Knight Transportation Pay .20cpm

XCELERATIONRULES · Aug 18, 2015

Celadon starting pay is 21 cents(42) team split,or 33 cents solo.
Didnt think many companies started at less than that..highway robbery,

freightwipper · Aug 18, 2015

Gucci25 said: ↑

Hello! I haven't seen any info on what our pay is here so I thought I might update people. Here's my paycheck. I get .20cpm and after per diem which takes .02cpm I get .18cpm. It's a sliding pay scale but it doesn't matter since 90% of the loads are over 500 miles.

Note: This is the pay I'm getting while doing my first 30,000 solo. Hometime option is same as every other company. 1 day off for every week out. I'm not sure how much you get paid after 30,000 miles solo. It's hard to believe anyone unless I see a paycheck with the cpm on it. I was under the impression I was going to get .29cpm (being the lowest) after spending countless months researching pay scale and talking to recruiter. Anytime there's a sliding pay scale the only number that matters to me is the lowest one. I don't care if they pay $10cpm for 0-50 miles because I know there are no 0-50 mile runs. (It was an example). No, I do not hate the job. I just thought I could actually update people on what to expect as far as pay. I censored reinbursements, deductions so they can't find me and fire me for posting my own pay stub.

This is also how us new guys get stuck in lease purchase deals. It will take me 3 months to get "Normal Pay" I have no idea what normal pay is because all I see is numbers without paychecks. We get paid so low that when you see people making $1000 a week over at kllm lease, Schneider lease, etc its almost worth it to quit and go lease. People say you have alot to learn you only been driving 1 month. True but I also been training since March. Not only that but I have did over 200 runs and traveled to every state expect Maine. But .20cpm That's working 70-80hrs per week. Why 70+?? I count things like sitting at Tyson chicken for over 14hrs on SB part of my 70hr week. That includes walmart, budlight, and places delivering in chicago where you have to drive over out of the city just to sleep for the night at a truck stop. View attachment 109589 View attachment 109590
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wow so somebody does pay less than CR England...

Anyways .20 is horrible
With 6 months experience I went to Crete and they paid me .43 and made between $1150-$1300 working 7 days.
They raised their pay since then.

Just giving you an example how truly terrible you're getting shafted.

Vilhiem · Aug 18, 2015

Crazy ain't it?

77smartin · Aug 18, 2015

Well you made a poor choice for a first company and you seem to be contemplating making another poor choice by leasing....way to go...keep up that pace and you will be talking about your one year of trucking at the 3rd shift temp job at Amazon.

Vilhiem · Aug 18, 2015

77smartin said: ↑

Well you made a poor choice for a first company and you seem to be contemplating making another poor choice by leasing....way to go...keep up that pace and you will be talking about your one year of trucking at the 3rd shift temp job at Amazon.
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You're right, a poor choice was made. But here's the thing, I don't think anyone here knew that knight paid that little.

I'm with freightwipper! I thought CRE paid the lowest amount.

...without the op being on and talking it's hard to know, but he did state that he couldn't find any data I thought. So I suspect the OP was putting it out there so we, and others looking at knight, would know how low they start folks off at.

Rick Brown · Aug 18, 2015

Gucci25 said: ↑

Hello! I haven't seen any info on what our pay is here so I thought I might update people. Here's my paycheck. I get .20cpm and after per diem which takes .02cpm I get .18cpm. It's a sliding pay scale but it doesn't matter since 90% of the loads are over 500 miles.

Note: This is the pay I'm getting while doing my first 30,000 solo. Hometime option is same as every other company. 1 day off for every week out. I'm not sure how much you get paid after 30,000 miles solo. It's hard to believe anyone unless I see a paycheck with the cpm on it. I was under the impression I was going to get .29cpm (being the lowest) after spending countless months researching pay scale and talking to recruiter. Anytime there's a sliding pay scale the only number that matters to me is the lowest one. I don't care if they pay $10cpm for 0-50 miles because I know there are no 0-50 mile runs. (It was an example). No, I do not hate the job. I just thought I could actually update people on what to expect as far as pay. I censored reinbursements, deductions so they can't find me and fire me for posting my own pay stub.

