Average CPM pay and benefits for my situation?

You will be micromanaged at Walmart

 

I have a difficult time talking too much to other drivers because too many are nothing but talk.
Some of the biggest complainers I've met are the drivers that have been with a company the longest.
My BS meter stays on full alert all the time.

 

$.89 cpm plus excellent benefits; if I wanted more pay and better benefits, I'd put up with some micro-management.
After all, I don't own the company, so have the option to put up with whatever or move on to something better.

 

You're right about that. There are companies out there that offer incentives. They are nice, but I'm a bottom line guy. I look at what is most consistently achievable. What can I expect to hit my bank account every Friday? If you're working for a bigger outfit, their customer base tells the story. If it's a lot of drop and hook, I'm going for that. Less time live loading and unloading means more money, because your wheels stay turning. I look more at the business operation than I do the incentives, because the incentives aren't always achievable.

 

I agree to a point. Talking to honest, objective drivers will give a prospective employee the truth. I know people talk about drivers need to know their worth blah blah blah, but it ain't often drivers can go to a company and call their shot. In this industry, it ain't about what you make it's how you spend it. Young drivers need to figure out works for them, have reasonable expectations, and lower the impressionable metter some.

 

I'd say across the board average for a 3 year driver is about 55-57 cpm . Sometimes companies will inflate that cpm if you say you are leaving for pay. I'd say try to get 1350$ a week

 

Remember the guy getting .55cpm or more is hauling the same loads as the guy making .40cpm. Only thing different is the profit margin for the company.

There's nothing wrong with a company paying as little as possible to maximize their profits. It's just business. But right now with the lack of workers there is nothing wrong with a driver demanding a higher wage. It is after all just business.

 

I’m home every night doing LTL city driving. Paid hourly, I gross $1600-$1900 a week. Consistently taking home around $1300 a week.

Pretty good I guess. But most who are hired for city driving don’t last, we have a high turnover rate once drivers figure out there’s actually work involved and you do touch freight.

I think @Lennythedriver should be making 80-90 k a year.

 

Not only that but iv seen guys just straight up turn down or quit line haul because they couldnt adapt to nights .