Dayton Freight Lines

Road Transport · Logistics
Domain protected (DMARC)
578Open roles90 posted in 30 days+24 this week
$46kMedian advertised pay$46k – $72k+49% vs market
30 daysTime to fillmedian of 46 closed rolesmarket: 32 days
Lately:+24 roles posted this week5 news stories in 90 daysFollow changes →

Facts

as of Nov 15, 2026

Founded in 1981, Dayton Freight Lines, Inc. is a private freight transportation and logistics enterprise specializing in regional less-than-truckload (LTL) shipping. Headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, United States, the company serves commercial shippers, manufacturers, and distributors across the Midwest and Central United States. Through its union-free operational model, extensive network of service centers, direct fleet capabilities, and specialized shipping options - including guaranteed expedited delivery, temperature-controlled transport, and strategic partner alliances - it provides high-density regional freight consolidation and supply chain distribution solutions.

It is hiring: 578 open roles, 90 of them posted in the last 30 days. Its stated pay is 49% above the market estimate for the same roles.

Headquarters
Dayton, United States
Founded
1981
Employees
5000+estimated range
Open roles
578 in 87 citiesAlion job postings
Website
daytonfreight.com

As of Nov 15, 2026, Alion lists 578 open roles at Dayton Freight Lines. Dayton Freight Lines is headquartered in Dayton, United States. It was founded in 1981. The median pay stated in its open roles is $46k, across 277 postings that state pay.

Sources: company registers, GLEIF, Wikidata, the company's site, Alion job postingsReport a mistake

Trust

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What the registers and the postings say about this employer.

Sanctions lists
OFAC SDN, EU consolidated
No match
Phishing reports
OpenPhish, Phishing.Database
None
Layoff notices
US WARN notices on file
None
Domain and mail securitydaytonfreight.com · Nov 14, 2026
Spoofed mail (DMARC)
Spoofed mail goes to spam
Good
Who may send its mail (SPF)
Other senders fail (-all)
Good
HTTPS certificate
Valid certificate · Let's Encrypt
Good
HTTPS enforced (HSTS)
Enforced, ready for browser preload
Good
Security contact (security.txt)
No security.txt
Weak
Encrypted mail delivery (MTA-STS)
No MTA-STS policy
Weak
Signed DNS (DNSSEC)
Not signed
Weak
Certificate issuers (CAA)
Any authority may issue certificates
Weak
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Sources: company registers, the Alion truth index, OFAC and EU sanctions lists, US WARN notices The domain: its DNS records, its site's headers and certificate.

Hiring

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Hiring steadily, with new roles every week.

Field & Service is the largest family, 39 of open roles.

90Posted in 30 days16% of open roles are fresh
0%Remote roles0 of 578
87Hiring offices
Can they hire you from United States?by your location
Likely
610 open roles are in your country: you apply locally, no move needed.
United States610On site
Remote, from elsewhere0Rare
No posting offers visa sponsorship. Remote roles: 0.
Time to fillmedian days to close a role
Dayton Freight Lines30 days
Market, same roles32 days
Alion signals0-100
Demand25
Pay24
Your chance39
How badly they need people, whether they pay, how realistic getting in is.
Open roles over time−100%
Sep 28This week
Open roles a week: 480 then, 0 now
Where the openings areshare of open roles · trend
Field & Service39▼
Early Careers32▲
HR7▲
Industrial Engineering6▼
Marketing6▼
Customer Success5▼
Newest roles
Software Developer Intern
In office · Internship · Bachelor's Degree · Dayton
What postings ask forlanguages named in open roles
English31555%
Degree asked
Bachelor's Degree 100%
Experience asked: 2.9 years on average, in 121 postings. 187 postings state a degree.
Benefits named in postingsshare of open roles
Flexible schedule71%
Quarterly bonuses71%
Growth opportunities61%
Company events31%
Contract type
Part-Time 115Internship 60Full-Time 14
Visa sponsorship: none statedRelocation: none stated
View 578 jobsRoles matching my profile
Source: the company's careers site, read by Alion several times a day; market medians from all open roles of the same family

Pay

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Pays 49% above the market estimate for the same roles.

