The different forms of Hired Driver Pay/Income?

If you are looking at flatbed too, you can add tarping pay and at many companies oversized load pay.

 

Most new drivers will not make 1,200 a week. Im sure you did but its not the norm.

 

Most of all the "bonus" pay you mentioned is mostly b.s. except for miles bonus, stop pay, and mpg bonus. And these dont pay much at all at the megas.

 

I agree "Most" new drivers won't make gross $1200 per week.

But "Most" new drivers won't tarp loads, or will work for Swift/Knight/Werner, etc.

When I was looking into jobs right out of school, I was PICKY. I turned down Werner, JB Hunt and JBS Carriers, all of whom wanted to pay me .25-33 CPM. I went with System Transport for .36 CPM, who seemed like a good deal to me at the time. I did well there and was invited to join a specialized fleet at 43.67 CpM + oversized, PLUS hazmat rates.

I'm making 47 CPM at 15 months or so. Making 2200-3600 miles per week now at a reefer company. It's decent. Can't think of where I'd do better. (Not that thi keeps me from whining). $500 a week after training? I wouldn't have done it for 3 weeks.

 

New drivers at the company I drive for may not make 1200 a week, but will certainly make more than 4 or 500 bucks. Newbs, after training here will probably average 850-900. Unless they are pretty lazy.

 

Yeah, i was referring to some of the megas that alot of new drivers sign up with.

 

Not sure of mentioned but some companies pay based on percentage of how much they got from the shipper.

 

I don't know if this still applies 20 years later or not, maybe someone else still gets the same thing..?
Back in 1994 I was hauling chemicals for Transchem/B.J. West (now James J. Williams), we got different combinations of pay depending on the run. We always received hourly pay for loading/unloading. Depending where you were at, it could take up to an hour and a half to load or unload.

 

Tankers. HAZMAT. that pays all those above for most part