Workplace Nightmares·
THE SIX-FIGURE ROUTE
A delivery driver details a near-six-figure year, revealing how steady hustle clashes with off-days in a job many underestimate.
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Most people hate delivery work. One driver says it can pay so well that 2025 ended with a $90,000 haul, and could have been $100,000 if they had stayed locked in.
The poster opened with a simple flex: "I'm one of the few people who enjoy doing delivery work & make a decent amount of money as well." For them, the job wasn't just something to grind through. It was something they actually liked doing, and the money backed it up.
By the end of the year, that liking had turned into a number most drivers only dream about. The poster said they made $90k in 2025.
That was not the ceiling, either.
They added, "I could have made $100k but I slacked off many times during the year 🤣😆"
That was the entire gap: not a bad market, not a failed plan, just a year with plenty of off-days. The poster's own estimate puts the missed $10,000 down to inconsistency rather than lack of demand.
Still, the result was hard to miss. A delivery job, usually framed as hustle-for-less, had turned into a six-figure near miss for someone who says they actually enjoy the work. The poster's numbers put a sharp point on it: $90,000 made, $100,000 in reach, and a candid admission that a little more effort could have closed the distance.