What is the expected pay for 11 months experience

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    $2 per miles minus $1.50 fixed costs = 50 cpm?
    For an oo with all the risk?
    I'll take 40 cpm with no risk.3000 miles per week x .40= $1200 per week...simple math.
     
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    I seriously doubt $1.50/mile fixed cost.What costs SO MUCH???
     
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    I'm almost out of school. Where should I work?
     
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    I hear knight transportation is a great starter company. Let me know how it goes.
     
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    I took a local job after 11 months OTR. Averaging about 1300 a week right now. Home daily and weekends and holidays(paid) off.
     
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    Where are these jobs at? Who with?
     
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    Depends on your area. That’s the thing with local. I used to wonder why guys would go OTR when they could literally make double going local and still have a chick and a life. Then I realized I lived in a major market and it wasn’t like that everywhere.

    Local is 100% dependent on the area you live in.
     
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    Well I can tell you I joined OTR with CRST to get my Class A license. As I believe most OTR guys do.
     
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