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Driver/Sales Workers vs Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers

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A factual, source-backed comparison of Driver/Sales Workers and Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers on the dimensions both occupations carry. Every figure is a position within an independent published dataset — not a verdict on which job is better, safer, or more “future-proof.”

Driver/Sales Workers Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$37,130
$57,440
Employment · BLS OEWS
417,420
2,070,480
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
18th pct
45th pct

At a glance

Dimension Driver/Sales Workers Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers
Median pay $37,130 $57,440
Employment 417,420 2,070,480
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection Growing fast (+8.8%) About average (+4.0%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 51,300 237,600
Typical education · O*NET Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not. Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.
AI exposure · published exposure studies Low · 18th pct Moderate · 45th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 51st pct · 28% of tasks 45th pct · 25% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index Augmentation-leaning (46.4%) Automation-leaning (40.5%)
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman No No

Pay and employment are BLS OEWS estimates; outlook and openings are BLS 2024–2034 projections; AI exposure and observed-use figures come from separate research and reflect exposure and usage, not predictions that either job will disappear. Compare like with like.

Skills

Shared: Customer and Personal Service, Oral Comprehension, Oral Expression, Speaking, English Language, Transportation, Near Vision, Public Safety and Security, Critical Thinking, Problem Sensitivity, Reading Comprehension, Time Management, Written Comprehension, Deductive Reasoning, Information Ordering, Category Flexibility, Arm-Hand Steadiness, Control Precision, Static Strength, Far Vision, Monitoring, Selective Attention.

Specific to Driver/Sales Workers

  • Active Listening
  • Food Production
  • Service Orientation
  • Speech Recognition
  • Speech Clarity
  • Administration and Management
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Complex Problem Solving

Specific to Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers

  • Spatial Orientation
  • Multilimb Coordination
  • Response Orientation
  • Rate Control
  • Operations Monitoring
  • Operation and Control
  • Reaction Time
  • Depth Perception

Knowledge, skills & abilities O*NET rates as important for each occupation. “Shared” are common to both; the columns list what is distinctive to each (top by the order O*NET surfaces).

Tools & technology

Shared: Spreadsheet software , Office suite software , Inventory management software , Data base user interface and query software .

Specific to Driver/Sales Workers

Specific to Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Driver/Sales Workers or Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers — tasks, the full skill graph, tools, work context, preparation, wages by percentile, industries, AI exposure and the AI work map.

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Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "Driver/Sales Workers vs Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/compare/driver-sales-workers-vs-heavy-and-tractor-trailer-truck-drivers

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Singulariki. (2026). Driver/Sales Workers vs Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/driver-sales-workers-vs-heavy-and-tractor-trailer-truck-drivers

BibTeX 
@misc{singulariki-driver-sales-workers-vs-heavy-and-tractor-trailer-truck-drivers,
  title  = {Driver/Sales Workers vs Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/compare/driver-sales-workers-vs-heavy-and-tractor-trailer-truck-drivers}
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