120 $23,010 1.2 Texas Fort Worth 7,830 $28,940 1.3 Texas Houston 17,050 $30,630 0.9 Texas Killeen 990 $22,720 1.3 Texas Laredo 600 $23,400 1.2 Texas Longview 760 $26,030 1.3 Texas Lubbock 820 $26,310 1 Texas Mcallen 1,690 $23,400 1.2 Texas Midland 640 $27,060 1.6 Texas Odessa 670 $27,050 2 Texas San Angelo 430 $24,770 1.8 Texas San Antonio 5,990 $26,010 1 Texas Sherman 250 $28,050 1.1 Texas Texarkana 350 $26,120 1.1 Texas Tyler 1,010 $28,890 1.8 Texas Victoria 550 $29,250 2 Texas Waco 740 $24,760 1.2 Texas Wichita Falls 470 $26,640 1.3 Utah Logan 230 $26,080 0.8 Utah Ogden 1,790 $23,540 1.3 Utah Provo 1,020 $23,050 0.9 Utah Salt Lake City 6,700 $25,490 1.5 Utah St George 520 $23,500 1.8 Vermont Burlington 800 $33,680 1.1 Virginia Blacksburg 380 $21,460 1 Virginia Charlottesville 580 $23,270 1 Virginia Danville 220 $34,150 1.1 Virginia Harrisonburg 630 $24,360 1.9 Virginia Lynchburg 700 $24,170 1.1 Virginia Richmond 4,670 $30,240 1.1 Virginia Roanoke 1,350 $25,300 1.3 Virginia Virginia Beach 5,990 $26,290 1.1 Virginia Winchester 490 $29,270 1.6 Washington Bellingham 450 $29,470 0.9 Washington Bremerton 370 $30,900 0.7 Washington Kennewick 570 $28,400 1 Washington Longview 240 $24,470 1.3 Washington Mount Vernon 330 $34,760 1.2 Washington Olympia 550 $31,550 0.9 Washington Seattle 8,910 $33,110 0.9 Washington Spokane 1,740 $28,830 1.2 Washington Tacoma 2,110 $31,880 1.2 Washington Wenatchee 240 $25,690 1 Washington Yakima 530 $28,170 1.1 West Virginia Charleston 1,270 $22,860 1.3 West Virginia Huntington 1,050 $25,330 1.4 West Virginia Morgantown 310 $21,230 1.1 West Virginia Parkersburg 460 $25,670 1.1 West Virginia Weirton 370 $26,150 1.5 West Virginia Wheeling 410 $24,430 1.1 Wisconsin Appleton 540 $26,280 0.7 Wisconsin Eau Claire 1,060 $30,850 2.2Wisconsin Fond 470 $24,170 1.8 Wisconsin Green Bay 1,500 $28,640 1.4 Wisconsin Janesville 500 $34,690 1.2 Wisconsin La Crosse 640 $31,490 1.5 Wisconsin Madison 2,030 $34,230 0.9 Wisconsin Milwaukee 5,100 $29,300 0.9 Wisconsin Oshkosh 460 $36,070 0.9 Wisconsin Racine 520 $34,080 1.1 Wisconsin Sheboygan 500 $24,880 1.4 Wisconsin Wausau 620 $24,690 1.5 Wyoming Casper 660 $29,710 3Wyoming Cheyenne 240 $24,880 0.9
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