How Much Do Truckers Earn?

25 years 1 ex wife and 2.5 million miles and a small fleet of trucks . I can say the pay isn't like it used to be ( I made 70K a year in 95 working 55 hours a week , and my last year I made 42K working 70 hours a week same type of work ) , you will make more in a warehouse or at Mc donalds if you keep track of your hours

 

We are very underpaid for the total amount of time spent on the road and obligation we have which is basically 24/7 for our equipment. This coming from a company driver.

 

Learn spanish !!!!

 

here we go, another one...

yep, here we go again, like we ain't heard this before....

uh...huh...

you can expect to work LONG hours for what will ultimately turn out to be less that the national set minimum wage, are you ready to be working from paycheck to paycheck..??

you NEVER get a head.....

no....there is never enough for you after you live on the road for a week or 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 at a time..you will spend more than you have to, to survive..

the only "egg" you will get, is the $2.00 egg at the truck stop

ABSOLUTELY....!! you can hope, dream, wish, pray.....

then you had better smarten up, and keep your FIRST career.

i'll take what i can get.

and YOU THINK that when YOU become a trucker, you WILL get "props" too...??

no you don't, "a good number of you" steal looks in the rear view mirror when you cut us off and laugh at us as we have to back off and not slam into your arse....

 

According to some posters they made MEGA $ , ( 1 super hero on here drove for 14 years , retired to Florida in his mid 30's ) others got into it to try and make a living as they were flat broke and are not much better now.

In reality the good $ jobs are far and few between if your just starting out , thats 1 reason the big turn over with the big companies.

It is not the dream job that many dream about when that Chromed out PETERMOBILE slides by in the outside lane , on the dry highway , nice sunny day.

 

I’m new here myself and yes, lots of great people and information here and my reading previous threads, I’ve found all the answers you are asking for (not saying you should not ask again, only the answers you are looking for are here if you want to find them another way. The search feature works well)

Anyway, asking about something that you are not considering starting for another decade would be impossible for even an expert to answer! A good phychic would be your best bet for this question!