I would be curious to see drivers of various experience levels answer these questions. I think the results could be interesting for everyone, newbies like myself as well as experienced drivers.
1) What is your daily pay (miles x cpm)?
2) hours per week worked paid ?
3) hours per week worked total ?
4) miles driven per week ?
4) days home per week/or month?
I think answers to these questions will not only weed people out, but will maybe make some think. A point I want to make and show by asking these questions is, drivers have to drive "x" number of hours daily/weekly... but then work hours in addition to that. So what constitutes "work"? I would say if I am forced to sit and wait for a load, wait for a truck to be repaired, tarp a trailer... any time I am NOT home.... I am working and on the clock. Why? Because, I can't relax; I can't have a beer; I am not with family/friends; I have to stay alert and in touch with the company. That said... include all the hours you are on the clock under this definition... not just hours driven.
The end result I want to see is what the actual breakdown is in gross hourly wage. And then back out costs of business per week... tolls, food, tools... everything related and required that is an expense.
And it would be great of the people who run this were able to use the information and put it into a scale or chart that might give a good glimpse into experience and how it affects income... or not. And what actual income are... not the BS fed to newbies by companies such as $43,000 1st year! as you see in some ads in trucking mags and the newspaper.
Thanks because I think this could be very enlightening.
What is YOUR income, any/all experience?
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by inthewindaz, Sep 8, 2008.
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I'm kinda gettin worried. It's not so much the pay we should be thinking about? It's the available loads for us to deliver. With the economy being what it is, is there any freight to deliver???? I'm a newby and I want miles all I can get. But will we get them?
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I compare that with my prior life of working 70, 80, 90 hours per week - or more - and either making more money (as much as 75k) or less (as low as 35k) - and most certainly not having the life that I want - which includes coming home every night.
I'm pretty happy with my job.foodmojo Thanks this. -
Just the same, I started this thread so everyone, not just newbies, could get an idea of what ACTUAL INCOME can be expected as compared to the real world...desk jobs, or "normal jobs", etc... THAT is important I think, for people to know what they make... what they REALLY make.foodmojo Thanks this. -
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You are asking for drivers to break down a lot of info. My husband made 49K his first 12 months out. He stays out between 3-6 weeks each time and gets one day home for each week out. Some days he drives like crazy, other days he has time to spare and explores the little towns that he drives through. But to break it down to a per hour or per day wage? We'd rather focus on the big picture.
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Here's what you don't want to see or know:
Based upon a $49,000 annual income divided by 330 days, his GROSS DAILY INCOME would be $148. Now since he sleeps, eats and lives in the truck, he works 24 hours per day. His hourly wage would be $6.19 per hour.
In essence, your husband works 330 days a year (slave labor) for $6.19/hr. GROSS Income. After taxes and before costs of business, he makes about $5.00 per hour. Now subtract food, clothes and out of pocket expenses, some of which he gets reimbursed for... which don't count but then, it's the company using YOUR money to PAY THEIR expenses and make them money!
Now everyone reading this can see what I am talking about when you try and figure out what you ACTUALLY make. Yes, your husband made $49,000, but he could stay out all week and live in a van and deliver papers to everyone in your city and make $49,000 also... at $6.19 an hour.
Now, if you want to be lenient (but incorrect) and say he isn't working when he's sleeping (even though he is sleeping in a bunk in a truck somewhere at some truckstop or parking lot for 10 hours a day, then he would be shown as making a whopping $10.57 an hour!
I hope you see my point. Working for $6 or even $10 an hour IS THE BIG PICTURE that I want you to see!Dav and Paddington Thank this. -
I just started at Sygma as a drivers helper a little over a month ago, I work 3 days a week, 12-13 hr a run. I gross about $800 a week, I get paid 70% of what the driver makes. Now that I just started driving, I will be on my way to a relief driver ($1200 guaranteed a week), and then my own route which can pay anywhere between $1200 to $2000 a week. All depends upon cube and weight of your load, and miles driven.
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Eventually as a drivers helper I will move from 3 days to 4............which will bring me to about $1000 a week. In the meantime, I still get to drive and become prepared to get my own route.foodmojo Thanks this.
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