Starts a bit slow: 14cpm for the four weeks I'll be out with the trainer. But after the month I'll be a first-seat driver and the pay goes to 30cpm. At 6 months, that increases to 32, then 33 after a full year. Additional cent per mile increase every year thereafter.

I've seen better offers and I've also seen worse, but once I get assigned my own truck I'll be making more than enough to meet our needs, and Star has a great reputation for getting drivers home regularly. I'm a real homebody by nature, so that was a major consideration for me.