How Much do Truckers Earn in 2021? Pay Comparison (Local, OTR Van/Flatbed, Lease & Owner Operator)
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- Опубликовано: 30 май 2024
- PS. For your information, the amounts in the video are Canadian dollars, we are based in Toronto, Canada.
How much does the average trucker earn today in 2021?
- How much do local drivers get paid in 2021?
- How much do cross-border OTR Van/reefer drivers get paid in 2021?
- How much do cross-border OTR Flatbed drivers get paid in 2021?
- How much do lease-operators get paid in 2021?
- How much do owner-operators get paid in 2021?
What is a good pay per mile for flatbed, van or reefer?
Due to the popularity of our last pay comparison video, we decided to create an even more detailed pay comparison video featuring drivers from 5 different divisions; a local city driver, cross border OTR van driver, cross border OTR flatbed driver, lease-operator, and an owner-operator.
In the video, we will compare the earnings from drivers in each of the 5 divisions. To keep the samples accurate, we chose drivers that averaged around 6000 miles in 15 days and drive similar routes from the GTA (Greater Toronto Area) to the South East and Mid West USA.
I hope this video gives you some insight on which division is best suitable for you, or whether if the pay you're receiving is on par with the standards today. This video is helpful for both people who want to become truckers, new truckers, and veteran truckers.
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If your a Owner Operator grossing less than $2.00
A mile your dispatcher is keeping the other $1.00 per mile
Facts
Is it best to be an owner operator? I'm new.
Lmao that's what saying. Probably keeping 2 plus dollars many loads out there 4 dollars plus
@@happycook6737 of course. Then you don't have to share your money with these companies that pay 1.45 per mile. You can make up to 5 dollars per mile
@@toothpick526 Oh, good to know.
Am so happy to be able to get answers that I have been asking myself,and appreciate you guys for the work you have been doing and the piece of knowledge that you have been sharing .
That’s why these companies grow so fast. Because of ridiculously underpaid owner operators and drivers
Yep, 1099 the drivers and import the rest. Right now, times are good, due to various reasons. But, if you have been in this racket for any amount of time, that can end in a split second. That $5 a mile freight can easily be $1.50 tomorrow, seen that more times than I like to recall. That is when these carriers shine, as they can afford to run on the cheap, as they honestly have little to no skin in the game like the rest of us. They can run their operations from overseas and be shut down, and back in business tomorrow. I cannot compete with that.
Truth
Facts
Better than working a regular job 😭
Facts
423 miles a night, 4 nights a week, 9hrs a night, $987 a week. 34 years and have only driven local. I’ll take my home time over big money.
Same here man, moved back home to Hawai’i making less money…but I get to go home every night
@@awaroots Haole !🤩
6000k miles a week is ridiculous. Drivers need to make at least $32-35 an hour. Period. Drivers need to Universally get paid "by-the-hour now", or let management do the jobs themselves. "65-70 hours a week...this is utterly ridiculous"...for anyone.
6,000 miles In 15 days, so that's 2 weeks, not every week.
@@frankiegunnz8066 6000K at a speed of 60 mph is equal to 100 hours, but you also have to consider traffic jams, unloading, breakdowns, etc. and that number can easily double to 200 hours so 60-70 hours a week is an ideal number but realistically is more like 100 hours a week.
Your videos have immense value for someone just planning on entering the industry. Thanks!
Wow in 1985 I made $58,000 a year as a company driver. You wonder why people don’t want to take driving jobs. Your wages are a bout $60 k short of what they should be based on inflation if not more.
Yeah, management and increased restrictions is fucking drivers over.
It because Truck Driver back then used to be a "Middle Class". Now it no longer middle-class due to Population grow..
And in 1985, you kept two log books and worked a lot more than 70 hours in 8 days. A little fact you guys conveniently forget about.
@@marvinthemartian9584 No we did not ran a bout 70 hours a week if that. Worked for private carrier and they would not stand for guys running over hours. The company hade respect for us and what we did and new trucks every 3 years.
@@chriswoodward5368 There have always been companies that will treat their drivers with respect and others that treat them with contempt regardless of what year it is. As a company driver, it is absolutely possible to make $100,000 a year. But there are too many drivers out there that would rather complain about their situation then making the effort to improve it.
