OnePercenter
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operating group...as in regional, over the road, team, specialized. Job type...as in flatbed, dry van, tanker, reefer or intermodal.Took 10 seconds...first place I looked... $50,000 per year, regoinal out of St. Louis...three months experience required.Truck driver...paid training...begging for drivers.
Trucker shortage shows no signs of slowing down | Seattle Times
$41,000 average per year.
Find one of those jobs and post it.
DriveJBHunt.com - Jobs for Truck Drivers at J.B. Hunt
From you link: "While pay methods do vary by operating group and job type, one thing is certain - when you drive with J.B. Hunt, your paycheck is a guaranteed delivery."
Which means maybe $56k/yr.
You're a fool.
This is my industry. $40k is average starting pay. I'll do the math for you if you like. Beginning pay .32 cents per mile, 2500 per week, 50 weeks a year. That's with no stop pay, no layover pay, no Northeast surcharge, just straight pay first day out of training.
40 grand.
Then you buy your own truck a year later, get paid a percentage, and you're making $2.50 a mile.
Pay yourself 50 cents a mile, a dollar for the truck (maintenance, repair, replacement) and 33 cents per mile to fuel...that leaves 62 cents per mile to go toward your second ... etcetera ...
RateView shows the average for August, 2017 at $1.79 per mile, NOT $2.50. Now, do the math again.