$46kMedianmarket estimate $31k
$46k – $72kTypical rangeUSD a year
$175kHighest paying roleCorporate Account Manager | Hybrid
Pay by levelmiddle half of stated pay, median marked · dashed: market median $31k
Intern77$46k$46k – $70k
Junior38$72k
Senior12$175k$95k – $175k
$0$50k$100k$150k$200k
Source: the pay stated in the company's postings, normalised to USD a year

Footprint

Hiring in 87 cities in 1 country.

87Cities
1Countries
GreenwoodBusiest site
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SiteTypeOpen rolesHires most forEngineering
Dayton United StatesHeadquarters17Administrative, Finance, Customer Success6%
Greenwood United StatesPlant / site20Field & Service, Early Careers, HR0%
Walton United StatesPlant / site18Field & Service, Early Careers, Industrial Engineering0%
Hampshire United StatesSupport & operations15Field & Service, Early Careers, Management0%
Grandview United StatesPlant / site15Field & Service, Early Careers, Industrial Engineering0%
Gahanna United StatesPlant / site15Field & Service, Early Careers, Industrial Engineering0%
Lebanon United StatesPlant / site15Field & Service, Early Careers, Management0%
Louisville United StatesPlant / site14Field & Service, Early Careers, Customer Success0%
All 87 offices
Source: office addresses in postings and company registers

Peers

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Ranked #3 by open roles among its 11 closest peers.

#CompanyHQOpen rolesSize
1Penske Transportation SolutionsReading, United States1,4455000+
2Universal LogisticsWarren, United States5975000+
3Dayton Freight LinesDayton, United States5785000+
4FedEx FreightMemphis, United States5055000+
5Estes Express LinesRichmond, United States3765000+
6A. Duie PyleWest Chester, United States1211001-5000
7Arrive LogisticsAustin, United States54501-1000
8Penske CorporationSan Jose, United States165000+
Dayton Freight Lines competitors and alternatives
Source: Alion's similar-companies engine (industry segments, technologies, headquarters country, size)

Tech stack

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Technologies named in job postings at Dayton Freight Lines over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.

11Technologies in use
4Postings analysed
68/100Stack modernity
LanguagesSQLC#JavaScriptNode JS
Frameworks & librariesASP.NET CoreAngular
DatabasesDb2MS SQL
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Full Dayton Freight Lines tech stack11 technologies · by team · pay by technology · changes · similar stacks
Source: the technologies named in the company's postings and on its site

Milestones

1981
Founded
Each milestone is dated by its source: registers, filings, the press

Newsroom

#251,668Web rankTranco top 1M
Oct 122026
Blog
Dayton Freight Relocated Wichita Service Center to Bel Aire, KS
Dayton Freight is excited to announce the relocation of our Wichita Service Center! Designed with growth in mind, the brand-new facility features 28 dock doors, a heated dock and…
Oct 52026
Blog
Walton, KY Expands Capacity with Brand-New Facility Featuring 100 Doors
Dayton Freight is excited to announce the relocation of our Walton Service Center and the addition of another Shop to our network! The new, state-of-the-art Service Center increa…
Sep 222026
Blog
Dayton Freight Recognized by DHL & TLI
We're proud to be honored by both TLI and DHL as Regional LTL Carrier of the Year! This marks the first time that Dayton Freight has been selected by TLI and the third from DHL.…
Sep 32026
Blog
Dayton Freight Named Regional LTL Carrier of the Year for Cardinal Health
We're proud to announce that Dayton Freight - for the first time - has been named Cardinal Health's Regional LTL Carrier of the Year supporting its Global Medical Products and Di…
Aug 172026
Blog
Celebrating Employee Appreciation Week
Employee Appreciation Week is an annual Dayton Freight tradition dedicated to celebrating the people who deliver excellence every day. Employees enjoy a week filled with camarade…
Aug 142026
Blog
Dayton Freight Honored by Logistics Management
Dayton Freight is humbled to be recognized once again by Logistics Management with two 2026 Quest for Quality awards. We were awarded the Midwest/North Central Regional LTL categ…
All news and milestones
Sources: the outlets named on each headline, each story once