Is it easier to find an OTR job vs regional and local?

My experience still being a rookie, yes there are all kinds of OTR jobs with all levels of experience required. But if you look hard enough at the local spots, you can find them out there for rookies. Around here the trade off is local gives best hometime, but lower wages, OTR far less hometime, but greater reward.

 

Yes, by far. Just throw a rock and you will hit an OTR company that is hiring.

 

Yes, it is easier to land an OTR job. One reason is due to sheer numbers of trucks in large, OTR-type truckload fleets. The other reason is that there is typically greater turnover in OTR positions, even within the same company versus their local counterparts.

 

Yep, this is not an understatement. The turnover will always be higher by leaps and bounds.

 

Or if he happens to be near a major hub he could get a line haul job averaging 2500 miles a week at $0.50 a mile and be home every day

 

Yep. I can find tons of local Swift, Schneider, and Werner drivers who have been at their companies for several years, but it is much harder to find that kind of longevity among their road drivers.

 

Some drivers want OTR just so they don't have to be around their families every day. That doesn't mean they don't love their families either; they just can't deal with the daily routine.
You already said you want OTR, so go for it. If you don't like it, then go local later.

 

That's me, wouldn't do local.

 

I tried local and hated it within a few days; could hardly wait to get back on the road.