Truck Driver Pay
Average Truck Driver Pay
Free CDL Schools offer a salary according to the marketing value and every company starting pay is different. Always ask what the starting wage is before signing any sponsored cdl training program. Most new drives are in a range of 50K to 55K for OTR driving routes. Most of those positions could put you in a team driver position. According to the bureau of labor statistics report, truck driver average pay scale $43,680 in a year. I believe that is completely false according to the job offers and pay scale I see for new drivers. The pay scale I am posting jobs for are like 50K as high as 60K for company sponsored positions.
With private CDL training most jobs offer tuition reimbursement and pay is more like 85K for dedicated routes with home time on weekend. However every job is different in pay and you should always ask what the pay scale is.
Now anyone with experience more than a year of driving, usually has a pay range from 80K to over 100K depending the route and type of driving. OTR pays more than dedicated runs.
Truck Driver Demand
If we did not have trucking jobs which is about 1/3 of the GDP of the United States what would we have. Less jobs and less opportunity for people that just want options to provide for them and there family’s. The demand for drivers is so high and the shortage is large. Which is a good thing, why that means the higher the demand the more it cost. So trucking companies make more money for the load and the driver should see the increase in there salary. Which we are seeing record pay out to drivers like .98 cents a mile with a 2300 mile expectation in 2021. Humans need to operate tractor trailers and computers should assists the humans. But at no time should the system be able to operate human less. As more and more antinomies tractor trailers come to market we as a country should push back to only allow an assistant!!!!
Entry Level Truck Driver Pay
Entry level positions are never good. But you have to pay your dues before you are promoted. Most entry level positions are 50-60k your first year for company sponsored training. The better ones are 60K and pay you while you attend CDL training. Then after get your 1 year of experience you should expect 80-120K depending on the job and company.
Entry Level Truck Driver Private CDL Training
Entry level positions are never good. But you have to pay your dues before you are promoted. Most entry level positions are 70k-90K your first year for company sponsored training. The better ones are 85K and pay you while you attend CDL training. Then after get your 1 year of experience you should expect 80-120K depending on the job and company.