I see ice road truckers, shipping wars, nascar drivers and all that....
I know this is kind of a broad question, but I am generally curious... What drivers get paid the highest?
Highest paying driver jobs
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by biggjerryc, Dec 19, 2012.
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I think Walmart drivers start out at 50 cents a mile
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You may as well throw conway local drivers on the list I think they top out at $21 dollars per hour
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That's high to you guys? ^
btw car haulers make good money123456 and NewNashGuy Thank this. -
Owner Operators can do very well or totally fail. Many variables can determine this including company, freight and authority. Oversize loads, car haulers and specialty freight o/o's normally do the best though. -
I think $21 dollars an hour is good money yes......I currently make 16 per hour
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There is Conway Western, and Southern, and Central.
The central guys in the northeast/midwest top out at 24.55
Western tops out at 22 something.
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do you mean the unusual jobs, like ice road? ice road truckers make good money, of course the risks they take far outweigh those of us mere mortals driving in conus. iraq was paying exceedingly well, but again.... oil field drivers from what i understand get paid pretty well.
i think the highest paid truck drivers doing "normal work" are doing it all themselves...own the truck, have own authority, and reinvest in obtaining a few more trucks and get others to make them more money. there are huge risks, and with that comes a potential for bigger reward. some of these big companies started this way... someone with vision taking a risk, succeeding, and compounding it with more and more risk for a bigger upside potential.
for those of us not willing to take that risk, there is ups, which pays its drivers quite well, and gives ridiculously good retirement benefits. theres your local foodservice industry driving job. the one in my area pays drivers upwards of 60-65k per year for 4 days work per week, plus profit sharing. car hauling and household goods moving both pay well. hauling oversize loads can be lucrative as well, but come with their own list of headaches.
if the question was asked for purposes of what to "shoot for", id look at the car hauling, foodservice, and household goods. all of these can be broken into fairly easily, usually requiring some modicum of experience, so you will most likely have to start with regular ol' "otr". flatbed otr pays a bit better generally than refer, refer pays better than van. refer is very little extra work, flatbed quite a bit.Six9GS Thanks this. -
DRIVERS at Guardian building products make anywhere from 17 to 21 dollars and hours, base on their new pay scale. However i do believe you would need to be there 5 years to hit that 21 dollars and hours mark
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