What's a good pay per mile rate?

So many things have to be factored in to the equation. Is it Dry van? Reefer? Flatbed? what is the average length of your runs? Are they drop and hook? How many miles per week are your driver going to get? I have two and a half years of experience spotless background, and a spotless driving record. I am currently making $0.34 a mile and not complaining about it because I'm doing 2000 mile runs drop and hook on both ends. I can also get up to $0.05 a mile and bonuses. How much is the health insurance? Are any endorsements required? How much is layover pay breakdown pay detention pay? I've heard they look at all of that or not. The cpm is only part of what makes up your pay.

 

This is part of the reason our wages are so low. With that attitude good luck keeping your csa score if that's the type of people you wanna hire.

 

I would never tell my son that he should be happy with 15 per hour driving a rolling house down Americas roadways! The industry should be ashamed for even allowing it! Good grief man.

 

As others have mentioned, medical insurance for the employees and dependents is a HUGE factor. A lot of drivers will go for a much lower cpm rate to get great medical coverage. Mega carriers generally pay really low cpm but offer great insurance because they get price breaks from the insurance carriers for the high number of employees. Getting affordable coverage for smaller trucking companies isn't always easy because there are so few employees, and it sometimes benefits the employee to pay them a much higher wage and let them get their own coverage. Obamacare sucks big time, but as long as it's still available in some states it is more affordable than standard coverage if the employees have to buy their own. My last job paid $4,800 a month gross but the company medical was costing me $1,200 a month out of my net pay, so it wasn't such a great deal. If a driver has a family member with a pre-existing medical condition and they must have good affordable coverage, that's a much more important consideration than the cpm in a lot of cases.

 

The best thing you could do is not drive a truck at all.
It isn't worth the trouble anymore. It takes a high threshold of pain to make it through the first few years if you have a brain and notice the angles you're getting screwed from.
I figured it out in a couple weeks but was determined to succeed.
Get as much as they'll pay you and then work hard. If someone is going to give you .45 per mile,take it.

 

Wow it is like I am stepping in the twilight zone.

Hey op, I have to ask - how many trucks do you have?

The second question is how long have you been doing this for?

Here is the thing, a lot of good fleet owners do not ever, I mean don't ever talk about cpm.

Cpm is mega driver mentality speak, you don't want to attract that type of driver, you are looking for drivers who can think and drive independent of you, no hand holding at 2am becuase the driver is out of hours and don't know what to do.

Think percentage, aim high for your standard rates, $2 a mile isn't bad with expenses and drivers coming first before the owner takes their cut.