Trucking salaries confuse me

Drivers dont get overtime, trucking is not obligated to pay ot, so it doesnt usually.

30 $/hr at 70 hrs a week is about 90-100k

 

(1) you won't get paid overtime in most trucking jobs.
(2) if you get paid hourly then work 60/wk X 50 weeks =$90k

 

Without asking the source I can only assume they’re factoring in accessorial pay, perhaps stop pay, safety bonuses, etc…

That said, a lot of these companies do tend to embellish their compensation packages a bit.

 

How dare you impugn the reputation of these fine outstanding companies!
Next you'll tell me that a weekend with Maude includes alot of gravy.

 

In addition to all that, they probably quote their annual pay at 150k miles (3k per week x 50 weeks), but we all know that the majority of drivers average quite a bit fewer miles than that per year.

 

All of you guys who dare to say that trucking companies would ever misrepresent their pay, working conditions or benefits are guilty of spreading disinformation!! That's just crazy tinfoil hat conspiracy theory stuff!!

 

Not in the trucking industry. We're exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act.

 

I specificaly adressed that in post #2