Also called: DoorDash/Instacart Courier, Food Delivery Driver, Amazon Flex Driver
Delivers food, groceries, and packages on your own schedule through apps.
You accept an order on your phone, pick up burritos, and deliver them in 15 minutes. Or you shop a full grocery order and bring it to someone's door. Fast, flexible, and paid per delivery plus tips.
Estimated after expenses; highly variable.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
No formal education, about 0 years after high school. Driver's license (or bike/scooter in some cities); no formal training.
Ways in: Self-taught, On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Growing faster than average. Large and growing.
Medium risk in 5 years, high in 10. Sidewalk robots and drones are taking short food deliveries; gig driving shrinks in dense cities by 2036.
Age 18+. One way to start: Sign up in the DoorDash, Uber Eats or Grubhub app with a car, bike or scooter
Classes: Driver's education, Business.
Official data: O*NET occupation 53-3033.
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