What's the highest paying field in the trucking industry?

I got offered to lease onto a O/O's authority a few months back. I turned it down. If you want me to run 'outlaw', I'll do it, but you gotta make it worth while. I'm not gonna bust balls for $60,000 when I can make more in LTL.... And be home everyday.

 

I had to sell mine knee could not do the clutch so went company with fully auto sucks but its money lol ALWAYS ran outlaw then not now but kind of like the sleep thing anymore lol

 

It's not worth it anymore to run 'outlaw'. It took me 8 years of driving to figure that smart drivers can find ways of making money without having to run hard. All you have to do is know who the good employers are and turn in a resume at the right time. You don't have to run hard to make a good living, and I DOUBLED my income when I sold my truck. Not having an overhead reduces a lot of headache.

 

Here's a pretty interesting chart that shows what rich, middle class, and poor people's top 10 jobs.
Note that truck driving incomes range from the 20th to the 90th percentiles of income.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2014...pular-jobs-for-the-rich-middle-class-and-poor

 

That's because you can make $20,000 or $90,000+ driving. What makes the difference is your level of experience and the company name on the truck.

 

Anyone in Chicago wants to run local, home every night. We are at $260/day salary and need about 8 more drivers. PM me.

It is not $100K but it is way better than $800 a week and out three weeks!

Mikeeee

 

Some of us make a lot more than you think, but we aren't dragging around a box on mileage pay.

 

It is hard to do anywhere near 100K unless you want to work the oilfields in ND or some other hell hole. Life in the oilfield sucks in my opinion. You can make 60 to 80 K with some of the better tanker companies. Especially the privately owned fleets. You will need hazmat and TWIC for most of those jobs. Cryogenic tankers generally pay well and they are clean steady work usually.

 

$80,000 a year crude hauling, working 10 hours 5 days a week as a company driver with health insurance, matching 401K... and NOT in North Dakota... too many noobs and too many cut throat companies up there.

 

This.
Hauling something without doors, like my last load.....
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Martin