If you’re company driver how much $ do you make

Nome I like to collect antique gladhand seals.

 

The honest answer is in your first year your probably not going to make all that much. Especially if you go local. If the job pays great and and its a good company are experienced hands that will snap it up long before you are considered most of the time. There are exceptions but that's the norm. You got to pay your dues.

Can you make money in this industry? You bet. There are plenty of jobs that pay 100k.

For what it's worth. I'm making the switch from oilfield/local to otr. My pay will be .47 per mile plus about 9 cpm in achievable bonuses. I've sold nearly everything off and my only bill is my cellphone. If your single and want financial freedom being otr is hard to beat.

 

there are LTL companies that have night time line haul, you could be home daily, or a couple of times during the week, some however, you leave out on monday, get home on friday nights.

there are dedicated accounts that you either work daily or nightly, and are home each day.

there are many class B jobs, that get you home daily as well

it's what you not only want, but if you can get the job, if there isn't a waiting list.

some could be union, many others are not.

 

So you canceled your training with Schneider
Because .35 cpm wasn't enough of a starting
Wage for a rookie who knows nothing.

Let me tell you how many people care, nobody.
They don't even care about us, and we got 20
Years experience.

Your spot has already been filled at the next
Orientation. That's just the way it is.

 

there are some that are brain washed from either the schools or trucking message boards on how much they are worth..right now, as you allude to...not worth much.

time has to be done to garner some valuable experience, especially now, since winter is a short distance away. best to have gotten started, maybe get some bad weather under the belt. can;t say where and when the snows start this early, but better to have some knowledge of what to expect, then none at all.

 

For some reason, these rookies think they deserve
To go to school,skip the whole learning experience.
Which is the most important part,
And land a top paying local job ,that's takes some
Drivers 10 years to get.

And if they don't they don't get that job, they quit,
And think they actually stood up for something,
And will change the way the mega's operate.

I live in real world trucking,so I tell them like it is.
Nobody cares, and you won't change anything.

Get your CDL,
Get at least a couple of months experience,
Then go for whatever you want.
Nobody's giving a rookie, a cream of the crop job.

 

As a rule of thumb, whatever they pay you per mile is what you get per year (32cpm = $32,000).

 

Interesting, I've been out here forever and never
Heard of that.
It might be true though.

 

Thank you, well said. I was able to walk into my local job and get awesome pay right out of the gate because. 17 years at last company doing city driving and never had and accident or got a ticket. People don't understand that companies like to see a good track record. Not just the experience and safe driving awards.... stability. They looked at me and I'm sure they thought 17 years at last job....if we take care of him he will stay here for a long time too. Everyone in this industry job hops like crazy now (not EVERYONE but you know what I'm saying) and wonders why the good companies are passing on them. I don't know how many times I've read "#### it, I'll have another job by the time I leave the parking lot". Yes you will.... another 30cpm crap job with lousy benefits....not really a step up. Gotta put the time in if you want the gravy!

 

i agree 100%

it was a deal back in my day, to have a minimum of 10 years experience before anyone looked at your application..then 5 years, then 3 years.....

now i have been an advocate of at least 6 to 12 months at ONE employer to get in a full 4 seasons driving.

also (to me) it makes that person look better than say one with less than 6 months, applying for a job.

yes, i know this is not a rocket scientist's job, but staying at one place for a while show stability first and foremost.

otherwise the next job may not even offer a higher pay for less time in the seat.

but depending on how desperate some companies can be, give the guy a new truck, new trailer, and higher pay...and pray he doesn't wreck, then causing him to NOT find employment, all for the want of more money for less experience.