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A huge thanks to all the team working behind these videos .
Best decision I ever made as a truck driver was getting out of freight and into gravel and construction. Company driver running end dumps I make $28.50 CAD per hour, time and half after 50 hours. Better benefits and pension then any freight company. And I go home every night.
1k net a week ain't nothing brag about
@@dapro2524 I do the same thing but I’m an owner opt and I make between 105-125$ an hour an average of 32-38 hours a week , he is right you get to come home every night to your family and make bank if you got your own truck. plenty of night work too .
Yeah, road drivers definitely get screwed. God bless the oilfield!!
Thats shit pay lol
@@cynicaltexan9639 Maybe to you but as a 23 year old making 160-170k a year is amazing for me and I only have one truck lol, but based off your name i’m guessing youre a troll .
That owner operator should find another company asap 1.60 per mile gross are you kidding me lol
This kid got jokes
Excellent video - simple, clear and honest. Thank you
Love how your screwing over your lease drivers. You make them pay for their lease, which is fine, but on top of that you're taking away their $/mile. In effect you take their money twice. But wait, there's more, you pay bi-weekly knowing they're going to see those big numbers and not question anything. Bravo.
What trucker (let alone an owner operator) will take a job paying every two weeks?
Agreed
Watch out for Panther II out of Medina, Ohio. Sign with them and it will be 6 weeks before they pay you. Then they take everything, fuel, taxes out of that first check. Yes, 6 weeks get a check for $25. McCain out of Maine makes O/Os pay for the reefer fuel for company trailers.
@@samuelschick8813 What? Who the heck would even consider going along with that?
@@bretroberts950, No one does. But new hires don't find out about it till time for the first payment then Panther II makes an excuse. It's very rare if a Panther II O/O runs into another Panther II at pick up, delivery or on the road/terminal.
Nice video, mate! Thanks for sharing this with us.
videos always very informative!!! 👍
Great Video as Always ❤️
Thanks again!
Thanks for this video. Really informative
This information was on point, thanks
I work Linehaul making a flat rate on my trip making 400 a night 2000 a week , if your not making 1500 a week atleast your doing something wrong !
What about a new cdl driver with one year experience, I am getting 50 cent a mile , ???
Exactly,,, they send me offers I say 1800 net a week or I ain’t working lol. Know what you are worth drivers we are important and our job isn’t easy
@@6688ya one year exp? At least .60cpm
What company u work at ?
5 months experience so far. Flatbed (Super B's at Kelsey Trail) and Dry Van (Gibson). Will your company hire me? Clean CVOR and Abstract.
The problem is they don’t include the fact that you must divide the checks by the amount of hours spent in the truck because it’s all work product. Over the road has to be divided by your time away from home which brings the pay way down. Plus your geographic location will dictate your rate as well.
I make more money in landscaping 20 per hours,in trucking you make 3 per hours when you do the matt
@@arielvalentin5008 depends how you look at it just because I’m in the truck doesn’t mean I’m working lol
@@arielvalentin5008 city drivers make $25 an hour on average tho and is much easier than landscaping.
@@arielvalentin5008 I had an offer here from Pepsi Co., driving local trucks for $28 an hour no experience needed. Home daily. While you're sweating and passing out from heat exhaustion, I'll be chilling in my cab blasting the AC and listening to some tunes. And while you're out of work during the winter, I'll still be making money. And did I mention benefits?
@@arielvalentin5008 And you are home each night, don't have to stay in a truck, and can go wherever you want because easy to park a landscaping rig.
The " Truck Industry" is one of the most corrupt industry, maneuver by incompetent pencil pushing jockeys ( Brokers, Brokers staff, Company owners, dispatcher, receivers, shippers, etc.).
Juan, have you thought of finding a trucking job with the least office-interaction as possible. A dedicated weekly run perhaps? They’re out there!
I’m guessing the stripping industry’s comparable
@@maryrudelich9000 mary do us truckers a favor and list them
Ok, so it’s not all a bed of roses. Sit with yourself and list your personal priorities.. Then, list your career priorities. Once you have this on paper it makes it a lot easier to read ads, converse with recruiters, and negotiate with prospective employers. Don’t be surprised if it takes you a while to land that ideal job. Take your time so that you don’t make yourself miserable. Keep it real, and remember that no job is perfect.
