Disclosure: This guide is published by LoadUp. Earnings figures referenced are sourced from LoadUp’s Loader-facing resources and reflect real platform data.
Denver is in the middle of a genuine shuffle as plenty of people are leaving the city for the suburbs. Suburbs like Arvada, Lakewood, Aurora, and Centennial are growing, with over 450,000 adults relocating to or within Colorado in the past year alone. All of that movement creates junk removal and hauling work, and right now there aren’t enough local truck owners on the LoadUp platform to keep up with demand.
If you’ve got a pickup truck and want to find junk removal jobs in Denver without building a customer base from scratch, here’s how LoadUp works.
How LoadUp junk removal jobs in Denver work
LoadUp is a platform that connects independent contractors with pre-paid junk hauling, furniture assembly, and hourly labor jobs nearby.
When a customer books a job, it shows up in the LoadUp Driver App for Loaders in the area to claim. You see the full details before you commit: what’s being removed, where the job is located, and exactly what it pays. Take the jobs that work for your schedule and skip the ones that don’t. There’s no negotiating rates, no surprise payouts, and no showing up to a job in Aurora only to find out it wasn’t worth the drive. What the app shows is what hits your account.
Over 724,000 jobs have been completed on the platform with more than $62 million paid out to Loaders nationwide. That’s not a number you build by accident.
How much do junk haulers make in Colorado?
On average, most jobs on the LoadUp platform pay between $55 and $200 per order depending on the scope of the work. Smaller single-item pickups tend to move fast, often wrapping up in under an hour. Full cleanouts, multi-item hauls, and estate removals pay toward the higher end, and larger property cleanouts can reach several hundred dollars or more.
Loaders running five to seven jobs a week are pulling in $2,000 or more. Denver’s city-to-suburb churn is what makes that realistic here. When someone leaves Capitol Hill for Lakewood, or clears out their West Colfax bungalow before a sale, that work needs a truck. Those jobs come in regularly, and there’s no real off-season to wait out.
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Types of hauling jobs available in Denver
In Denver, estate cleanouts from older West Side neighborhoods and furniture hauls tied to the city-to-suburb shuffle make up a big share of the available junk removal work. Beyond that, the platform also routes furniture assembly jobs to Loaders for customers settling into new homes, hourly labor gigs, and e-commerce delivery swaps through LoadUp’s retail partnerships, which tend to go to Loaders running box trucks or larger setups.
The three schools sharing the Auraria Campus downtown, MSU Denver, CU Denver, and the Community College of Denver, generate a wave of student move-out jobs each spring. Add in the steady flow of people relocating between Denver and its suburbs, and the older housing stock in neighborhoods like Sloan Lake and Jefferson Park that produces consistent estate cleanout work, and the job variety stays broad across the calendar.
Who this is a good fit for
This is physical, independent work. It’s not for everyone, but for the right person it’s a practical way to earn on your own terms without answering to an employer.
LoadUp tends to work well for:
- Contractors and landscapers with slow days between projects who already have the truck and the muscle
- Delivery drivers looking for higher payouts between routes
- Handy and assembly-skilled workers who can take on furniture assembly and labor jobs alongside hauling
- Trade workers between projects who need income without taking on a second employer
- Military-connected workers near Buckley Space Force Base in Aurora who are transitioning out or want flexible supplemental income
- Anyone between jobs who needs to generate income fast without a long-term commitment
Getting started: How to apply for junk removal jobs in Denver
If you’re already running a truck in the Denver area, you’re closer to qualified than you might think. Here’s what the application requires:
- A pickup truck, cargo van, box truck, or trailer in good working condition
- A valid driver’s license and vehicle insurance
- A smartphone to run the LoadUp Driver App
- A clean background check
No CDL required. No prior junk removal experience needed.
Apply online, pass your background check, and once you’re approved you set your service radius in the app and start picking up jobs. Denver’s spread-out geography means setting the right radius matters. Most Loaders find a range that covers their side of the metro without adding unnecessary drive time between jobs. Every job requires two people, so have a reliable helper lined up before you apply.
Review the Loader requirements if you want the full details before you start. And if you’re based outside Denver proper, check the LoadUp Colorado locations page to confirm coverage in your area.
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Earnings vary based on geography, job type, volume, and individual efficiency. Platform statistics current as of July 2026.
