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Delivery Driver Career Market Report 2026

6,134 active jobs. 538 companies. Median salary $36K. Data from Greenhouse, Lever, Workday, Ashby, SmartRecruiters, Workable, and 14 additional ATS sources. Last computed: 2026-06-01.

6,134
Active Job Openings
538
Companies Hiring
$36K
Median Salary (US)
79%
With Salary Data

About This Report

The Delivery Driver market data on this page is updated daily from 800,000+ active job postings across 20 ATS platforms.

Greenhouse Lever Workday Ashby SmartRecruiters Workable + 14 more ATS sources

Salary: Extracted via NLP. Only USD $5K-$3M included. Skills: Named entity recognition, noise-filtered (generic soft skills excluded). Experience: Inferred from title + description. Coverage: 79% of positions include salary data.

Key Findings

Median salary: $36K in the US

Middle 50% of salaries range from $31K to $53K.

Remote roles pay 223% above the US national median

Remote-first employers competing nationally for talent. The premium reflects company quality (remote-first firms tend to be well-funded), not a work-mode bonus.

Phone Etiquette is the most-demanded skill at 17%

Phone Etiquette demand rose +16.7pp — fastest-growing skill

Dominos leads hiring with 2,750 open positions

Biggest salary jump: Mid-Level → Manager (+$58K, +112%)

Salary increase: +$58K · Sample: Mid-Level → Manager

AI automation risk: medium-high (score 70/100)

Score: 70/100 · AI/LLM demand: 4% of postings

Week-over-week changes reflect dataset expansion, not market surge

Recent growth in tracked postings is from adding new data sources, not a one-week hiring boom. Interpret trend data with this in mind.

Salary by Experience Level

LevelJobsP25MedianP90
Manager41$80K$110K$135K
Junior15$46K$49K$58K
Entry-Level10$35K$45K$52K
Senior5$42K$45K$50K
Mid-Level3$49K$52K$65K
Lead3$38K$38K$53K

What jumps out

Mid-Level → Manager: +$58K (112%) — the biggest single-step increase. The salary curve is back-loaded: the largest raises come at transitions where scope changes from executing tasks to owning outcomes, or from owning outcomes to shaping architecture across teams.

Salary by Country

CountryJobsMedianCurrency
United States664$36KUSD
Canada8$52KUSD
Remote7$115KUSD
Australia6$42KUSD
United Kingdom5$83KUSD

Work Mode

ModeShare
On-Site8.0%
Remote1.2%
Hybrid0.4%

~80% of postings do not specify work mode. Figures show only positions where it is explicitly stated.

Top Skills in Demand

Phone Etiquette
17%
Quality Control
15%
Logistics
6%
AI/LLM
4%
Project Management
4%
Supply Chain
3%
SCRUM
2%

Skills on the Rise

Phone Etiquette ↑+16.7ppQuality Control ↑+14.9ppAI/LLM ↑+4.0ppProject Management ↑+3.6pp

Declining in Demand

Customer Service ↓-74.4ppTime Management ↓-35.6ppScheduling ↓-15.3ppDOT Regulations ↓-14.8ppCDL ↓-13.2pp

Top Companies Hiring

CompanyOpeningsShare
Dominos2,75044.8%
Insomniacookies4597.5%
Genpt2413.9%
mealsnow2043.3%
fairmountglobalfreight1362.2%
Carvana1111.8%
Lkq981.6%
Hdsupply591.0%

Top Countries by Job Volume

CountryJobs
United States4,312
United Kingdom153
Canada70
Australia41
India40
Remote40
Singapore21
Philippines17

Education Requirements

LevelSharePositions
Associate Degree70.5%3,427
Master's Degree2.7%131
Bachelor's Degree1.0%50
High School / GED0.4%20
PhD / Doctorate0.0%1
MBA0.0%1

Certifications

CDL (6%)ITIL (1%)PMP (1%)

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