2012 / First year wages @ May

They have Spam on sale at Wal Mart .. Just sayin ..lol

 

Blue, I told you they could email them. They did it for me. Why they refused to do it for you the first time is beyond me.

$31,192/345 days out=$90 per day/11 hours a day average on-duty/driving=$8.00 an hour. Deduct the cost of food, etc., and it gets really depressing.

Oregon's current minimum wage is $8.95 an hour, which is better than what you made driving truck your first year!

I hope things get better for you on that front moving forward.

 

Huuum, slightly discouraging. What company do (did) you drive for?

 

Oops, I just reread the title.. @May. Never mind..

 

Crossing that one off my list

 

Why would you cross them off your list? It's pretty much that way at all training/entry level companies.

 

Wait, ya cant count cost of food, since thats yer per diem tax write off. Also, any job you would bring food or go to lunch .. Right?. And a normal job, ya cant write off yer lunch.

And I have only driven 11 hours twice in almost 5 years out here. Its all on how you utilize time.

Not trying to argue with ya Scooter Jones. But most days out here for me are 8 or 9 hours. And i am not sitting (well, with May I did ..lol).

Remember, I am an Owner/Op .. So my wages are different than a Company Driver ..

Last week I had total of 54 hours drive and on duty combined .. Take home gross (after all expenses) was $1,678.00 so lets do the math: thats $31.07 an Hour.

 

I'm not counting the 11 hrs as driving hrs only. I'm using an average of on-duty and driving. In fact, if you pull a refer trailer, you're really on-duty 24 hrs babysitting that load. Believe me, I know

In addition, if you're waiting to get loaded/unloaded you're technically working. Just think how many hrs a driver sits waiting to be live loaded and unloaded.

As far as the food goes, most drivers spend $600 on average while on the road.

 

Wont argue the refer side, been there, done that and no more ever again. Thats why I run Dry.

Cost of food is tricky, if yer smart, ya prepare food and/or find bargains out there.

Anything at a big name truck stop is double or even triple the price .. Stay away ..lol