150+ Transportation & Delivery Jobs in San Diego, CA

Observed local pay is middle-of-the-market, not premium. BLS puts the San Diego metro median wage for heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers at $58,640/year, while hourly-paid local postings in the broader category center on about $22 to $25 / hour; California transportation & delivery openings show a mean offered salary of ~$58,529 in July 2026 per Revelio Public Labor Statistics (n=4,144).

Full July 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 74 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $46,800 at the 25th percentile, $52,000 at the median and $67,990 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of September 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

San Diego is still a workable Transportation & Delivery market, but it is not a wide-open one. The metro unemployment rate was 4.4% in June 2026, below California's 5.2%, and total metro nonfarm employment was up 1.0653% year over year, but local trade, transportation, and utilities employment slipped 0.3695%. The local hiring picture still has real openings: the Callings.ai job database observed more than 300 postings across more than 100 companies over the last 90 days, yet the mix skews heavily to entry-level, on-site work and is moderately concentrated around a small set of employers.

Best positioned: Candidates with a valid driver's license, strong driving and navigation skills, and flexibility for entry-level on-site route work have the best odds right now, especially in parcel, food delivery, and South Bay bilingual roles.

Main caution: Do not assume this market is mostly stable company-truck work; many live openings are in food delivery or last-mile routes, and some require your own cargo van or tie pay to delivery volume.

From the July 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 179 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Domino's: 40 open roles
2. Dominos: 38 open roles
3. Gopuff: 21 open roles
4. Holland Enterprises LLC: 9 open roles
5. 10-4 Truck Recruiting: 4 open roles
6. SaBSaF LLC: 4 open roles
7. Gopuff Becomes First Instant Commerce Company: 3 open roles
8. MedSpeed: 3 open roles
9. Parts Authority: 3 open roles
10. Maersk Company: 2 open roles

Where the openings are

• San Diego: 107
• Chula Vista: 15
• El Cajon: 10
• Poway: 9
• La Mesa: 7
• National City: 5
• Encinitas: 4
• Santee: 4

Work arrangement

on-site 165 (93%), remote 12 (7%)

Where the demand is

The biggest local opportunity pool is not evenly spread across every transportation sub-role. In the Callings.ai job database, about 60% of postings sit in food & beverage, about 15% in transportation, about 10% in restaurants, and about 5% in healthcare. Domino's stands out as the most consistently active named employer with more than 150 postings in the last 90 days, which tells you that a large share of visible demand is tied to high-volume route and food-delivery operations rather than premium fleet jobs. The second opportunity pocket is parcel and service delivery. FedEx has a live Courier/Swing Drvr/DOT-7 opening in Carlsbad, TBC Corporation listed a Service and Delivery Driver role in Carlsbad, and separate live signals show immediate last-mile route hiring across Mira Mesa, Poway, La Mesa, El Cajon, Chula Vista, and a bilingual transportation/logistics opening in Chula Vista. That points to two practical geographic lanes: North County company-route work and South Bay bilingual or transfer-oriented delivery work. What is thinner is the higher-paid supervisory layer. The local posting mix is about 95% entry level and only about 5% mid-level, so the market is much better for getting in than for leaping directly into management.

• Food and beverage delivery (high): This is the largest visible hiring pocket and includes the most active named employer in the sample.
• Parcel, courier, and service delivery (moderate): Carlsbad and broader North County show active courier and service-delivery signals through FedEx and TBC Corporation postings.
• CDL trucking and South Bay transfer work (moderate): There are live truck-driver and bilingual transfer signals in Chula Vista, but they appear more selective and less numerous than food-delivery demand.

Where to focus: Prioritize parcel, route, and company-backed last-mile roles in Carlsbad, San Diego, and Chula Vista before chasing rarer supervisory openings.

Roles worth searching next

• Logistics coordinator: It builds naturally from route knowledge, order processing, inventory handling, and customer communication.
• Distribution manager: It is a realistic longer-term move for drivers who can show route ownership, inventory accuracy, and people leadership.
• Transportation, storage, and distribution manager: It is the clearest high-pay step above delivery execution for people who want to manage fleets, routes, or broader transport operations.

What postings ask for

• Valid driver's license (table_stakes | immediate): It is the most commonly stated credential in local postings and the first screen for a large share of roles. Who: Everyone entering or staying in driver, courier, or service-delivery work.
• Driving and safe route execution (table_stakes | immediate): Driving is the most-requested hard skill in local postings, so employers expect proof that you can handle daily route work reliably. Who: Entry-level applicants, career switchers, and drivers re-entering the market.
• Navigation (differentiator | immediate): Navigation appears in about 55% of local postings, which means route efficiency is being screened for, not assumed. Who: Courier, parcel, and last-mile candidates.
• Customer service and order processing (differentiator | immediate): Customer service and order processing each show up in about 45% of local postings, so front-line reliability matters almost as much as pure driving skill. Who: Candidates targeting food delivery, medical delivery, retail route work, or any customer-facing handoff role.
• Inventory management, basic mathematics, and cash handling (differentiator | near-term): These skills appear frequently in local postings, which signals that many employers want drivers who can also manage counts, payments, and simple paperwork. Who: Route drivers moving toward lead-driver, service-delivery, or route-account roles.
• Equipment operation (differentiator | near-term): Equipment operation shows up in about 35% of local postings, making it a useful edge where jobs blend driving with loading or handling work. Who: Applicants targeting mixed delivery-handling roles or heavier route work.

Questions about this market

What do Transportation & Delivery roles pay in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA?

Observed local pay is middle-of-the-market, not premium. BLS puts the San Diego metro median wage for heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers at $58,640/year, while hourly-paid local postings in the broader category center on about $22 to $25 / hour; California transportation & delivery openings show a mean offered salary of ~$58,529 in July 2026 per Revelio Public Labor Statistics (n=4,144). This is a market where you can find steady work faster than top pay. Earnings can be acceptable for entry and mid-skill driving roles, but they do not automatically compensate for San Diego living costs, unpaid downtime, or vehicle wear.

Where is demand for Transportation & Delivery roles in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA concentrated?

The biggest local opportunity pool is not evenly spread across every transportation sub-role. In the Callings.ai job database, about 60% of postings sit in food & beverage, about 15% in transportation, about 10% in restaurants, and about 5% in healthcare. Domino's stands out as the most consistently active named employer with more than 150 postings in the last 90 days, which tells you that a large share of visible demand is tied to high-volume route and food-delivery operations rather than premium fleet jobs. The second opportunity pocket is parcel and service delivery. FedEx has a live Courier/Swing Drvr/DOT-7 opening in Carlsbad, TBC Corporation listed a Service and Delivery Driver role in Carlsbad, and separate live signals show immediate last-mile route hiring across Mira Mesa, Poway, La Mesa, El Cajon, Chula Vista, and a bilingual transportation/logistics opening in Chula Vista. That points to two practical geographic lanes: North County company-route work and South Bay bilingual or transfer-oriented delivery work. What is thinner is the higher-paid supervisory layer. The local posting mix is about 95% entry level and only about 5% mid-level, so the market is much better for getting in than for leaping directly into management.

Which employers are hiring the most Transportation & Delivery talent in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA?

Recent postings show the most activity from Dominos (None postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

How current are these listings?

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