Company Driver Percentage Pay

I don't think so. Either they have some real high dollar freight lanes and feel they need to make sure you as a driver don't "make too much", or they are just being "cheap". A general rule of thumb in the industry is the driver(s) in a truck earn 25% of the revenue ... as a starting wage Any benefits would be in addition to this.

Assume they are charging $4.00/mile and don't want you earning 25% or 28%, but rather only 20% ... if the freight rate demands such a high value, don't you think the one responsible for it's safe and dependable pickup and delivery should keep an even-keel percentage of the rate for their value/part in the equation?

I'm assuming there are no other "accessorial charges" that are paid to you, the driver, such as add'l stop pay, unload pay, d/h pay, wait time pay, etc of any consequence???

 

25 to the low 30's is a more typical percentage, again depending on what the linehaul is. And you want to specifically ask them what kind of revenue per mile they are hauling.

 

20% is on the cheap side,,for many years the average was always 25% some companies will pay 30%,,lets hope that your company's rates are good,, make sure the company is taking out payroll taxes and has workers comp ins,,if not find an other company,,20% is slave wages

 

30 to 32/33 seems to be the going rate for the guys I know that do this. That's of the line haul, any and all fuel surcharge goes to the truck owner. As it should. Twenty percent is ridiculously low in my opinion.

 

20% is still at the bottom of the percentage wage scale,, you can do better.

 

20% of what? And how much running will you do at that rate? Might be good, might suck, but I think we here all agree that 20% sucks, no matter.

Like your math teacher should have taught you, 100% of 0 is 0, and 10% of 0 is 0

 

Yes....20% is freaking peanuts dude. What you just described in bennies above, is what most people offer...only difference is, most people pay better.

Remember; an empty trailer to your next load pays ZERO...so 20% of ZERO is ZERO! The loaded revenue has to pay well enough to average out the deadhead miles. My best estimate at 20% with ZERO for deadhead, is you are gonna average .18cpm tops on any freight.