Gross Pay? Company driver

They have so many small yards I didn't even learn where there are were. A great sign is the daycabs, that means you're home every day!!!! Give em a hollar, it's free to find out. It's been over a year since I've been with them but I talk to term mgr in KY all the time. Doesn't sound like much has changed. They just need drivers like everyone else. The runs are all easy, never had one that had lots of time built into it.

 

Thanks, I'll call them.

 

Where we made out was in Las Vegas. For the past 30 years Las Vegas has claimed to be the fastest growing city in the U.S. With that comes good and bad. In the gasoline business you want to see growth because that means you'll be working hard for awhile at least. On the down side the infrastructure can not keep up so the city might raise the cost of living which hits you the hardest. Still when I was driving my company paid us drivers the same as the California guys but we had a low cost of living.

Usually you'll see the cost of living would be low and so would the wages. So throughout the country you'd see low wages but the cost of living would be low also. Every thing balanced out. Like the Kentucky area you'd see low wages but the cost of living matched. Out on the East coast going up from D.C. that area got you. The cost of living was high and they paid nothing for truck drivers.

So it's very smart to search out these places if you're just starting out so you can have the best for your family or a rich single person that could afford all the toys. When I retired my family moved out to the East cost where we had to pay a lot to live. My property taxes are over $7000 a year. But we moved to be near the family and we knew what to expect. Now just about all are gone and we are talking about moving back to Las Vegas.

If you're starting out in trucking if you can use the move to anywhere you like just check the cost of living.

 

Amen to that. OKC has a low cost of living and trucking pays well.

 

You've to go out and find them but when you do you're making twice as much.

 

Question since I'm in research mode on switching careers to trucking - regional/dedicated seem to be the best options for me since I need to be home regularly to keep my wife happy: for regional runs if your gross is $60K then what's the net? Same question for dedicated runs too? I would think for OTR the expenses are much higher? Thanks - Gerry

 

Your in Philly check out the port jobs in your area. A lot of them will train you now you can run local be home everyday and have weekends off. Not sure what the pay is when training.I run the tri-state local and after taxes my salary is better than 72,500 a year. Check into it you will be shocked what you can find.

 

68k with fuel bonus. Not shabby.

 

Them are hard questions to answer. Gross pay is gross pay. But net is a different thing. Everyone's tax situation is different. Some people have liens and garnishments that affect their take home pay. As far as OTR, yeah, you can spend more on eating and stuff out on the road. But you eat anyway. And with OTR you can deduct more at tax time. The only fair measure is gross pay and benefits package. Too many other variables to break it down any farther.

 

If you are new and researching. .. you must add the cost of being away from home. I don't necessarily mean in dollars, but could cost you in the long run. Many come into this expecting riches, but leave very poor and disenchanted. You will probably be around 45k gross... if that is worth it, then go for it. What these guys made is irrelevant. I made 92k this year, has no bearing on anybody else or the guy that busted his hump and made 49k.