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Above average truck driver pay- close to.50 cents per mile, and over $60,000 per year. Of course, what you haul matters. Flatbed, step-deck and heavy-haul drivers add a little to that pay scale. (Or, a lot in some cases.) There are thousands of truck drivers out there making $70k+. Breakdowns stop a truck driver from completing any miles. Weighing out the pros and cons of being paid per mile as a truck driver shows that there are more positives than negatives. Drivers being paid per mile do tend to make more than hourly or salary paid drivers. Although you might not be able to make $100,000/year off the bat, but given the truck driver demand, and with experience, specialization, CDL training and the right.
micheal in Martinsville, Virginia said: ok this is the deal, since i do not know what u make now i will say u make avaerge 15,000 to 22,000 over a whole yr,
in trucking it is like eveything eles look listen and watch, all companies promies u money, but ask peolpe at the truck stop where they worked there first yr and how much they made, and by the time u figure in eating sleeping and showering u will see it is about the same,
u do not make that much in trucking unless u are acustem to being broke right now then it will seem like u r rich,
now bud i have to warn u..ur second and thrid yr is where all the money is, but stick with a company for atleast a yr no matter what unless it is unsafe to do so, then come ur second yr, many new jobs will be will to pay for your sevices..
first yr, take no less than .22 a mile unless
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how in the world can anyone work for 22 cents a mile?? our cleaning staff makes more than that??? I'm sure a lot of you probably dont like teamsters but holy crap. if your going to be on the same darn road wouldnt you want 57 cents for pups and 56 for a van? oh yeah, the tough part is your home pretty much every day too. i wouldnt drive for under 70 grand a year, you can make that much on the dock.
Jack Paulden is a commercial truck driver from Ohio and a Guardian reader. He agreed to open up about what life is like on the road in the United States as part of a summer series the Guardian is doing on working America. Leave more questions for Jack in the comments, and he will answer as many as he can tomorrow when he has a break from driving.
1. What's your typical day like?
A typical day is to get up between 5 and 6am. Walk into the truck stop and do the morning rituals. Get some coffee, walk around and inspect the truck and trailer and then check messages, do the logs; perhaps check weather and any safety conditions on the Qualcomm regarding route of travel and get rolling. Drive to a shipper or receiver and either 'drop and hook' or 'live load' or 'live unload'. If it is live then you may be sitting for hours and not making any money as I get paid by the miles I drive. If time is on my hands, then I will use this down time to plan the trip route. Planning fuel stops and dealing with weigh stations and weather and road construction are also daily events to deal with.
Meals on the go or time to eat at a restaurant is a variable thing. Towards evening you keep an eye on the Department of Transportation time clock so as not to violate any rules which can be costly. Once you pick your place to park, which can be a truck stop, an on or off ramp of an interstate, a receiver or shippers property, or any place you can fit a truck and trailer without breaking any rules; then you shut down and shower and eat, and/or shut down and call home and hit the sack.
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2. There's been a lot of talk lately about people wanting work/life balance. Does your job provide that?
If you want a balanced life I think you have to get home most nights. There are truck driving jobs that allow that, but most of us 'over the road' haulers do not have a balanced life in my opinion. However, who knows what people consider as balanced. It is subjective
3. What's the craziest/most unexpected thing that's ever happened to you while on the job?
I guess you could say it was getting into the trucking business. In 2011, at the age of 58 and 'on the dole', I was desperate to find work. My local employment office provided a lead about becoming a truck (aka lorry) driver. I applied online and was accepted the next day. The outcome, after agreeing to pay $3,000 dollars to a truck driving school for an intense 16-day 'learnin', left me feeling a little crazy.
I let my ego convince me, a 58-year-old rookie, that I could lease a brand new truck and make a living as a solo driver. Six months later after driving 63,400 miles across the highways and byways of the USA trying to make a living, I realized that I had really just gained experience, but not made a living. I had lived in a truck and provided the leasing company the means to continue to make millions from fools like me. I have learned my lesson now and drive for a company.
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4. What makes for a really good day on the job?
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A really good day on the job for me is lots of miles, 'drop and hooks' instead of live loading and unloading, and being able to get to the truck stop early to find a spot and have a nice clean hot shower followed by a good meal. What makes it a really, really good day is if I am going to make it home that night after perhaps 12 to 19 days on the road.
5. What's your annual salary? Do you get benefits?
I get paid 40 cents a mile. I have days I turn in over 600 miles and days I turn in less than 200. I assume this year I will make perhaps what an average teacher with tenure makes in the US. However, because I am paid by the mile I don't really know until the end of the year what I make. Many drivers get paid what is referred to as 'paid miles'. Without going into detail it is not the miles you actually drive but more a, 'how the crow flies' from zip code to zip code type mileage. In some cases you may drive a hundred miles for which you are not paid that day during a run in which you actually put in 500 to 600 miles total. Some drivers get paid 'practical miles' which amounts to practically every mile driven, unless you detour without cause or get lost or perhaps detour for a quick stop by home. I have also met guys who live on $100 weekly advances from the company they work for, while being not much more than a homeless person living in a truck. They are not lesser people, just people who have less.
Benefits vary from company to company. I am a military veteran so to save money, I use the VA (Veterans Administration) hospitals on the rare occasion I have medical needs. Not to get political; but it is my opinion that although the new healthcare policies are a step in the right direction; it would have been deceptively simple to just give the whole country Medicare (not Medicaid) coverage. I never hear our retirees complain about Medicare. It is a single payer (the government) paying private medical practitioners and private hospitals (both for profit and non-profit hospitals) to provide care anywhere that retiree needs medical care in the country.
6. What's the biggest mistake you've ever made while working?
The biggest mistake occurred immediately after getting my class A CDL (commercial driver's license). I had to gain experience, and the school wanted 15,000 to 20,000 driving miles during a 30 day trainin' period. This meant I had to live with a stranger in that 'truck space' environment for a month making a mere $65 a day. Learning to drive, while sleeping and eating in a truck that seemed to be constantly moving between shippers and receivers would have been perhaps more acceptable at a younger age. Doing it in cramped quarters with a person you barely know is even less of a joy.
I would drive up to 11 hours a day during my shift and turn in mileages of 550 to 640 miles a day. My trainer and I had many an argument during our time together. I wish there had been another way. I realized my mistake after talking to a woman student and her female trainer from another school who said she, the trainee, was required to put in 275 hours of driving as a 'trainee' but there was no 30 day requirement to meet those hours. A softer more sane 'easier way' perhaps. These two women were sitting in the truck stop and having a meal together. What a contrast that was to my situation. My last week as a trainee I could hardly stand being in the truck with my instructor, let alone sitting together to 'break bread'.
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