Truck Driving Jobs

zz4guy · #1 10-31-2006, 06:16 PM

What do you rookies take in per year? How about you mid-career folks? Lets hear from the niche market professionals as well too.

I'd like to consider trucking one day and would like to know if the take home pay is something I could live with.

Sealord · #2 10-31-2006, 06:19 PM

It's hourly or piece rate (CPM) for company drivers. For O/O it's what's left over after all expenses are met. BOL

zz4guy · #3 10-31-2006, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Sealord

It's hourly or piece rate (CPM) for company drivers. For O/O it's what's left over after all expenses are met. BOL

Yeah I knew that just wondering what it roughly boils down to in yearly figures. They say multiply hourly *2000 to get your yearly rate. Thanks

Malaki86 · #4 10-31-2006, 06:33 PM

For a rookie driver, figure $0.30 x 100,000 miles per year. That'll give you rough ballpark amount.

Then, from that amount, subtract $100.00 x 52 for living expenses on the road (and that's if you live 'cheap' on the road).

shahan · #5 10-31-2006, 07:17 PM

$40,000 the 1st year

ratchet · #6 10-31-2006, 08:02 PM

Your going to find that no one will give you their real numbers most will give you real generic answers. I realize there are many variables. As a local driver I get paid by the day. I get $200 a day, 5 days a week, usually only work 10 hours a day but every now and then a little more. So that averages out to $52000 year gross and I have 2 yrs experience. So here is a real answer for you.

joasis · #7 10-31-2006, 08:03 PM

There is no hard, fast scale of trucker income....if you are a truck stop cowboy...and making 400 miles a day is your average, you won't live well....if you are an O/O doing 3000 a week hauling OD and specialized, you may trip 225k and up, which explains why you own a beautiful 379 or a W900.......no comparison.

BIG JEEP on 44's · #8 10-31-2006, 08:35 PM

assuming you get freight...take your CPM multiply it by 100,000...this is based working for 10 months out of the year in total with an average of around 2500 miles a week with 10,000 miles averaged per month.

To base your salary on much more than 2500 per wk and 10k per month is not realistic, yes you will have weeks where you run more but you will have them where you run less ,so 2500 is a good realistic average ...and running legal... Basing your income on ten months comes from the fact most people want to go home ... I figure 60 non productive days is fair as if you worked local you would usually have a weekend every week it might not be Saturday an Sunday but you would usually have 2 days off per week this comes out to 96 days off per year ...So I think 60 for OTR is conservative ....

Mackman · #9 10-31-2006, 09:03 PM

I will make around 45-50k this year driving local. Drive a septic truck(honeydipper) also do bulk hauling alot to. I make 18.74 an hr. With full benefits. All the OT i can handle. OT pay is anything over 8 hrs.

richey94 · #10 10-31-2006, 09:15 PM

If things continue as they have been then Jeff will make about $46,000 at TMC but he hasn't received his raise yet either.