Driver/sales workers & truck drivers

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N/A Workforce

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Average Age

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Average Salary

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Average Male Salary

$45,976

Average Female Salary

$29,082

About

Driver/sales workers & truck drivers are most often employed by the N/A industry. The average yearly wage for Driver/sales workers & truck drivers was N/A in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Driver/sales workers & truck drivers by wage are N/A.

Driver/sales workers & truck drivers are part of the Transportation Occupations, along with N/A.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Driver/sales workers & truck drivers are N/A. 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.

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Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Driver/sales workers & truck drivers and on wages and locations for those in the field. N/A 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 N/A. 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.

Wages

Yearly Wage

N/A

AVERAGE SALARY

± N/A

In 2020, Driver/sales workers & truck drivers earned an average of N/A, $NaNd approximately the same than the average national salary of $55,954.

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.

Industries

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 N/A.

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 NaNd%, followed by Restaurants & Food Services with NaNd% and Couriers & messengers with NaNd%.

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 White (Non-Hispanic).

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

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Driver/sales workers & truck drivers

White (Non-Hispanic)
Black (Non-Hispanic)
White (Hispanic)

57.8% of Driver/sales workers & truck drivers are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 15.8% of Driver/sales workers & truck drivers, Black (Non-Hispanic) 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 N/A, 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 N/A 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.