I don't think people actually have a clue about corruption.
Very informative. Thanks you
That's good money. Thank you for sharing.
Brilliant effort...
Great video
I drive a concrete mixer, home every night. Make $26.25 an hour with overtime over 40 hours. Work about 40-70 hours a week depending on how busy we are. When the weather is good I avg about 60 hours a week. I have 1 year experience. Local work seems like a lot better deal for me but this is my first trucking job.
Hell yeah lol I’m making bank also driving a trash truck.
I did if for 15 years$25$ was last hourly wage. Got sick of loser drunk druggie concrete atitude. Phucken POS losers for the most part & a kid that could not dispatch his own bowel movement so I quit. Did I mention the ELD & wanted to replace my Cat power Advance for a shitty DEF powered Cummins. All set .😒
Can I get your email address boos??
i think problem with most truck drivers is they think they are stuck at certain companies or dont know where you look. you gotta look and its not hard for the right job. i got my cdl a year ago when i turned 21 through a mega did my 1 year otr experience then found one of many 70k+ jobs
Owner operators should be making minimum 2.00 per mile. This is assuming they have to service their own trucks and have to have their own insurance. It all adds up. 1.60 does not cut it.
Owner Operator pays all expenses
Accounting for inflation, I don't move for anything less than 4 dollars. This guy said flatbed at $1.63 per mile. And the so-called highest paid. Fucking DISGUSTING.
@@bongonatti573 he won't be in business if he pays his drivers 4dollars a mile
Like your info Ronen,,,
I didn't hear anything about lease or owner operators expenses for the truck. Service, breakdowns tyres, etc. If somebody sees that video will drop what he does and will jump in a truck as a lease - owner operator. You give the people a wrong impression that they make almost the double than a employee driver.
Exactly. I have 9 trucks, we run 100% dedicated. Half my guys are ex owner ops that make more on a w2 doing what we do. Once you calculate in breakdown, tires, maint, gps, parking, fluids, etc etc etc the o/o life isn’t nearly as fruitful as some like to claim.
Great post
That salary is ridiculous, in 2002 I was making $ 19 dollars in hours, why be trucking today and be deal with all the inconvenience rules, and be away from family forklift warehouse can pay you the same amount of money and be home every night.
I get paid over 25 as a company driver, driving and operating a boom truck on a class B... ain't no way that hourly is good enough. I will say though, I appreciate y'alls comments. It let's us less experienced guys that are looking at lease and companies know what to expect and what is BS
Agreed
Forklift warehouse is hell depend on where you work
These salaries are horrible. They probably have garbage benefits to go along with they're pay. I wouldn't even look at a truck for that little money let alone drive one.
Fair enough, Thank you so much
Hi its been so so helpful. in much next year i will be joining your company God will.thank you so so much Mr.
Good advice informative
Awesome video 👍 would love to see tankers !
ME 2, got anyone that's willing to share there paystubs that works in tankers?
@@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News I will ask ! I’m sure they’ll be a few that will offer them !
Where can I email you ?
Dear Ronen, I am interested to know and understand on How do you decide if a load to be hauled is good or bad, what are all those factors that you look at when you decide to take a load? Can you pls make a detailed videos on this topic please. I am sure many here already know for who it may be like a refresher course and for new comers it will be a great learning...kindly do the needful...thank you
Good video
The numbers sound pretty fair for a truck driver.
The only parts missing from the numbers ?
Is the staying away from home for weeks at a time.
Or the sitting around time, waiting for another load.
80 hours of pay for 100 plus hours of actually being at work.
You have to Love being a truck driver, to be a truck driver.
Good point
Truck drivers...wake up! Never, never, never accept the companies....any companies first "low-ball offer"...which, it will be. Period.
Everything in this life is "negotiable. We run the world...not those that sit behind desks.
We run nothing, bro…. Drivers don’t stand together. We are the mirror of our society : me myself and I. So we get what we deserve, poor working conditions and low pay scale for the job we’re doing.
Exactly, I got offered $22/hour flatbed gig from Schneider. I’m not gonna rush into the first job offer I get.
@@Andrew-wx3wd Isn't $22 an hour good? Did you take the job?
