Entry Level Pay...?

From what I gather and understand starting out you can make 1500 to 2000 depending on you and your company that you go to work for. The more your at home the less money the more you run the more money you make.

 

Good luck with the 2 weeks out then home idea.

Pay scale, is realistic. Although I am concerned about whether or not Central has gotten up to average industry standards, it was really bad several years back. Maybe a current driver can give you better information.

Adding to all this. I would really have to talk to the recruiter and other Central drivers about your home time. Many companies require that you be out for 14 days, before you request home time. Then they take 5-14 days to get you home. So you actually average 17-28 days out.

Be advised, as an early poster stated. You will be cutting your check short by forcing them to route you home this often. As an industry, it has gotten better on this aspect. But, it varies by company.

 

My research has shown that it's difficult to find an OTR company that pays well AND gets you regular hometime. From what I've found, Roehl or Covenant would be good choices for regular hometime, while Prime seems to have the best pay rate for students. Oregon might be difficult from a hiring perspective though.

 

American Trucker

 

The pay expectations are close enough, but not the home time.
You will likely be out for 3-4 weeks before getting 2-3 days home time. And even then, it is not exact with the dates.

As for the pay - have you considered that it is fairly expensive to live on the road? You won't be sending all that much back home.

Some weeks you might send back a few hundred, but some weeks you will need evey cent for yourself.

 

I think somebody yanked your chain with the Covenant idea. I get more home time in a month, than the average Covenant drivers gets in 2 1/2 months.

If I had to advise an incoming driver where to go. Prime and Covenant wouldn't even make the list.

 

Unless you get a really crappy dispatcher or really tick someone off you should not have trouble making that kind of money at any company... $2000 a month is only running 7,000 miles at .28/mi.

 

Rookie pay:

.25cpm to .34cpm

You will be paid by the mile, so the more miles you run the more you make. Hometime is counter productive to miles and makeing money.


The more you work the more you make.

EX:

100% Drop n Hook pulling van or reefers is going to pay less then a LTL Carrier or a Flatbed or Tanker company. The more work involved in the job generally the more you'll make.


New drivers yearly pay $20,000 - $50,000, this amount will depend on:

a. Who you got to work for what what they pay per mile
b. How hard you run
c. How long you stay out
d. Accesorial Pay


My first OTR job was Watkins Shepard Trucking, I grossed $46,000 and drove 136,000 miles. W/S is a LTL Carrier hence the high pay.


Allot of companies start at .25-.29cpm and give raises throughout the first year. If your not going to be at .32cpm OR MORE at the one year mark its not worth it.


Your better off staying out 4 weeks then takeing 4 days off rather then 2 weeks out with 2 days off (to make money). But if you only need $1500 a month you can afford to be home more, but IMO you'd be better off getting the extra money and exp out on the road.





American Trucker