Delivery Driver Jobs in Denver, CO

The cleanest local pay anchors are government estimates: Denver's broad transportation and material moving group had a mean wage of $30.47 per hour in May 2025, and the broader occupation family had a $47,720 median annual wage and $63,380 mean annual wage in 2025. For a concrete sub-role, heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers showed a $28.72 hourly median in the metro, but that figure is from May 2023. Separately, the local posting sample centers on about $83k to $98k for salaried listings and about $23 to $26 an hour for hourly listings, which should be read as a mixed-role posting signal rather than a standard market wage.

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 159 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $49,920 at the 25th percentile, $62,400 at the median and $83,500 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

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

This is a workable but more selective market: Denver still shows more than 400 Transportation & Delivery postings across more than 200 companies over the last 90 days, but Colorado occupation-level postings are down 13.8% year over year and Denver trade, transportation, and utilities employment is down 1.3049% year over year. Metro unemployment reached 4.6% in August 2026, with the rate up 21.0526% from a year earlier, so routine driver and delivery roles likely face more applicant competition than they did last year. The category is still large locally—132,620 workers in the broader transportation and material moving family—but most visible openings skew on-site and entry-level rather than remote or managerial.

Best positioned: Candidates with a clean driving record, a valid license, and ideally a Class A CDL or DOT physical have the best odds, especially if they can show safety compliance, vehicle inspection, and loading/unloading experience.

Main caution: Do not assume the eye-catching posted salary bands represent standard courier or delivery pay: the local posting sample centers on about $83k to $98k, but hourly roles center on about $23 to $26 an hour and the broad BLS family median is $47,720 a year.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 231 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Domino's Inc.: 37 open roles
2. Domino's: 16 open roles
3. Ryder System, Inc.: 7 open roles
4. Sherwin-Williams Co.: 6 open roles
5. Navajo Express: 5 open roles
6. Penske Corporation: 5 open roles
7. Penske Logistics: 4 open roles
8. Ryderscs: 4 open roles
9. Trillium Staffing: 4 open roles
10. American Furniture Warehouse Co.: 3 open roles

Where the openings are

• Denver: 104
• Aurora: 33
• Commerce City: 14
• Littleton: 14
• Arvada: 10
• Centennial: 8
• Englewood: 5
• Golden: 5

Work arrangement

on-site 220 (97%), remote 6 (3%)

Where the demand is

Most visible opportunity is in last-mile and food-linked delivery. In the local posting sample, restaurants account for about 30% of activity, with transportation, transportation/logistics/storage, truck transportation, and food & beverage next in line; Domino's Inc. alone shows more than 50 postings, but hiring overall is fragmented across employers. That means volume exists, but much of it is not elite, corporate, or remote work. About 80% of postings are entry level and about 95% are on-site, so the market rewards fast availability, route reliability, and day-one work readiness more than polished management resumes. A second lane is transit and public-service driving. RTD's September 27, 2026 service changes added new SkyRide service, East Colfax Bus Rapid Transit, and other reliability-focused adjustments, backed by $9.25 million in funding, which can support operator demand even while broader freight signals are softer.

• Restaurant and last-mile delivery (high): This is the biggest visible lane in the local posting mix because restaurants make up about 30% of category activity.
• CDL freight and route delivery (moderate): This lane usually offers better pay and clearer advancement, but Colorado Transportation & Delivery postings are down 13.8% year over year, so employers can be pickier.
• Transit and airport-service operations (moderate): RTD's recent service additions and transit funding create a more concrete niche for bus, shuttle, and public-service candidates than a generic freight bet does right now.
• Higher-paid salaried transportation roles (limited): These roles exist in the salary sample, but they are a smaller slice of the market and usually require stronger credentials, compliance knowledge, or prior operating responsibility.

Where to focus: If you need a job fast, focus first on on-site last-mile and transit-adjacent roles; if you want better pay, invest quickly in CDL and safety-sensitive qualifications.

Roles worth searching next

• Logistics coordinator: Route knowledge, dispatch communication, and delivery timing translate well into coordination work.
• Warehouse supervisor: Forklift, loading, inventory handling, and dock discipline all carry over from delivery and material-moving work.
• Inventory control specialist: Candidates with loading, unloading, and inventory exposure can move into a less driving-heavy operations path.
• Safety or compliance coordinator: Drivers who understand inspections, DOT processes, and safety compliance can pivot into back-office regulatory support.

What postings ask for

• Class A CDL (premium | immediate): Local postings list Class A CDL among the most common requested credentials, and BLS says heavy truck drivers generally must hold a commercial driver's license. Who: Entry-level applicants who want to move beyond food delivery, plus mid-career drivers targeting better route pay.
• Valid driver's license (table_stakes | immediate): It shows up as one of the most common baseline credentials in local postings, which means many employers screen here before experience. Who: Everyone entering the category, especially career switchers.
• DOT physical (differentiator | near-term): It appears in about 5% of local postings and matters most for safety-sensitive driving lanes. Who: Applicants aiming at CDL, shuttle, or regulated route work.
• Safety compliance (table_stakes | immediate): It is the most-requested hard skill in the local sample at about 20%, making it the clearest cross-role resume keyword in this market. Who: All candidate types.
• Vehicle inspection (differentiator | immediate): It shows up in about 15% of postings and pairs especially well with regulated or higher-liability driving roles. Who: Drivers moving into CDL, transit, or fleet-based work.
• Forklift operation (differentiator | near-term): It appears in about 10% of local postings and helps you bridge between delivery, yard, and material-moving work. Who: Career switchers and entry-level applicants who want more than pure stop-and-drop delivery.

Questions about this market

What do Transportation & Delivery roles pay in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO?

The cleanest local pay anchors are government estimates: Denver's broad transportation and material moving group had a mean wage of $30.47 per hour in May 2025, and the broader occupation family had a $47,720 median annual wage and $63,380 mean annual wage in 2025. For a concrete sub-role, heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers showed a $28.72 hourly median in the metro, but that figure is from May 2023. Separately, the local posting sample centers on about $83k to $98k for salaried listings and about $23 to $26 an hour for hourly listings, which should be read as a mixed-role posting signal rather than a standard market wage. This is not a low-pay market, but most job seekers should expect decent-to-okay earnings rather than automatic premium pay. Colorado's mean offered salary on new Transportation & Delivery openings was about $61,402, below the statewide all-occupations offered-salary figure of about $71,353.

Where is demand for Transportation & Delivery roles in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO concentrated?

Most visible opportunity is in last-mile and food-linked delivery. In the local posting sample, restaurants account for about 30% of activity, with transportation, transportation/logistics/storage, truck transportation, and food & beverage next in line; Domino's Inc. alone shows more than 50 postings, but hiring overall is fragmented across employers. That means volume exists, but much of it is not elite, corporate, or remote work. About 80% of postings are entry level and about 95% are on-site, so the market rewards fast availability, route reliability, and day-one work readiness more than polished management resumes. A second lane is transit and public-service driving. RTD's September 27, 2026 service changes added new SkyRide service, East Colfax Bus Rapid Transit, and other reliability-focused adjustments, backed by $9.25 million in funding, which can support operator demand even while broader freight signals are softer.

Which employers are hiring the most Transportation & Delivery talent in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO?

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 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 2% are remote and 2% hybrid, with 95% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

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