@@me8751 I live in Washington so the cost of living might be a bit higher than other states. No I didn’t take the job
I had $26/hour last year for a local company with 15 tractors and 30 straights, home every night and no weekends, mostly because I refused to work w/e lol... walked away from that one and considering 40/hour with $60 after 8 , and union benefits all paid for... have my own landscaping business too, which pays a bit better but takes a lot of planning time and business operation and I enjoy it but some days lol... guys act like $$$ is hard... just start talking to other drivers and learn about other opportunities, don't do drugs, and don't get tickets... (fight any tix you get, they are easy to beat if you are not an idiot doing stupid stuff). We are in the driver seat right now, look around and get ready for the next 5 years. Good luck and God bless.
When you do a Contract think about this.
1.Human capital
2.integritty
3.honesty
Placing your weight as a company behind your drivers.
Interresting .. thnx sir
My uncle made over 100k back in 1976 as a owner operator before deregulation. He took 67% of the gross. He hauled back the Vietnam war goods. Hauled back to armories. Bombs, Guns, Jeeps, Aviation parts, You name it! He would come home and have military people watching the truck 24 / 7.
I just got into the industry. got my license in September 2020 and hired in October 2020.
cross border LTL. 0.55/mile and never did team driving
+$50 border crossing
+ $20 per delivery for first 3
then $40 each delivery/pickup thereafter.
making 10-11k per month before taxes as incorporated driver.
12-13k miles per month
I feel pretty good about the pay but I truly work for it. home only for 36 hrs in-between runs. unless I come home mid week then I leave Saturday.
110,000 miles in 8 months and counting
Which city are you based in?
If anyone wants to lease with a good company that gives you good autonomy, we are averaging 3.20 a mile (August 2021) and only take 15% for our fee which includes a good dispatcher. Our O/O guys are taking home $5000 a week on average. Our Company drivers are .65-.70 a mile with $1500 minimum per week.
Any terminals out of San Antonio hauling from Laredo, Houston, Corpus Christi, or Austin?
Thank uuuuu!!!
Good video...
Glad you liked it!
Well now I know who not to drive for. You!!! Good video paid for by your drivers.
Although not in-depth at least it’s fairly low on the bs. Good job! On just the content!
Thank you
I joined a local grocery store empire. We're union and I work 40-50 hours a week (less sometimes) and the 50 is only if they force a 6th day. I gross 85k a year. Some of the senior drivers who pull turnpike doubles gross 130k.
Any chance you could give me a hint as to the grocery store? Walmart?
@@amlafrance1918 definitely Kroger
Due to an undercut industry it's by far tough to find a good carrier that pays for quality trucker. I make more as a hourly company driver as an owner op. No head aches hand the keys in after my shift.
Nope. Don’t have those here.
I've got 20 yrs experience with lots of with different combinations of hauling flat decks heavy equipment to greoceys Van's. I wouldn't work for less
Are these drivers getting paid in maple leaves or US dollars?
How do you determine, what to pay your driver? And why every 15th days? As oppose to every week
I’m a local driver with Frito-Lay and I avg gross $2,000 - $2,500 weekly depends on how hard I want to work for the week.
Sir do you sleep in the truck or you come everyday home back? If you come everyday home then how many hours do you work. Thank you
@@Malik3544 no we do not sleep in the truck ever. I am a local driver, new drivers do have to do an occasional layover (1 day out) and Frito-Lay will pay for your hotel. I work 6 days to make 2300-2500 and 5 days to make 19-2100 gross.
After 37 years of driving and talking to thousands of drivers,still trying to meet one that does not earn more than me.so much bs
How much you make?
@@dd-uj8jx 650.000 a year .
@@colinarcher2817 You mean 65000?
@@tekefrem9613 Imagine if he did. 😂 I'm signing up first chance.
@@tekefrem9613 humour,lol
Very good video. Wilson from Rio de Janeiro.
Wow. Good information keep it up though am in Africa but my dream one day God will open doors to state
I saw a ET transport driver hustling to driving near mile/kilometer mark 340 on highway 401 When I was getting off to a pickup. Glad we earn one of the highest hourly for truckers where as we can be home as well. Anything less then $1650/week or more than 55 hrs per week you have to evaluate your truckimg job imho.
