Compensation Truck driver

1 compensation

1.1 paid mile
1.2 paid load
1.3 paid hour

compensation

truck drivers paid according many different methods. these include salary, hourly, , number of methods can broadly defined piece work. piece work methods may include both base rate , additional pay. base rates either compensate drivers mile or load.

a company driver makes number of less truckload (ltl) deliveries via box truck or conventional tractor-trailer may paid hourly wage and/or amount per mile, and/or per stop (aka drop or dock bump ), and/or per piece delivered, unloaded, or tailgated (moved rear of trailer).

the main advantage of being paid mile may driver rewarded according measurable accomplishment. main disadvantage driver may accomplish not directly related effort and, perhaps especially, time required completion.

household drivers deal complexity , typically highest paid, potentially making multiples of scheduled freight-hauler.

paid mile

a sign truckers reminding them stay off parkway.

mileage calculations vary carrier carrier. hub miles, or odometer miles ( hub refers hubometer, mechanical odometer mounted axle), pay driver every mile. calculations limited no more 3-5% above estimates of mileage carrier before red flags appear, depending on generosity of carrier or how rates mileage estimation capabilities of software used. 1 version of hub miles includes per carrier designated route, i.e., set number of miles. out of route miles of incentive provided driver carrier free.

many of largest long haul trucking companies in united states pay drivers according short miles. short miles absolute shortest distance between 2 or more zip codes, literally straight line drawn across map. these short miles reflect actual miles must driven in order pickup , deliver freight, used calculate driver earn.

short miles on average ten percent less actual miles in cases difference can large 50 percent. extreme (but not unheard of) example load picked in brownsville, texas, , delivered in miami, florida. journey require driver travel on 1600 miles. short routing believe distance 750, though truck drive across gulf of mexico. extreme example load picked in buffalo new york , delivered in green bay wisconsin, not giving consideration 3 of america s great lakes lie between load s origin , destination.

other obvious obstacles mountains , canyons. truck prohibited routes create same phenomenon, requiring driver drive several truck legal routes , approaching destination behind (essentially driving fish hook shaped route), because direct route cannot accommodate heavy truck traffic.

some trucking companies have tried alleviate of these discrepancies paying drivers according practical miles . dispatch gives them route follow , pay them those. done in effort of compensating drivers actual work done. these routes largely follow interstate highway system require driver use state , u.s. highways , toll roads. trucking companies practice method in order attract , retain veteran drivers. household goods (hhg) miles, household goods mileage guide (aka short miles ) first attempt @ standardizing motor carrier freight rates movers of household goods, @ behest of department of defense moving soldiers around country, long major source of steady , reliable revenue. rand mcnally, in conjunction precursor of national moving & storage association developed first guide published in 1936, @ point contained 300 point-to-point mileages.

today, 19th version of guide has grown contain distances between more 140,000 cities, zip codes, or highway junctions.

therein, if ask many drivers, lies inherent unfairness of hhg-based mileage pay; miles driven point-to-point, not city zip code or highway junction .

paid load

getting paid percentage preferred way of business among veteran drivers , owner-operators. typical percentage among owner-operators pulling flatbed trailers between 85-90 percent of line haul being paid driver. additionally driver may receive 100 percent of fuel surcharges , fees pickups or drops or tarping loads. creates strong incentives drivers agreeing pull difficult loads; i.e. pieces heavy or large, require tarping, pieces being shipped or received along treacherous routes far interstates. discourages drivers , owner-operators agreeing move cheap freight . percentage of load simplest way of calculating driver , his/her truck earn.

paid hour

companies such dupré logistics, traditionally paid mile have switched hourly wages. regional , local drivers paid hour. in 2011 u.s. bureau of labor statistics (bls) reported average heavy , over-the-road truck driver hourly wage $21.74 per hour.

the bls reported in 2012 median hourly wage $18.37 per hour. in may 2013 bls reported mean average hourly pay of $12.21 (bottom 10%) $28.66 per hour (top 10%). in march 2014, payscale.com published entry-level truck driver ranged $11.82 $20.22 hour , average hourly rate reported $15.53 hour. special industry driving jobs such oilfield services vacuum, dry bulk, , winch truck drivers, can receive $22.00 or higher hourly wage.