Real Salaries

I start company-sponsored CDL school in a few weeks. I wanted to know what a realistic salary for the first 3 months would be like. What about your first year?

I have a very good work ethic but I'm still expecting many difficulties the first year. What is a realistic figure for the first 3 months even in this economic climate?

Thank you for your very valuable time.

 

JT,

I think that's decent to start with. I'm wirelessly connected and have my Garmin hoping to survive the first year.

I've heard of drivers going local after 1 year and making more. I'm in NYC and do not relish the thought of driving local except maybe at night. Does "seeing the country" really mean that or is there something these ads are not telling us?

Thanks JT, Lurchgs

 

"I wanna see this great country tropical beaches with their wave-braking dunes, its lush meadows and sky-scraping peaks. The Golden Gate and Napa's bounty. The Northern gateway with its Northern Lights and the Louvre (in Paris?...Texas?). Ah, To Be In Fresno Now That Summer's Here.."

Yeah right!!

Thank you for that realistic assessment Lurchgs. My eyes are beginning to slowly open. No matter. I shall focus on the job at hand while being, both, efficient and thrifty. Then take real vacations. What's a 34?

 

I laughed out loud as soon as I read your reply! You know, an automatic reaction. Just looking at your reply from across the room makes me want to laugh all over again because it's so true.

I don't know what made me believe that after driving for 5-10 hours at highway speeds you'll have time for anything else except paperwork and rest.