Paying an owner operator 1.53/mile???? That's simply ridiculous and laughable
I would be a company Driver for four- five years for the knowledge and experience then I would turn lease or owner operator after the four to five years period.💯💯💯
That's great advice.. Maybe 2-3 years, but still good advice. If anyone wants to lease with a good company that gives you good autonomy, we are averaging 3.20 a mile (August 2021) and only take 15% for our fee which includes a good dispatcher. Our O/O guys are taking home $5000 a week on average. Our Company drivers are .65-.70 a mile with $1500 minimum per week.
@@ericmcossey interested
@@ericmcossey also interested
@@ericmcossey so what's the company?
Low pay.
Let's be real, the only reason I got in the industry was to make they type of money the old-timers made 20-40 years ago. To be honest a good Warehouse can make a check that looks like mine at the end of the week. Sounds like a bad joke, but it is true.
Good luck with that. The average truck driver in 1980 made $38,000. Adjusted for inflation that's about $130,000 today.
lmao warehouse
low pay? Thats almost double compared to in Sweden and cost of living is similar. You guys are lucky!
Just got promoted at UPS to drive the big rigs. Drove package delivery for 3 years. Wondering if it's competitive pay. For local it's $41/HR. Over 300 miles is .96 cents per mile and if you have any delays (i.e closed highway or breakdown) you switch to hourly pay ($41/hr). Full insurance package and only pay union dues and we also have a pension negotiated in our contract that the company contributes to as wells a 401k.
Yeah that’s really good for local pay, there are local class a guys making half that
.73 cpm
29.70 all non driving time
42-45 hours a week
2160 miles per week
Gross is around $1750 a week, home days
If you are OTR and making less than $2500 a week you’re grossly underpaid
I’m OTR and get .57 🥲
60/hr work weeks for $19 and hour US, hard pass. I make $33/hr US, and work 55-65 hrs per week it gets old quick. I am a big fan of off time.
Local - home every day - pays less......but there is a good intrinsic value of sleeping in your own bed. Also, being paid by the hour with time & a half overtime is better than getting paid only by the mile.
I do linehaul and put in only about 45 hours a week -- with weekends off. Five years until retirement.
😁
Local makes me $1750 a week, not to bad for 45 hours
What company your working for ? I got my year in doing local with J.B. hunt intermodal want too jump into linehaul now we’ll for the money lol
Good presentation based on how the question is asked. It is flawed. It should have been net or gross across the board. Yes local in my view has a 300% pay increase on company drivers. Must people forget to pay themselves for having a life and family time, valuable. The flower pay, bonus& vacation should be omitted when giving industry comparison.
Another way of calculation is type of load. Production to market. Production to warehouses. Warehouse to warehouses. Government load. Etc. Each one pays differently. They range from huge profit to a loss. A common misconception in the industry is empty miles. When you apply the concept of other industries this is a non value added step, but still major part of the process/ operational cost.
As for the layover statement that is an operations team issue. If this occurs frequently they should be fired. Yes there are times a company will hold you back. These are usually classified as safety holds. Personality issues play little impact. It might get you the less desirable runs. But the contracts must be filled. Meaning the dispatcher needs a valid reason to have you sitting. Don't Like is an invalid explanation.
The only 2 reasons for the " keep the wheels turning" slogan. 1. Teams. 2. Excessive time between unload and next load. Remember the corporate America standard is 2hrs for the customer, not broker, to perform their operations.
Get on with a private company, someone who doesn’t actually make their money from the trucks, but they make their money from the product on the truck. I drive local for a grocery store, it’s a Union job, $31.14 an hour, $118 a month for health insurance for my family of 6. Last year i grossed $118k. Portland, OR area. Good luck to all drivers, no matter what you do. Be safe
That’s what I’m doing now except it’s not a union place. Never made more money before.
@@ghigboss3612 Do you mean like Walmart or Fedex?
I have a chance for $40/ and 60 after 8... if you have a clean and experience, it's out there. Don't do drugs, drive right, don't bend the rules and you will be rich and retire early
@@ericnelson9100 Walmart pays well but you need to live near a DC as you can’t take your truck home. I don’t know anything about FedEx.
