What CPM can I expect from brokered loads?

I have been looking at load boards and the numbers are a bit confusing to me. I really can't financially survive below $X.XX cpm.

I've now been talked into a 40' flat deck pulled by an F450. Preliminary numbers say I can carry about 15k. (34k GCWR)

I know different loads / destinations / origination / etc. will have different CPM's but there has to be an average of what you all have been getting. Are you getting $1.30-ish? $2.00-ish?

 

That flat rate can be transposed to CPM. For instance... if you take a load from A to B with a loaded distance of 500 miles and your flat rate pay is $750.00 that would equate to $1.50 CPM. If your flat-rate pays is $900 than your CPM is $1.80. Again, I know every load is different but there has to be a reasonable average to go by.

 

Yes, it also means Cents Per Mile. Such as if you were a company driver looking for a job. That job will pay you $.38CPM.

 

No, I'm not talking about operating costs. I already have that figured out. What I'm trying to ask is to take an average month... take the number of miles divided by the income. That will tell you the average cents per mile you are earning in an average month. You could even figure it out by the load. Say a load pays $2000 to go from Chicago to New Your. The trip is 1300 miles. That means the load pays $1.54 per mile. Of course that is GROSS pay (less fuel, insurance, wear & tear, per diem, etc.).

So looking at that load which pays $1.54 per mile, if my operating expense is $1.60 than I would technically lose money on the load. If my operating expense was $.95 per mile I would stand to make $.65 per mile.

It may not be the way everyone looks at things. I've been a company driver for about 12 years. Never had to deal with what a load pays. It's easier for me to se things on a 'cents per mile' level.

 

I am using my own calculated dead head miles based on a fixed percentage. However, it would be easy to extrapolate that on your end as well. Ultimately, take the number of miles you ran last year and divide it by your income. That will tell you what your annual gross cpm is. That is inclusive of loaded miles, dead head miles, etc. I understand each load will pay a different rate based on weight, class, distance, size, etc. I totally get that. Again, I am just looking for averages.