It’s not so bad, you can still get to gourmet dogs at loves for $3.33.

My research on the current company driver CPM, right now, is average dry van is running about 58 CPM. If you’ve got a couple years experience and clean record you should have no issues finding a job at the mid to high 60’s.
I run into a lot of drivers who have been with the same company for years. 10 years or more. And they just don’t get that things have changed dramatically in the last two years. They’re still out there driving for around $.50 per mile. Staying loyal to their company. Little do they know, it’s their company they play loyal to that is literally ripping them off. Unfortunately, many of these drivers will have to threaten to quit to see any type of increase.

It’s really pretty simple math. The average salary for a truck driver has went from around 50,000 to about 77,000 in the last two years. You have many drivers on here stating they now make over 100,000 per year. You’re not gonna have any chance to make 100,000 a year until you get up into the high $.60 per mile range with many bonuses on top of that. I make $55 cents per mile, zero bonuses or even accessory pay at my current company. Yes, I’m looking. But I want to land the final job and not just switch to switch.

 

Good information and thanks for it! I used to be one of those "loyal to the company" drivers, but never again. It's just not worth the sacrifice with all the inflation going on.

 

i went to a Loves and cannot remember where on east coast and a 16 ounce milk was 4.99. Im thinking about pulling a San Fran.

 

Tip of the iceberg. I all but guarantee, if the public saw where and how their "favorite" food is made, they'd starve.

 

Maybe those companies have benefits like medical, dental, retirement etc. that more than make up for that extra .12 cents?

 

Nope. In fact I found the companies that payer company drivers the higher cents per mile typically even have better benefits on top of it. Just the way it is.

 

So you know for a fact that all companies are like that?

 

Of course not. I’m saying companies paying under 60cpm risk losing drivers. Period. 60-64 is the average going rate. Even with sone of the Megas. Heck even swift offered me a dedicated route, 2400 miles weekly, home two days a week, 64 CPM. And that’s SWIFT. Crete offered me 68 CPM, with bonuses, great benefits and home weekly.

 

Those really are good, and they were only 99 cents last week at my local QT. Now that's a bargain you don't see as often these days.

 

The get-together in Davos had nothing to do with anything we are seeing now.