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Truck driver
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Key facts
+3.8%jobs, 2025 to 2035
United StatesThis job is hiring in the United States; its exposure to AI is medium. Hard-to-fill vacancies and many retirements ahead. Regulated profession: permis C ou CE et formation FIMO.
The job
Carries goods by truck over short or long distances, and handles loading and delivery papers.
70 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- ADR driver
- aeroplane refueller
- aircraft fuel system operator
- aircraft fuel system worker
- aircraft refueller
- aircraft refuelling operator
- animal carriage
- animal conveyance
- animal transport service
- animal transporter
- animal travel provider
- animal travel service
- cargo vehicle driver
- cement mixer driver
- concrete mixer driver
- concrete mixer truck driver
- concrete pump driver-operator
- concrete pump operative
- concrete pump operator
- concrete pump truck operator
- courier
- courier delivery driver
- crew manager
- dangerous goods deliverer
- dangerous goods driver
- dangerous goods driving specialist
- dangerous goods transport specialist
- dangerous goods trucker
- delivery driver
- driver of cargo vehicles
- driver of dangerous goods
- emergency fire service vehicle operator
- explosives truck driver
- fire and rescue service truck operator
- fire and rescue service vehicle operator
- fire appliance driver
- fire appliance operator
- fire engine driver
- fire engine operator
- fire service vehicle operator
- freight driver
- fuel operator
- hazardous materials driver
- heavy goods vehicle driver
- HGV driver
- HGV mixer driver
- LGV mixer driver
- live animal transporter
- live animal transporters
- lorry driver
- mobile pump operator
- moving lorry driver
- moving truck driver
- moving truck operator
- moving van driver
- operator of aircraft fuel systems
- package delivery driver
- refueller
- refuelling operator
- refuse vehicle driver
- removal lorry driver
- removal truck driver
- removal van driver
- removal van operator
- teamster
- truck driver
- trucker
- truckie
- van driver
- volumetric mixer driver
Training
Regulated profession: permis C ou CE et formation FIMO.
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Gauges
Risk 3/5 · Moderate
AI exposureMediumBLS AI exposure category "moderate" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (low)
Employment outlookGrowthBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers)
Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job
PayAverageBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $58,640
EntryMediumBLS, typical education needed for entry
No US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job: this gauge stays empty. How countries are compared
Sources
BMO 2026 (France). Dares expects a marked shortage of drivers in France by 2030, because of the high share of older workers.
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- Jobs in 2030: summaryDares and France Stratégie · 2022 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.