How much "Gross Pay" is Fair per week?

[BIG JEEP on 44's]

At Gainey I grosed...$13,000 from1/08-9/08...averaging roughly 1200 miles a week or roughly $395.00 weeky gross /or $1580 monthly...putting me on the fast track of earnings at GTS flirting with becomming part of the 20k dollar club... ...But I guess that's what happens when you are you sitting under a 700mi load with 2+ days on it and no preassgn...or the big 1200-1500 mi run with 5-6days on it and no early or split and no pre-assgn...all these miles and I still can't see why my idle was high.

yea i know hwat you mean BIG, i was with SuperService that is owned by Gainey

Werner was straight on my dac...every check...all reimbursements...I even got my $400 perfrmnce bond back...GTS I have my worries since they were shady when employed there i fully expet them to live up to their rep upon exit.

[zipy46]

I have lived on as little as 400-450 a week bring home while driving OTR....

But i carry my own food and have no family to worry about.

The house is 'turned off' while i am away so it takes no money.

and what do u classify "turned off"?? u litterally trip the Breaker?...lol
so what about your food in your fridge at home? and your water pipes?...do they freeze up in the winter?
did you work something out wiht your electric company to where they "turn on" your utilities when your on your way home?...lol...
come on, be real!...u have bills no matter what...
no family to worry about?...hmmm...must get awfully lonely out there..., but hey, there's plenty of lot-lizards!...lol...jk

A/C off ...lights off...Fridge stays on .... Pipes generally don't freeze in Middle Georgia ...simple

Many ways to skin a cat ...when it comes to saving money



I am doing wayyyyy better now with Marten (hope it last).....but still

no need to throw money away now that the job is paying more

[RR9501]

ok, gotcha...yea well i have a roomate so id still have some sort of am electric bill...lol
and well, the cable/internet comapany wont charge u any less if you dont watch as much tv...lol

[slipseater]

You should be able to get your miles in 5 to 5.5 days and if you have at least a year under your belt, you should be making over $1,000 if you are willing to work 7 days. I worked less than 5 days OTR and was home once during the week, and I made $58,000 on my last job. I didn't work the major holidays either. That was with 3 weeks paid vacation. Don't work for peanuts or be treated like crap. Tell them what you want. They aren't mind readers, but demand the respect you deserve for giving up so much of your life.

[cdswans]

In response to the OP, fair compensation would look something like . .

$1576 per week . . individual companies could distinguish themselves with vacations, paid holidays, benefits, etc . .

We all have 168 hours in a week and 52 weeks per year . .

Lines 1 + 2 represent hours available to drive:

1. 40 x $8 = 320 ($ Average minimum wage)
2. 30 x 12 = 360

Lines 3 + 4 represent compensation for the additional hours away from home and available for mandatory rest and available to work but not driving:

3. 70 x $8 = 560 (sleeper berth)
4. 28 x 12 = 336

$1576 x 52 = $81,952 base pay for OTR Drivers.

Keep in mind that all (DOT) merchant mariners and railroad workers are paid for ALL hours away from home. It's not like it's without precedent.

[slodsm]

Melton Truck Lines wants you to do a couple loads then babysit the truck for the rest of the week. About 350. to 500.a week. Alot of layovers.

I couldn't agree more.

[wepwawet]

I like to see it between 1100 - 1500 at my pay scale.

[BIG JEEP on 44's]

In response to the OP, fair compensation would look something like . .

$1576 per week . . individual companies could distinguish themselves with vacations, paid holidays, benefits, etc . .

We all have 168 hours in a week and 52 weeks per year . .

Lines 1 + 2 represent hours available to drive:

1. 40 x $8 = 320 ($ Average minimum wage)
2. 30 x 12 = 360

Lines 3 + 4 represent compensation for the additional hours away from home and available for mandatory rest and available to work but not driving:

3. 70 x $8 = 560 (sleeper berth)
4. 28 x 12 = 336

$1576 x 52 = $81,952 base pay for OTR Drivers.

Keep in mind that all (DOT) merchant mariners and railroad workers are paid for ALL hours away from home. It's not like it's without precedent.

That's the big issue with OTR it's possible to sit for days and have weeks of very poor miles ,which means you're out on the road making no money for your time out there ...But yet the dispatchers,planners,and csm still get paid their base salary .

[cdswans]

That's the big issue with OTR it's possible to sit for days and have weeks of very poor miles ,which means you're out on the road making no money for your time out there ...But yet the dispatchers,planners,and csm still get paid their base salary .

That's an excellent point and, while it does get hashed over on CAD every now and then, it's always worth raising. What that amounts to is the absence of an economic consequence to keep the office folk busy and honest. We have our needs and we take ourselves off the road to meet them knowing full well what the cosequences will be. The office folk need only to have a bad day or an end to their day to decide "Oh well . . " 15, 150 or 1500 Drivers, depending on the size of the fleet, didn't get planned or moved. Or paid . . but they did.

[ELGAUL]

and you both stayed there WHY!!!! did i miss something???

[Mackman]

1500+ for a 7 day week.

When i was on tugs as a deckhand i made 215 a day. Plus the company paid for all the food and you only worked 12hr a day. You also didn't have no responsibility as a deckhand on the boat. The captain or the mate had all of it. They also got paid very well to deal with the responsibility.