whats out there for an 18 year old?

you could perhaps obtain a class b with a p endorsement and drive straight truck or bus, better yet try and get a job at UPS and work your way up to driving truck you'll earn good $$$

 

hickman, for an 18yr old, there ain't much around. Try a local farmer, they might give you a chance. Maybe get on with a Beverage company, as a helper, or merchandiser.

 

How about the military? You get the training and experience, plus 3 hots and a cot. I believe the process to convert a military drivers license to civilian is fairly simple. Plus if you change your mind about driving college money will be there.
Frank

 

One word: College

 

College, trade schools, or military.

 

My ex wife has 4 yrs of college. Still never earned more than min wage anywhere she worked. When my daughter was born, it was cheaper to keep my ex at home than to let her work. She made $96 weekly so she could play bingo. Day care cost $130 weekly just so she could work. College isnt for every one.

Hurst

 

Great advice! There drivers get paid well.

 

Federal rules dictate you must be 21 to drive interstate, so most of the jobs you are looking at are likely for Over The Road drivers. You can drive a semi for a milk hauler, a grain truck, and others that don't go out of state.....I am assuming you can get a CDL at age 18, although I do not know that for sure. I knew a 19 year old that had his CDL.

You can also get a Class B license and drive a straight truck....including refuse trucks, which are always looking for drivers, dump trucks, cement trucks, fuel truck, and feed trucks.

Good luck.

 

The only minimum wage job I ever held was my first summer of working while I was in high school, but that's beside the point. Education never hurt anybody and college will make a person a more well-rounded individual.