Delivery Driver Jobs in Boston, MA

Government wage anchors are lower and lagged: BLS puts the broad Transportation & Delivery family in Boston at $46,430 median and $53,340 mean in 2025, and the broader transportation/material moving group averaged $25.64 per hour. Recent local postings look higher on paper, centering on about $75k to $92k for salaried roles and about $24 to $27 / hour for hourly roles.

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 127 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $45,552 at the 25th percentile, $57,200 at the median and $72,800 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of November 10, 2026

Senior roles | Entry level | Remote | Posted this week

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What our analysts see this month

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

This is a workable but not easy market. Boston still has more than 300 recent Transportation & Delivery postings spread across more than 175 companies, metro unemployment is 4.1%, and hiring is fragmented rather than concentrated in one employer. But the occupation-specific trend is softer than the broader market: Massachusetts Transportation & Delivery employment is essentially flat year over year, statewide postings are down 9.8%, and metro Trade, Transportation, and Utilities employment is down -1.1536% year over year. That mix favors candidates who match a lane exactly—restaurant route delivery, transit, or licensed freight—rather than broad "driver" applications.

Best positioned: The best odds go to candidates who can work on-site, start quickly, and bring either a clean driver's license for route work or a CDL/hazmat path for higher-trust roles.

Main caution: Do not mistake the top of posted salary bands for typical pay across the whole category; Boston's postings mix hourly route work with higher-paid specialized or salaried roles.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 178 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Domino's Inc.: 26 open roles
2. TransAm Trucking, Inc.: 10 open roles
3. AreOnePath: 5 open roles
4. Domino's: 5 open roles
5. ABC Supply Co.: 4 open roles
6. Ryder System, Inc.: 4 open roles
7. SEG Logistics: 4 open roles
8. American Trucking: 3 open roles
9. Foxx Enterprise: 3 open roles
10. HMD Trucking, Inc.: 3 open roles

Where the openings are

• Boston: 30
• Braintree: 10
• Lowell: 10
• Wilmington: 7
• Brockton: 6
• Everett: 6
• Lawrence: 5
• Woburn: 5

Work arrangement

on-site 176 (99%), hybrid 1 (1%)

Where the demand is

Real openings are concentrated in everyday local-service work, not just long-haul trucking. In the recent Boston sample, more than 300 postings came from more than 175 companies, with restaurants accounting for about 30% of postings, transportation about 25%, and retail and wholesale about 10% each. That mix favors route delivery, store replenishment, food delivery, and employer-run driving jobs over remote coordination roles. There is also a smaller but attractive licensed and specialized lane. Local postings most often ask for a valid driver's license, hazmat endorsement, or Class A CDL, while outside research points to CDL A/B, ELD, route optimization, and safety compliance as the skills that move candidates up the queue. Transit should stay on your list too: the MBTA rolled out Fall 2026 service changes with extended hours, better frequency, and new Sunday service on several routes. What looks less attractive is waiting for the whole sector to lift all boats. Metro Trade, Transportation, and Utilities employment was down -1.1536% year over year in August 2026, and statewide Transportation & Delivery postings were down 9.8% year over year in September 2026. The fastest path is usually a tightly matched application into a specific lane, not a broad spray of generic driver applications.

• Restaurant and route delivery (high): This is the biggest visible lane in the local sample, with restaurants making up about 30% of postings, and it fits the market's heavy entry-level skew.
• Transit and bus operations (moderate): Transit is supported by September 2026 MBTA service expansion, including longer hours and more frequent service on several routes.
• CDL, hazmat, and freight-support roles (moderate): This lane is smaller but more defensible because employers signal demand for Class A CDL, hazmat, ELD, route optimization, and safety compliance, and one local 3PL reported fleet and driver expansion during 2026.

Where to focus: If you can work on-site and flexible hours, focus first on employer-run route delivery or transit pipelines, and treat CDL or hazmat as your upgrade path.

Roles worth searching next

• Logistics coordinator: Route timing, handoffs, delivery exceptions, and inventory awareness transfer well into desk-based coordination work.
• Safety or compliance coordinator: Drivers with strong inspection, incident, and regulatory habits can move into paperwork-heavy roles that support fleets without staying behind the wheel full time.
• Warehouse operations coordinator: Delivery experience translates into dock flow, receiving accuracy, and outbound scheduling knowledge.
• Transit customer service or station operations agent: Candidates from bus, rideshare, or passenger-facing delivery work already understand schedules, service disruptions, and public interaction.

What postings ask for

• Valid driver's license (table_stakes | immediate): It is the most commonly named credential in local postings and is the minimum gate for most route and delivery work. Who: Entry-level applicants and career switchers.
• CDL Class A or B (premium | immediate): CDL licensing is one of the clearest signals separating basic delivery applicants from candidates eligible for better-paid and harder-to-fill roles. Who: Mid-career drivers, warehouse-to-driver movers, and anyone targeting freight or bus roles.
• Hazmat endorsement (premium | near-term): Hazmat shows up in local credential requirements and typically signals higher-trust work with fewer qualified applicants. Who: CDL holders who want to move beyond basic route work.
• Safety compliance and vehicle inspection (differentiator | immediate): Safety compliance, vehicle inspection, and safe driving are repeatedly requested in local postings and in outside market signals. Who: All applicants, especially those without a premium license yet.
• Route planning and time management (differentiator | immediate): Local employers ask for time management, delivery execution, and route optimization because reliability matters as much as pure driving time. Who: Entry-level drivers, couriers, and career switchers coming from retail, field service, or hospitality.
• ELD and telematics fluency (differentiator | near-term): Employers increasingly value ELD familiarity locally, and national fleet software is moving toward telematics, predictive maintenance, and AI-assisted routing. Who: CDL drivers, dispatch-adjacent candidates, and future fleet leads.

Questions about this market

What do Transportation & Delivery roles pay in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH?

Government wage anchors are lower and lagged: BLS puts the broad Transportation & Delivery family in Boston at $46,430 median and $53,340 mean in 2025, and the broader transportation/material moving group averaged $25.64 per hour. Recent local postings look higher on paper, centering on about $75k to $92k for salaried roles and about $24 to $27 / hour for hourly roles. Boston can produce decent pay for the right role, but this is still a market where many accessible jobs sit closer to working-class wages than white-collar Boston salaries. Housing pressure stays real, with the local home price index up 2.1% year over year in July 2026.

Where is demand for Transportation & Delivery roles in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH concentrated?

Real openings are concentrated in everyday local-service work, not just long-haul trucking. In the recent Boston sample, more than 300 postings came from more than 175 companies, with restaurants accounting for about 30% of postings, transportation about 25%, and retail and wholesale about 10% each. That mix favors route delivery, store replenishment, food delivery, and employer-run driving jobs over remote coordination roles. There is also a smaller but attractive licensed and specialized lane. Local postings most often ask for a valid driver's license, hazmat endorsement, or Class A CDL, while outside research points to CDL A/B, ELD, route optimization, and safety compliance as the skills that move candidates up the queue. Transit should stay on your list too: the MBTA rolled out Fall 2026 service changes with extended hours, better frequency, and new Sunday service on several routes. What looks less attractive is waiting for the whole sector to lift all boats. Metro Trade, Transportation, and Utilities employment was down -1.1536% year over year in August 2026, and statewide Transportation & Delivery postings were down 9.8% year over year in September 2026. The fastest path is usually a tightly matched application into a specific lane, not a broad spray of generic driver applications.

Which employers are hiring the most Transportation & Delivery talent in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH?

Recent postings show the most activity from Domino's Inc. (50 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Transportation & Delivery roles in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 5% hybrid, with 95% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

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