Driver/Sales Workers
Transportation and Material Moving · SOC 53-3031
AI exposure from the Anthropic Economic Index (2025); salary from BLS; skills from O*NET. See /sources.
Decision card
Career Evidence Passport
SOC 53-3031 evidence across exposure, wages, projections, postings, certified LCAs, skills, and transitions.
- SOC exposure
- 2.8%
- Medium · Anthropic AEI
- Automation friction
- 53/100
- Moderate friction; broad SOC seed ORS job-requirements coverage.
- Wages
- $38,770
- No H-1B offered-wage row for this SOC.
- Projected openings
- 48,800
- BLS EP 2024–2034; employment change +8.8%.
- Observed/proxy demand
- —
- FY— certified LCAs; 57,307 postings in 2025.
Skill evidence
- H-1B values are certified Labor Condition Applications, not visa approvals.
- Job postings are seed-static / seed-derived; treat as provider-ready proxy coverage until observed provider data is wired in.
- Transition matches are directional skill-overlap context, not placement guarantees.
- This release is a FutureGrid broad-SOC seed derived from public BLS ORS requirement concepts and categories, not direct occupation-level ORS survey estimates. It describes job requirements, not worker ability, AI capability, or displacement probability. Automation friction is a FutureGrid derived score and should be read alongside exposure, demand, wage, and projection signals.
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AI Exposure Analysis
Across AI measures
Multiple exposure lenses for this occupation.
AI could do ~33.3% of this role but only ~2.8% is currently done with AI — a large capability-vs-adoption gap.
Top Skills
H-1B Visa Sponsorship Demand
View full H-1B trends →No H-1B certified LCA filings recorded for this occupation in FY2016–FY2025.
O*NET occupation profile
What this work involves
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.
Common titles: Delivery Man, Driver, Driver Salesman, Pizza Delivery Driver, Route Delivery Driver, Route Driver
Representative Tasks
- •Drive trucks to deliver such items as food, medical supplies, or newspapers.
- •Inform regular customers of new products or services and price changes.
- •Record sales or delivery information on daily sales or delivery record.
- •Listen to and resolve customers' complaints regarding products or services.
- •Collect money from customers, make change, and record transactions on customer receipts.
Detailed Work Activities
- •Operate vehicles or material-moving equipment.
- •Sell products or services.
- •Collect payments for goods or services.
- •Provide transportation information to passengers or customers.
- •Record sales or transactions data.
Tools & Technologies
Employment Projections & AI Exposure
Employment & Wage Trend
BLS OEWS, 2019–2025
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). See /sources.
Sector Comparison
| Metric | This Career | Sector Average |
|---|---|---|
| AI Exposure | 2.8% | 0.2% |
| Outlook | Average | 20% Bright |
| Median Salary | $38,770 | N/A |
| AI Resiliency | 97/100 | N/A |