@@ghigboss3612 Darn, thanks though for the info....I start with Schnedier later this month, getting my CDL Thurdsay
I watch your videos often. Where are you guys in the GTA?
can you explain the last three drivers Flatbed, Lease, Owner op. who really makes more money? And what are the benefits of each position?
Flatbedders drive flatbed trailers, owner ops own their truck, lease operators are leasing their trucks to receive owner op pay.
@@NorthAmerican-Trucking-News are you guys paying over $80k for people who just graduated from cdl school that would be driving otr as much as possible?
I can't believe those rates! $1.50/Mile or so, is absolutely crap. People gotta understand it's not about the miles; however it's about the revenue. The mileage game has been outdated for quite some time. EX..."I'd rather do 50 loads at $2.00/mile; than a 100 loads at $1.00/mile" Also; know your C.P.M.(cost per mile) that's the biggest problem with the trucking industry today; among other things.
Wow these salaries are crazy, Canadians are lucky! I live in Sweden and Im thinking of CHANGING from software engineering to trucking because I hate my job even though its well paid. But truckers in Sweden only make around 3500 USD/month on average + overtime of course.
what’s the cost of living over there any big city in southern ontario is $700k plus and where ET Transport is located it’s closer to a million.$24 a hr doesn’t buy you anything
Holiday pay in sweden is 13% of your gross. Paid when you take vacation. 25 working days (5weeks) a year are mandatory in the law. Employed by state and municipalities have up to 7 weeks of vacation.
Ja tänkte du på flytta till Canada ?
Owner/Operators and Lease Operators should always be paid a percentage.
Any info on the west coast? Like alberta or BC?
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Not in Connecticut, the Governor just put in a 17.5 cpm charge on anything over 20,000lb I believe was the weight.
What are the on the low end making, You knw the ones that aren't the dispatchers buddy's.?
Question: do Lease operators still have to make a payment on weeks the driver decides to stay home and the truck doesn't move? Because if so then that'll put lease operators in a hole and that should've been included in this video
Good question no answer. Assholes lol
He's answered that Q in numerous other vids
of course they do
@ET transports : How much do you make? By owning a truck company and what are your expenses (comparing gross and net)
Hello guys, I have a question and I hope someone will be able to answer me.
If I had 3 trucks, would it be possible, In Canada, to lease them to a company like ET transport ? (If I hire my drivers)? (I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT AN OWNER OPERATOR).
What is the average pay rate for a driver only for Amazon relay, percentage of the load or by the mile? Thanks
I made $92, 000 last year as a company driver, I have emailed you a few times and I have gotten zero response. Is this how you treat drivers once they are working for you??
Hi, did you say that you work for this company?
For the risk involved I am really surprised that truck drivers make less than 30 an hour. I’ve been thinking about truck driving and my current job I make 27 an hour. I am conflicted because I do not want to work 60 hours a week.
i live in markham, ON. interested in trucking school/career. What trucking work do you suggest if I only want to work from 2pm-12am weekday and anytime weekend? Thanks for suggestions
I recently started working for a window making company, driving otr . In a 26 ft box truck no cdl required. Starting pay is $18 hour. Am I getting cheated? Their truck and fuel ext.
I’m owner operator hauling dryvan Toronto to Delta,BC yard to yard without pickup and delivery. I’m taking home 18000 cad after all expenses.
Good job 👍
How many trips you make ?
Must be per month
Goddamn.
My company has dedicated team routes (company drivers) that pay .80 cents per mile split and average 5000 miles per week. Each driver makes an average of $105k per year. Yet, we can't find drivers willing to work. Our drivers have 2 days off at home per week and run a dedicated lane, yet we can't keep drivers. Before you ask, we have medical, dental, optical, 401k, life insurance, etc.... The driver shortage is not a matter of pay.
No, a truck is a pretty confined space as it is. Sharing that space with another guy for an extended period is not something that most guys want to do. Then your .80cpm split amongst the team is .40cpm each. Plenty of companies offering. 55cpm plus to solo drivers with that same standard benefits package so why on earth would anyone want to drive for you?
@@bretroberts950 There aren't many solo drivers making over 100k per year and have 2 days off at home each week. You are correct though, team is for only certain drivers. Thanks for the reply.
