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Light Truck or Delivery Services Driver in the United States

53 postings read · sampled 2026-09-01 · source ats

What employers actually ask for

Credentials named in the 53 postings we read, ranked by how many mentioned each one.

What it costs

Exam and application fees plus typical self-study hours. Almost nobody needs every credential on this list — start with the top line.

Most-asked-for, on its own
$200CDL-A · ~160 hrs
asked for in 3 of 53 postings — 6%
If you earned all 1 of them
$200
fees checked 2026-08
160 hrs
160 hours — about 16 weeks at 10 hrs/wk

Lower signal for this role

Credentials that barely appeared in this sample. That is not a claim they are worthless — plenty are valuable for a different job, a different city, or a promotion later. It is a claim that employers here mostly did not ask.

What the official taxonomy says

O*NET surveys people already doing this job. That describes who got hired over a long window, not what employers are asking for now — where it disagrees with the counts above, the counts are the more current answer.

Education reported by people doing this job
74%reported high school diploma or equivalent
  • High school diploma or equivalent74%
  • Less than high school diploma25%
  • Associate’s degree or other 2-year degree1%

Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed. Usually requires a high school diploma or GED, though some occupations may not.

O*NET 53-3033.00 · pulled 2026-09-01 · percentages are of surveyed workers, each rounded separately, so they need not total 100

What it pays

BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. A different survey from the postings above, so the two do not share a sample.

$30,800
10th percentile
$44,860
median
$80,310
90th percentile

Every credential above costs $200 — about 1 day's pay at the median.

Who was hiring

Employers with at least one matching posting in this sample.

Manitoulin Group of Companies · Premier Truck Group · Charlie's Produce · Curaleaf · Green Thumb Industries · PAKS Logistics · Slice · Misfits Market · SPIRIT DSP · BABA Logistics · Carta · SpaceX · Flexport · Keelco Logistics · Lucid Motors · PackageJet LLC · Quest Diagnostics · Specialized Recruiters · Tomra · Truck Centers Inc · YWCA Seattle King Snohomish

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