Here's a little backroom on myself. I'm 31 and have been driving class a with all endorsements TX for 9yrs. All of it has been in Alaska doing the ice road trucker thing and only 6mo OTR. Drove to Newfoundland, New Brunswick, nova Scotia, yukon and BC. All over the US from kcmo, and east. So not alot of OTR experience but the conditions in Ak are alot worse minus the traffic. All my jobs have been hourly ranging from $18 when I first started to $30+ in the oil field. My wife and I would like to move to "America" as we call it up here and I have no idea what is a fair wage for OTR based on cents per mile. The one time I was driving in the states it was a % of the load. So my question is what kind of pay rate should I expect, I'm looking for rates for flatbed, reefer, lowboy, tanker, container, basically if you guys could list off the different types of trucking and what is a good pay scale it would really help me so I don't get screwed taking a flatbed job making way less than what it's worth.
Or pay scale
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Akronic, Aug 10, 2015.
Page 1 of 2
-
-
Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds
Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.
-
It's supposed to say OTR pay scale
-
Everyone in the lower 48 was called a Southerner last time i was up that way. Be prepared for a pay cut. My cousins make as much up there driving 6 or 7 months as most do here in a year. I'm sure your aware of that. Are you pulling a flatbed now? Where in the south are you relocating to?
-
You shouldn't have any problem making over $60K+ in tankers. More than that with A&R Logistics.
Much depends on where you plan to live in USA. A&R Logistics has a loading terminal in Las Vegas.
Most of their drivers make $62K - $72K per year. -
Thinking about moving to Denver, CO or Austin, TX. Right now I'm pulling a step deck hauling commercially caught salmon Makin $21/hr and workin 12hrs+ a day. Also just thought about doing the road construction thing making Davis Bacon wages in the summer and ice roads in the winter. Buy then I won't really be living in the states. The pay cut isn't such a big deal to my wife, bUT it will irritate me knowing I could be making over 100k a year up here verses 40k in the states. I'm just getting tired of the winters.
-
I'm looking for cents per mile if anyone has a rough idea of what to expect for the different types of trailers/work
-
If you're tired of winters, Denver isn't the place to be. Austin would be the better choice.
Cents per mile doesn't mean much in the lower 48; it's the assessorial pays that make the difference.
For example, I only made $.36 cpm but at the end of the year had made $65K due to assessorial pays being added in.
JBS Carriers has a Texas regional pulling reefers and I think it pays $.50 cpm. It's on the website. -
Exactly what @Chinatown has said, $CPM really doesn't give a good comparison of what you'll earn. My base rate is $.36 per mile however I average about $4700 gross twice a month and will barely hit 80k miles this year. In other words as a company driver I'll make roughly $1.40 a mile at a $.36 per mile base and I'm just a driver, no lease purchase BS or any of that.
-
Ok but I read on another thread that people said doing flatbed work for .34/mile was a joke and only a rookie or a fool would do flatbed work for that low of pay. So what is a reasonable wage for flatbed work. Those are the questions I'm looking for answers to. Does any of this make sense?
-
Two of the best flatbed companies that hire in Texas are Melton Truck Lines and Lone Star Transportation. Check their websites to get an idea of pay.
Another good one that hires in Texas is System Transport. They run lower 48 states, Canada, Alaska.
Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds
Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.
Page 1 of 2