@@jstree Yeah, I make over $100k a year and get 1 week off a month hauling frac sand in the oilfield.
@@bretroberts950 My point was not that jobs over $100k per year don't exist in trucking. It sounds like you have a great job, that works out great for you. My point was that pay is not the biggest issue facing trucking right now. I was using our pay rate as an example. Stay safe out there
@@jstree The issues are FMCSA mandates. Have a screen in your truck counting down your hours to the minute forcing you to shutdown when you're not tired then a dispatcher pushing you to run as soon as you get your 10 at some oddball hour when you are tired. Then you're forced to drive 8 hours non-stop. Then get to the customer and they act like they're doing you a big service by unloading their product. Holding you up for hours, of course if the tires ain't turning then you ain't earning so you're sitting somewhere on the other side of the country waiting on some dickheads making no money. Then gotta wait on dispatch to get you another load only to go get held up for hours unpaid at some shipper. Oh well, some companies will throw you $20 after 2 hours. Then how much money are you making sitting in traffic jams, construction, etc. Then all these road companies got their trucks turned down to 65 or whatever. The speed limit on most freeways is 75. Some places it's 80. So that's fewer miles you're able to run. I got a local company near me that runs fuel tankers. They start their drivers at $28 an hour with overtime after 40 hours and full benefits. There an end dump company paying $25 an hour and OT. Those guys make more than most road drivers and are home every night. Last time I heard from those companies they were interviewing for 1 or 2 available openings. They don't have any problems hiring drivers. My company was recently interviewing candidates to fill 4 open positions. They had a good line of candidates for each opening. It's only the cents per mile road companies that are experiencing a driver shortage
Some totals were with taxes deducted and som were not. I woud like to suggest that you do a more accurate comparison on what is is in real money. Yes I know a company deduct taxes on their end but still..
I found that odd, too. He first said he was just going to talk about Gross, and then went into Take Home pay.
Im making average 2700$ per week or 75 cents per mile haulin dry van.. 1099. Based in USA.
Mega carriers pay very low.. 1000-1500$ and keep drivers on the road 6 weeks.. that sucks
What about taxation. Is that amount reached after taxation or before being taxed ?I would like to know about how much taxes a driver is taxed
My company hauls cars in the south. We are usually home at least one night during the week and off on weekends at home. We choose our own loads. We average $4500 every two weeks.
We get paid $7 per unit hauled
$7 per skid drop (stops)
.70 per mile
We are on a performance bonus that will pay up to an additional $400 a pay period (bi-weekly)
We are on a quarterly safety and quality bonus that pays up to $2,500 four times a year.
We stay in nice hotels while we are out on the road.
We are a self provider medical plan company that offers a lot better deal then just getting one strait from the big insurance companies.
We offer 3 weeks paid vacation after 30 days of employment plus 3 sick days.
We have assigned equipment that only you drive no one else will touch it unless you give permission.
All trucks are permanently assigned to the trailer of same truck number. Never switch trailers.
You work your own schedule
No appointments for pickup and delivery. You let them know when you will pick up and when you will deliver.
10 paid holidays at $200 a day.
nice honest work and fair $$ I hauled for a year during college and it was fun and fairly safe
@a truckers world what comp is this? Hubs is in the south and looking
@@katherineweis1389 US Autologistics in Houston
@@atruckersworld7989 thank you, he is a native Texan. He will love this!
As a new truck driver how can I apply a job in your company? another question is can a new driver be leasing operator or owner operator? Thanks
Hey Kevin, unfortunately we only hire drivers with 2+ years of experience for now.
Go LTL
To drive 6000 miles every 2 weeks. Assuming you take 2 days off. That’s about 600 - 650 miles at day. That’s about 9 to 11 hours of work per day in a 10 day work week. Not to mention the best paying trucking job you won’t be near your love ones for long. I’ll say learn to code is a much better option. you don’t need a college degree to be software engineer and you get the opportunity to work from home in many companies.
Lifestyle over money is best.
I want to know the tanker rates
Cool
Can you guys do video about box trucks, if you can...
Considering the inherent dangers of this job, I would say the salary is weak in 2021 where you can land a safer warehouse job for about the same rate.
I have a few very basic questions. Do the drivers continue to get paid an hourly rate as they sit in GTA traffic for hours on end?
