Normal Truck Driver Starting Pay

Hello sir,

If you dont mind me asking, who were you working for??

 

Texasbbqbest: $35-$40k net may be hard to pull off since driving 2500 miles per week at $.40/mile for 40 weeks of the year gets you a Gross of $40k. Even if you have zero tax liability, Social Security and Medicare knock you down to $37k.

How long do you plan to stay out, how much more expensive will you eat on the road (varies widely), health insurance premiums, and other personal factors make figuring out a person's net darn near impossible.

I figured 12 weeks off out of 52 when doing the math (1 week/month). If you're moving to TX there are a lot of companies posting and some offer relocation bonuses (US Xpress for one). I'm going to school for Roehl's CDL class so I'm not trying to push any company since everybody's needs are different. Some people are even happy at CR England and Prime and those companies seem to have more dissatisfied former drivers than some states have people!

 

I drove for Tankstar.

 

I'm curious I see some companies offering .45-.50 CPM and I'm wondering how they do this? does anyone have any feedback if its a real or if they are just using smoke and mirrors?

 

Probably union jobs...read the fine print, that could be team pay..I would realistically expect to make 30-40k first year depending on who you work for.