Can anyone help me out with a good competitive pay is for a long haul driver. I recently inherited a truck from my late brother in law and want to put it to work. I leased on to a company as O/O but want to hire a driver. I’m getting about average 2500-3000 miles a week. I don’t have a clue on a good formula to pay a driver. I don’t want to cheat the driver or myself. I should have said that the driver is home every night. The route is not dedicated at this time but we only go to 8-10 different stops. No touch freight. Night shift work for now. No doubles or long wait times.
What to pay a Line Haul Driver
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Can pay what you think you’re worth, but remember, the truck needs to eat too.
.40/mile x2500 miles $1000.
Or you can pay 25 % of gross.
I started paying myself $140/day for everyday I worked.
140 x 5=$700 for 7 days is $980.
Still gotta pay taxes, pretty much 1 to 1.5 week per month = taxes.
Doing more local work I now pay myself $100/day or $50 for half day. -
Most of whats going around now is half of what's left over
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So if I put a driver in my freightliner and offered them $1500/wk as a 1099 that should be fair? I have an 'extra' truck, I'm just hemming and hawing about whether or not I want the hassle of an employee and added maintenance costs because they're not going to care. -
You going to make that much a week
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Employee = W2
Contractor = 1099roshea Thanks this. -
1500 to driver
1200 fuel
1800 for me to put back into the truck...
It's put a driver into it or part it out. A century is not worth, as whole unit, the sum of its parts. -
What year is your Frieghtliner?
thankyou
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