Confused about pay

Frank Speak · Aug 5, 2017

Sti1471 said: ↑

This is my first post. I am looking for some information before i start training.

I am a computer engineer for 12 years. I am making a career change to truck driver as soon as i find the right training program.

Here is my issue. I live in salt lake city, utah. In order for my career change to work, i need to be able to make 55,000.00 per year to pay my bills. I went into the Sage training academy the other day and spoke with the instructor. He told me that if i was motivated, and a real go getter, obtaining 55k my first year would not be hard.

They tell me that their graduates usually get about .40-.46 cents per mile after graduating. I look online at swift, werner, schneider and many others. They say that new grads or rookies usually make about 30-35k their first year.

I am open to dedicated, regional, or OTA, wherever the most money is. I am very confused by this. If truck companies are offering .40 cents per mile, why would a rookie only make 30-35k their first year? At .40 cents per mile, that is around 22,400 miles a year, which is just over 1,800 miles per month, and if i only drove 5 days of the week, that is 91 miles per day. I do 60 miles a day just driving to my office. Certainly driving a truck you guys are all getting more than 91 miles per day. So what am i missing. Are rookie drivers limited to a certain number of miles per year, or do the companies not give rookies many hauls or something?

If i graduate from Sage, go to work for a company, and accept as money loads as i can, would 55k my first year be a reachable goal? And if not, what are the reasins rookie drivers are capped under 40k?
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Your math is wrong. $35k at .40 cpm means you drove 87,500 miles. The formula for this is quite simple. Divide the pay by the cpm to get the miles: 35,000/.40 = 87,500.

Also, I don't know what companies in your area pay, but I would be highly skeptical of anyone telling you you can make $55k your first year.

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