Do the van/reefer guys continue to get paid as they sit at a dock for 4 plus hours like say the Loblaws facility in Ajax?
Are these senior drivers you're comparing? What about the new guy/gal on the bottom of the seniority totem pole?
What about pay for both pre-trip and post trip inspections?
In all honesty the rates your showing of $22-25/hr is crap. The same rate of pay for like the last 10 years. Then you wonder why no one wants to get into the industry. I'm sorry not sorry. The guy just walking in day 1 should be getting at min $25/hr and anyone who has been at the company for more then 5 years should be getting close to $30/hr provided they have maintained a clean abstract for those 5 years.
Edit to add, not picking on Loblaws. But they are notorious for making outside carriers wait for hours to get a dock never mind actually loaded or unloaded.
Just curious but who do you currently work for and out of where?
@@Justfun-tt4sr Funny thing is I work for Loblaws out of Cambridge. So that's why I used them as the example. I know first hand how horrible outside carriers get treated. I've come in done my 12-14 hour shift and the same truck is sitting in the same spot when I get back. (easy to spot a nice custom truck sitting in eye shot of the fuel pumps)
@@MrShuntking Please don't tell me your one of the Messenger idiots. My dad use to work for Canada Cartage on the Loblaws contract out of Ajax and I did Sobeys out of Whitby. That was along time ago. Now I mostly run Labatts beer loads between London, Mississauga and Lasalle, PQ.
@@Justfun-tt4sr No I'm a full-time company driver for the last 15 years. I did run for Canada Cartage for the first 3 months tho. Got my 500 hours in an got hired on. Yeah it is a crappy system they use, if you worked for an agency or outside carrier first you have to put in 500 hours before you can transfer to company driver. And I would NEVER work for Canada Cartage again. They allow their agency drivers to treat the equipment like crap. One shift I did 4 yes 4 trips to the garbage cans just to empty a truck of garbage before starting for the night. And Yes I'm that OCD driver people love to share a truck with because I can't just can't drive in a dirty truck.
But since this video is about pay in the industry. Even Loblaws is guilty of not starting drivers at what I would consider a fair rate of pay. Still stuck back in the early 2000s thinking starting pay is $21/hr. The only good thing is the union makes it so you are guarantied a 10 hour shift, even if 2 of those hours are sitting out in the yard cleaning the truck at the end of your shift. (been there done that)
I just don't like when there are videos about pay in the industry and these companies act like they are doing drivers a favor by paying $21-25/hr as starting pay. The starting pay has hovered around the $20/hr for over a decade. No real increase for even inflation. But yet have zero problem increasing their shipping cost the moment fuel goes up a cent, but heaven forbid they increase the cost of shipping so drivers can start out at a base of $25/hr.
Then you add in big government trying to tell us how hard we can or can't run. All because they talked to company OWNERS like Dan from Challenger. Who I don't ever recall voting for to speak on my behalf to the government. And setting up HoS laws that benefit companies over the actual people doing the work the drivers. But that is a whole different ball of wax.
Speaking of pay in the industry. To all those O/Os out there that like to brag. I made 200k last year. Bitch no you didn't. You might of grossed 200k. But be honest and mention how much of that you paid in taxes, fuel, insurance, loan payments, truck maintenance etc. So your net take home for the year is really $90-110k realistically. And yes I'm sure there are some who did make more then that. So stop just stop with the gross pay BS like that is what you took home for the year.
Your right $22-$25 a hr is crap but it’s hard finding a good paying local gig Loblaws got rid of all their in house drivers in cambridge a fews years back and i talked to one guy who worked with me at schneider when we did loblaws in Ajax back in 2008-2011 who went there he said they start u off at $18 a hr .I work for kriska night shift $23.50 a hr and $35.25 ot after 9hrs which most don’t even pay ot until after 60hrs.ups feeders start u off at $19 a hr then it’s progressive pay beer store is $20.86 to start then 3years you make $28 a hr
Stay away from any kind of lease, its not an advice its a fact!
Do you recruit drivers from Jamaica? And do you accept new drivers? How can a person apply to your company from a different country if its possible
Clean drivers are good (no record, no drugs).. start at bottom making very little for a year to get "1 year experience,"
then sky's the limit good luck