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http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos246.htm202 N Main Street
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Thanks for the laugh link. It's about as factual concerning Trucking as teets on a bull.
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What is not fact about it? You are free to post more to the area. Just a start. This link covers the basics of type and pay.202 N Main Street
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Just about the whole thing.
From the job descriptions to wages.
It "reads" more like "wish" than "reality". Composed by government
bureaucrats that haven't a clue. "Lite" basic informational reading at best.
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You didn't read it did ya.
Seems about as close as a discription as I could find. It sure dosn't paint a pretty picture.
Please help all the new drivers that are looking at this as a career. What is not fact?202 N Main Street
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Says median. I could see the median being that very easy. Even when I was OTR I earned more then that on all my loged hours. Now, some of you like to figure 24 hours a day. I still earned 7 bucks a hour that way.
Either way its a median wage. Comes to 638.80 a week. If anything its way to low, but they figure in all types of operations202 N Main Street
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A chance to "comparison shop" for wages in the Transportation Industry:
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Yes I always read links before commenting.

The discription made no mention of hours involved or not being covered by the FLSA concerning overtime. No mention of days on the road away from home. It was Trucking "light" 101 at best.
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"“Sleeper” runs may last for days, or even weeks, usually with the truck stopping only for fuel, food, loading, and unloading. "

"Local truck drivers, unlike long-distance drivers, usually return home in the evening. Some self-employed long-distance truck drivers who own and operate their trucks spend most of the year away from home."
" A long-distance driver cannot work more than 60 hours in any 7-day period. Federal regulations also require that truckers rest 10 hours for every 11 hours of driving. Many drivers, particularly on long runs, work close to the maximum time permitted because they typically are compensated according to the number of miles or hours they drive. Drivers on long runs may face boredom, loneliness, and fatigue. Drivers frequently travel at night, and on holidays and weekends, to avoid traffic delays and deliver cargo on time. "

Its a snap shot. Its covers a pretty good discription.202 N Main Street
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" A long-distance driver cannot work more than 60 hours in any 7-day period." Well that's one inaccuracy and I haven't even read the article yet.
I believe that's "drive" 60 hours in 7 day period. The driver can be on-duty ("work") 14 hrs after coming on duty following 10 consecutive hours off duty. If you stretched the 60 hrs driving over 7 days, that would be about 8.5 hrs/day leaving 5.5 hrs each day for work such as loading/unloading, pretrip, working with dispatcher, paperwork, waiting for truck in maintenance, DOT/scales etc etc. 5.5*7 = 38.5 plus the 60 hrs driving = 98.5 hrs working in 7 days. Divide into that $638.80 you cited, that's $6.48/hr.

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Doesn't OOIDA say that the average OTR wage for an owner-operator or company driver is around $40k/year, even with 20 years of experience?
The median listed for general freight trucking is $17.56/hour. If both #'s are true, it means that drivers are working 38 weeks/year (doesn't sound right compared to time off policies) at 60 hours/week for those weeks--no overtime pay.
Someone doing 38 weeks of work @ 60 hours/week (close to possible at a fair share of factories) earning $11/hour would get $29,260--assuming 20 hours of OT pay/week for those 38 weeks.
If you live in a depressed area for wages, trucking's probably not bad. You're a migrant worker but you can save enough cash if you're somewhat frugal to retire years ahead and not have to worry about if your kids (unless you have a bunch) can afford college.
Here's a less flattering comparison. Someone with some training in CNC machining can probably make $15 or more/hour in most places. There are other blue collar jobs that are similar. If they work 38 weeks/year and only get 15 hours of OT for each of those weeks they're still getting $35,625/year.
As Phil points out, how many truckers are on-duty (in REALITY, not logbook comics) for only 60 hours/week if they're OTR? How many of those drivers who earn $40k/year (the average) only work 38 weeks/year?
Even if you take a whole week off after 4 weeks out, you're still working 41-42 weeks per year. Consider how many places have a '2 week out, 2 days off' policy that means you're only getting 4 days off for every 4 weeks. If you take a two week paid vacation, you're still working 46 weeks/year to get the green.
All of these things lower the $/hour that you're getting. Daytrader has it right (but probably undervalues it) when he says that if you aren't making at least $50k in your 2nd year--and still being more than a distant memory to the family--then you are getting hosed.
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A 7 day driver can work 60 hours. They get 14 hours a day to either work 14 and that includes the 11 hours they can drive. Also, all time spent at a terminal waiting for a load or dispatch is logged onduty not driving.
All the time being loaded and unloaded is also in your 60. Simple. Ig you work over you 60 or many OTR use the 70 hour rule. You are doing it on your own. If you are being FORCED to do it. Post it here or call it into the FMCSA.202 N Main Street
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You will find many places will frown on over time. Over time is very expensive. They will hire extra help when available like labor ready to save or set hours to shift work. Some times over time has to happen, just factories HATE pating over time and will try like heck to not have to have a person work it.
Many factories pay over time after 40 hours not 8 hours. We have some UNION places here in St Clair county that work 4 10 hour days. One legged so you fall on the end of the cycle. Many workers like it. They do not get the OT pay but get,3 days off each week.
Many around here have gone to the 3 days at 12 hours a day. No OT or benifits required. only 36 hours a week.
Lets say we are way low on the pay scale. No fuel bounuss, no safty bonus, no special pay or anything. 2500 Miles a week is very simple. I have never worked anywere that didn't adverage that that was a freight company. Now local construction is diff. 48 weeks a year
.25 A MILE Thats 625 a week. or 30k a year
.30 750 36k
.34 850 41k
.37 925 44k
.40 1000 48k
Now, most jobs offer a safty bounus, fuel bounus and other pays for drop/hook, multi stop and so on.202 N Main Street
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http://www.bls.gov/oco/ocos244.htm