What are the worst states for loads for Owner Operators?

Figured as a percentage of gross, what do you consider an acceptable profit margin?

 

3.00 a mile with.50 a gallon fuel? You funny.
And if you can’t make money with 2.00 a mile freight and 1.00 a gallon fuel you are in the wrong business.

 

It is a rule of thumb - or some recurring statistical phenomenon - that a solo owner operator gets to keep half of their gross.
At least this seems to be the case for me, ever since I got my own authority.
Of course, it was more in 7/2020 - 3/2022 boom period. But the rule was noticeable in the previous years as well as the recent months.

For example, from $200 000 of all revenue, I expect to retain $100 000.
If you wanted to determine precise business profit as reported on K-1 Schedule, I'd have to substruct my own W-2 reported pay.
But as long as I am encompassing both entities: business and me as an employee, I consider all the monies to be at my own exclusive disposal. Therefore, for all practical purposes, the 50% as an outcome of a statistical phenomenon, can be seen as my total net profit.

Perhaps, this is one of those universal laws of numbers, encoded somewhere in Cosmic time-space, that makes this rule applicable to solo owner operator's operating under their own authority.

I think, whenever I touched on the subject, enough members agreed and reported the same observations, do that I believe it to be an universal law.

 

The Cabal? Conspiracy theories belong in the Politics section and any reference to them should go there.
The password to Politics is thickskin.

 

That’s an important figure in a lot of respects.

Over 8 years, it’s ranged from 45-70%, but I’ll have to look back. Single truck, 2 trailers, ranging from moderate investment to fully paid for.

 

Before or after driver pay