Box Truck Driver Jobs in Los Angeles: Contract Delivery in Your Own Truck

JWA Logistics contracts independent drivers to deliver freight around Los Angeles in their own box trucks. A run is freight that has to get from where it's picked up to where it's going. You drive it in your truck, and JWA pays you by the mile.

JWA's box truck jobs are contract work, not a staff position. You bring the truck. JWA gives you the runs. If you're looking for box truck delivery jobs near LAX, this is the work. JWA works out of its LAX office at 440 Hindry Ave, Suite D, Inglewood, CA 90301.

A box truck is also called a straight truck. The cab and the cargo box sit on one frame, with no trailer behind them. If you've been searching straight truck driver jobs, this is the same truck.

Most of the work is local to LAX, and some runs go much farther. The mile bands are below.

JWA works with 16, 20 and 26 ft box trucks. There's no limit on the truck's age.

• 16 ft, 20 ft and 26 ft box trucks, any model year
• A liftgate: strongly preferred, not required
• A pallet jack: strongly preferred, not required

Why the liftgate and pallet jack matter. Plenty of pickups and drop-offs have no loading dock. A liftgate lowers freight from the truck bed to the ground, so a pallet can come off the truck at a curb or a lot. A pallet jack then moves that pallet inside the box and across the ground to the door. A truck with both can take stops that are hard to do without them. That's why JWA strongly prefers them. If yours has neither, you can still apply.

For 26 ft box truck jobs, check the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) on the sticker inside the driver's door. At 26,000 lbs or under, a Class C license covers the truck. The requirements section has the detail.

Drive a van instead? JWA also contracts cargo van drivers: see cargo van driver jobs.

Every JWA contractor brings their own vehicle, so this is the page for box truck owner operator jobs. You own the truck and drive it. JWA gives you runs and pays you weekly. If you're after owner operator box truck jobs, the truck you already have is what the work needs.

Box truck contracts with JWA break down like this:

• You bring: the truck, your own USDOT number, standard vehicle insurance, a valid driver's license, and you're 18 or older.
• JWA brings: the runs, a rate of $1.20 to $3.00 a mile depending on the job, and weekly pay.
• How you connect: you deal with JWA directly, by phone or text at 805-336-7112 or through the application.

JWA works with independent contractors only. If you're searching box truck contracts near me in LA, JWA works out of its LAX office in Inglewood.

No truck yet? This work needs your own. If you have a car or a van instead, JWA also contracts cargo van drivers and sedans.

JWA pays $1.20 to $3.00 a mile, depending on the job. Two things move the rate most. Vehicle type comes first. Ready time comes second: that's how soon the vehicle has to be at pickup.

Here are three examples of how it works:

• Sedan, job scheduled a day or two ahead: near $1.20 a mile.
• Cargo van, ready for pickup in 4 hours: about $2 a mile.
• Box truck needed at a location within the hour: toward $3.00 a mile.

In JWA's examples, the sooner the vehicle is needed, the higher the rate. Pay depends on the job, so ask for the rate when you call or text. There's no set weekly total: what you earn depends on the runs you do.

Paid weekly. JWA pays once a week, at the per-mile rate for each run.

Most of JWA's work is within 20 miles of LAX, so most of it is local box truck jobs. The work falls in four bands:

• Within 20 miles of LAX: most of the work. Inglewood, El Segundo, Torrance, Culver City, Santa Monica and downtown Los Angeles are all inside it.
• 20 to 50 miles out: a second band. Orange County is about 35 to 50 miles from LAX, and Long Beach sits at the edge, about 20 miles out.
• 50 to 100 miles out: a third band.
• Long haul: some runs go beyond 100 miles. Most JWA work stays inside California. A run that crosses into another state in a truck rated over 10,000 lbs GVWR falls under federal rules: the driver must be 21 or older and carry a DOT medical card. See the CDL and box truck rules.

So box truck jobs in Los Angeles aren't limited to the city: they run through the region around it. Living in Long Beach or Orange County? Those pages cover your area.

Whichever band you're in, tell JWA where your truck is based when you call or text.

Box truck driver jobs with JWA need four things:

• You're 18 or older
• You run box truck loads under your own USDOT number
• You hold a valid driver's license
• You carry standard vehicle insurance on your truck
• You have a 16, 20 or 26 ft box truck, of any age

JWA doesn't run a driving-record check, a background check or a drug test. No experience is required, so first-time delivery contractors can apply: see delivery work with no experience.

No CDL needed. In California, a standard Class C license covers a single vehicle up to 26,000 lbs GVWR. That includes 16, 20 and 26 ft box trucks, so these are non-CDL box truck jobs. JWA has no CDL-B routes. If you hold a CDL-B or CDL-A, you're welcome too, and you'd drive the same non-CDL trucks.

More on the rules: do you need a CDL for a box truck in California, or see all non-CDL driver jobs.

To start on box truck driver jobs with JWA, call or text 805-336-7112, or fill out the driver application. Either way you deal with JWA directly.

When you call or text, have these ready:

• Your truck's length: 16, 20 or 26 ft
• Whether it has a liftgate and a pallet jack
• Where the truck is based
• When you're available to drive

JWA works out of its LAX office at 440 Hindry Ave, Suite D, Inglewood, CA 90301. Pay is weekly, at the per-mile rate for each run.