The account I'm on has two parts to it. One guy runs through the night to pick up the materials and bring them back to the Pittsburgh area, and the other guy delivers the material in the morning. We usually run 2 week of one, then switch.
When I run a 525 round trip linehaul (drop/hook), I make $1050 for the week. Home everynight and weekends.
When I run local deliveries, I am guaranteed atleast $720/week and $27/hr after 40 hours worked. This past week on local, I made $1010.25
I'm happy and I aint going nowhere. I have a GREAT boss, pretty good benies, and the company treats everyone great.
This is only my second trucking job.
My first job was local for a small mom&pop company, I only made $13/hr, but was treated very well and was still better than going OTR and I still felt like I was rich compared to the $8.50/hr I got for delivering tires in a pickup truck for the previous 3 years before I got my cdl.
If you can keep your nose clean, it pretty much all depends on what you make of it. One thing I cant express enough though is, when looking for a job, remember that you need the company more than they need you. Show them that you are interested and are wanting to work. Make multiple phone calls if you have to. Otherwise, your just another application on the desk. Hope I helped. Hope nobody makes fun of my measley pay checks!
ops: (No seriously, I still dont feel like I make alot of money..I guess it's cause my sister makes $100K+ year, and I'm always compared to her by
some people. :?