Driver/sales workers & truck drivers

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Total Workforce

3.51M

Average Age

45.2

Average Salary

$43,210

Average Male Salary

$44,381

Average Female Salary

$28,100

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 $43,210 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Driver/sales workers & truck drivers by wage are Public safety telecommunicators, Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters, and Miscellaneous material moving workers, including mine shuttle car operators, & tank car, truck, & ship loaders.

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 Osceola County (West) PUMA, FL. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Driver/sales workers & truck drivers are Sampson & Duplin Counties PUMA, NC, Ector CountyOdessa City PUMA, TX, and Webb County (North & East)Laredo City (Outer) PUMA, TX.

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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 Fort Worth (Northwest) & Saginaw Cities PUMA, TX but are relatively concentrated in Sampson & Duplin Counties PUMA, NC.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$43,210

AVERAGE SALARY

± $444

In 2018, Driver/sales workers & truck drivers earned an average of $43,210, $10,679 less than than the average national salary of $53,888.

Miscellaneous material moving workers, including mine shuttle car operators, & tank car, truck, & ship loaders make somewhat more than Driver/sales workers & truck drivers while Public safety telecommunicators 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

0.355

WAGE GINI

In 2018, Driver/sales workers & truck drivers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.355, which is lower than than the national average of 0.479. 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, and Construction.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Driver/sales workers & truck drivers, by average wage, are Broadcasting (except internet), Aircraft & parts manufacturing, Prefabricated wood buildings & mobile homes, Prefabricated wood buildings & mobile homes, Petroleum refining, and Motion pictures & video industries.

Industries by Share

3.51M

2018 Workforce

± 45,441

3.6%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 1.78%

The number of people employed as Driver/sales workers & truck drivers has been growing at a rate of 3.6%, from 3,386,114 people in 2017 to 3,507,967 people in 2018.

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 33.1%, followed by Restaurants & Food Services with 7.06% and Construction with 5.48%.

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 45.4 and of female Driver/sales workers & truck drivers is 42.9, and the most common race/ethnicity for Driver/sales workers & truck drivers is White (Non-Hispanic).

Gender Composition

3.26M

MALE WORKFORCE

± 43,813

252k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 12,324

92.8% of Driver/sales workers & truck drivers are Male, making them the more common gender in the occupation. This chart shows the gender 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)

57.6% of Driver/sales workers & truck drivers are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 16.5% 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 Gender

45.4

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 0.189

42.9

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 0.698

The median age of Driver/sales workers & truck drivers is 45.2, and Male employees are generally 2.57 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 Personal & Culinary Services.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degree-majorss. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree-majors 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 Operation and Control. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Driver/sales workers & truck drivers need more than the average amount of Equipment Maintenance, Repairing, and Operation and Control.