This is also how us new guys get stuck in lease purchase deals. It will take me 3 months to get "Normal Pay" I have no idea what normal pay is because all I see is numbers without paychecks. We get paid so low that when you see people making $1000 a week over at kllm lease, Schneider lease, etc its almost worth it to quit and go lease. People say you have alot to learn you only been driving 1 month. True but I also been training since March. Not only that but I have did over 200 runs and traveled to every state expect Maine. But .20cpm That's working 70-80hrs per week. Why 70+?? I count things like sitting at Tyson chicken for over 14hrs on SB part of my 70hr week. That includes walmart, budlight, and places delivering in chicago where you have to drive over out of the city just to sleep for the night at a truck stop. View attachment 109589 View attachment 109590
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18 cents a mile? Yea......I made that in 1984.

Pumpkin Oval Head · Aug 18, 2015

Gucci25 said: ↑

Hello! I haven't seen any info on what our pay is here so I thought I might update people. Here's my paycheck. I get .20cpm and after per diem which takes .02cpm I get .18cpm. It's a sliding pay scale but it doesn't matter since 90% of the loads are over 500 miles.

Note: This is the pay I'm getting while doing my first 30,000 solo. Hometime option is same as every other company. 1 day off for every week out. I'm not sure how much you get paid after 30,000 miles solo. It's hard to believe anyone unless I see a paycheck with the cpm on it. I was under the impression I was going to get .29cpm (being the lowest) after spending countless months researching pay scale and talking to recruiter. Anytime there's a sliding pay scale the only number that matters to me is the lowest one. I don't care if they pay $10cpm for 0-50 miles because I know there are no 0-50 mile runs. (It was an example). No, I do not hate the job. I just thought I could actually update people on what to expect as far as pay. I censored reinbursements, deductions so they can't find me and fire me for posting my own pay stub.

This is also how us new guys get stuck in lease purchase deals. It will take me 3 months to get "Normal Pay" I have no idea what normal pay is because all I see is numbers without paychecks. We get paid so low that when you see people making $1000 a week over at kllm lease, Schneider lease, etc its almost worth it to quit and go lease. People say you have alot to learn you only been driving 1 month. True but I also been training since March. Not only that but I have did over 200 runs and traveled to every state expect Maine. But .20cpm That's working 70-80hrs per week. Why 70+?? I count things like sitting at Tyson chicken for over 14hrs on SB part of my 70hr week. That includes walmart, budlight, and places delivering in chicago where you have to drive over out of the city just to sleep for the night at a truck stop. View attachment 109589 View attachment 109590
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Did you go to their cdl school? The 20 cents a mile would be ok if you had, as companies will deduct 10 cents a mile to offset the tuition cost for a certain period of time. But if not, that rate is lower than low, it is super low.

White Dog · Aug 19, 2015

Pumpkin Oval Head said: ↑

Did you go to their cdl school? The 20 cents a mile would be ok if you had, as companies will deduct 10 cents a mile to offset the tuition cost for a certain period of time. But if not, that rate is lower than low, it is super low.
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That is a great question! I notice on the OP's past posts that he is only 21 years old. Must have went to school somewhere---was it Knight? Are you paying tuition via auto deduction?

If so...seems like an expensive program IF you have to pay them for a year. Even if it is .08 or.09 cpm. X 100,000 miles in the year = $8,000 to $9,000 (6 month commitment seems a LITTLE more fair, but still expensive).

We're not gonna get an answer are we?

Vilhiem · Aug 19, 2015

White Dog said: ↑

That is a great question! I notice on the OP's past posts that he is only 21 years old. Must have went to school somewhere---was it Knight? Are you paying tuition via auto deduction?

If so...seems like an expensive program IF you have to pay them for a year. Even if it is .08 or.09 cpm. X 100,000 miles in the year = $8,000 to $9,000 (6 month commitment seems a LITTLE more fair, but still expensive).

We're not gonna get an answer are we?
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Probably not. I think the OP is a one-hit wonder.

MidwestResident · Aug 19, 2015

XCELERATIONRULES said: ↑

Celadon starting pay is 21 cents(42) team split,or 33 cents solo.
Didnt think many companies started at less than that..highway robbery,
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If I am not mistaken, I believe that starting solo pay at Steven's Transport, out of Dallas TX, is 29 cents per mile.
Believe it or not, from what I have heard, there are veteran OTR drivers at Steven's Transport.

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