Historical per mile pay, can you help me with the statistics?

Get 6 mos experience somewhere, then switch to Marten. Try to start out with refrigerated, then you'll have some experience when you switch to Marten.

 

Western Dairy Transport is milk tankers and hires new cdl school grads.
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Western Dairy Transport
Two Kansas terminals.

• • CDL A License
  • Must be at least 23 years of age
  • Tanker endorsement
    Western Dairy Transport is the nation's largest milk and dairy transportation provider, serving 48 states and Mexico with 14 terminals. Learn about their history, values, services, careers, and …

 

This one is dry van:
Metro Xpress | Freight Carrier in Wichita Kansas
3518 N. Ohio St., Wichita, KS 67219

 

Driving Careers | Butler Transport
347 N James St, Kansas City, KS 66118
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Refrigerated trucking.
Recent Graduates
If you're just getting started we'll provide the training and respect you deserve to be successful in your new career!

 

CDL school will also have a few companies they push. Usually Werner and Schneider. Don't jump on anything too quickly. You'll have plenty of time to decide.

 

I've only been in this industry for just over 4 years and have seen huge pay differences from company to company, between specialities, etc. What I look for and would if I ever change companies is what the actual gross/nets vs my time (hrs worked) put in. For example I see some job ads for $30/hr and/or $0.60 to $0.75 cpm. All over.... Which is more than what my pay is ..... But then I look at the other important factors..... How well are their trucks maintained? How micro-managed would I be? Where would I be driving? Benefits, etc ... Even at my small company of only 5-7 drivers, each of our pay setup is different. We have 3 drivers hourly, 1 driver on set salary paid no matter how much or little he works in a week, and two of us that get cpm and some hourly for detention. No benefits besides vacation (paid at hourly rate). I'm the top gross earner at 0.59/mile and $24/hrly..... I have a new 2025 truck with great mechanics, and a great dispatcher/boss who takes care of me, no micromanaging. But I also run 15-20 hr days, 80+ hr weeks, averaging 3000+ miles each week regionally in UT and Idaho with 1-2 trips to NV Monthly. I made $125+ last year. But I'm a workaholic to meet my family needs. I could go make more per mile or hourly at other places, but wouldn't make as much monthly/yearly because I wouldn't be able to work the hrs and miles I do without the ag exemption I use regularly at this job. I track all my own hrs and miles etc.... and average $28-$29 per hr.

I say all that to say, don't just look at the cpm or hrly rate. Take it all into account to see what works best for your needs and goals.

 

As those things seldom came up, I never even considered them much of a perk.

 

I remember starting out at 26 cpm back in 2000 and topped out 8 years later at 40. There were companies paying better and there were also some paying worse. There wasn't much in accessories pay there. Extra stops was about it that was $18 but not the first or last. We were mostly 1&1 so not a lot of extra stops pay. Lots of wasted time that paid nothing like most other trucking companies then and now. Now I'm at 71 cpm weekdays and 78 on Saturday and Sunday. Accessorial pay pushes it up to around a $1.50ish before taxes and benefits are subtracted. It's nice getting paid for time and most everything else along with the miles.

 

ALL companies claim to pay detention pay. You might get paid for 10% of the waiting you are required to do.
"You were 5 minutes late for appointment so you make nothing for the 9 hours you waited to unload."
"You appointment was on a holiday and the only employees had brown eyes, so you make nothing for waiting."
"We can't unload you if you have less than 5 hours left on your 14 hour clock, we'll reschedule your load to next Wed."