2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Driver/Sales Workers

United States. Estimated employment 409,180, with pages for 41 metro areas below.

Data released May 2025 BLS OEWS · SOC 53-3031
Fig. 1 — The wage rule

Where you sit in the distribution

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$38,770 · 50th
$22,59010th
$30,20025th
$38,77050th
$49,00075th
$59,98090th

That is the medianhalf of driver/sales workers in the US earn more.

Table 1 — By metro area

Where it pays

Every published Driver/Sales Workers page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.

Metro areaMedianEmployment
San Jose, CA$51,2601,360
Merced, CA$49,290330
Yuba City, CA$49,110110
Santa Rosa, CA$49,000400
Sacramento, CA$48,8601,560
Visalia, CA$48,000380
Vallejo, CA$47,780390
Fresno, CA$47,1701,090
Elmira, NY$46,150110
Laredo, TX$45,750320
Kingston, NY$45,690230
Los Angeles, CA$45,22011,130
Kiryas Joel, NY$44,990680
Watertown, NY$44,930100
Rochester, NY$44,760940
New York, NY$44,72019,040
Dallas, TX$44,4409,970
Utica, NY$44,090190
Gainesville, GA$43,780350
Savannah, GA$42,600760
Syracuse, NY$42,540850
Atlanta, GA$41,08012,020
Chicago, IL$40,49010,190
Midland, TX$39,960360
Macon, GA$39,580340
Albany, GA$39,410260
Dalton, GA$39,070180
Columbus, GA$39,050400
Odessa, TX$38,580380
Augusta, GA$38,0601,020
Springfield, IL$37,770260
Decatur, IL$37,560140
Austin, TX$37,2203,650
Peoria, IL$37,110370
Victoria, TX$36,600180
Amarillo, TX$35,330480
Bloomington, IL$35,260310
San Antonio, TX$35,1803,380
Rockford, IL$34,180340
Champaign, IL$33,640260
Houston, TX$28,8809,820
Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
Employment
409,180 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
Occupation
SOC 53-3031, Driver/Sales Workers. Mapped to our taxonomy as driver-sales-workers.

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