Fuel Surcharge

So you're being paid percentage and given a copy of the billing. If anything this carrier is more honest than others. Most drivers paid percentage just take the carrier's word on the rate.
It's normal for the carrier to deduct all the FSC.
100% of the FSC should go to whoever pays for the fuel.

 

It could be what they're doing on the paper is taking what the load pays, then deducting the FSC (because they keep that, they pay for the fuel), then they give you a % of whatever the load pays AFTER the FSC.

 

I am sure this is what they are doing. Many loads pay a flat rate, especially when booked through a broker. Let's assume the load paid a flat rate of $1200 for 400 miles. Their fuel surcharge is .50/mi. They deduct $200 off the top, then pay your percentage of the remaining amount. If they didn't do this your pay would go up with the price of fuel and they would be making less.

 

I'm paid on a percentage basis as well. While I don't get a statement showing what each load paid, I will occasionally look at the dispatch paper stapled to the card under my name on the board (it's nice working for a VERY small company). I am paid off the base amount (plus any detention/standby monies) of the load, not the base rate + FSC.


What Boywander said is the most likely way they are doing it. They are just showing your what the entire load paid, fsc included. If you know what your percentage rate is, then it's easy to figure out what they are paying you.

If the entire load, with FSC, pays $3,000, and your paid 30% of the load, that would be $900. If the load pays $2,200 and the FSC is $800, then your pay would be $660.00 for the load. Easy way to figure out what they are doing.