Trucking pays great on paper when you are an owner-operator. This means you own (and insure) the truck, pay for gas, and insure the load. You cover maintaince, and you cover finding yourself new loads to haul. You personally carry the fiscal risk. Your take home pay is AMAZING, but it doesn’t factor in your expenses.
Most truckers work as members of a fleet. Where a larger company handles the contracting, insurance, fuel, and maintenance while the drivers are paid to drive. This job can pay ~40-60k/yr.
This article tries to paint a world where truckers are fabulously paid. Why would nobody want to work this job?
But in reality it’s a very stressful job underpaid job. And a small subset of truckers manage to become well paid contractors but the VAST MAJORITY aren’t. This swings the average/high end pay into idiotic territory.
Most truckers work as members of a fleet. Where a larger company handles the contracting, insurance, fuel, and maintenance while the drivers are paid to drive. This job can pay ~40-60k/yr.
This article tries to paint a world where truckers are fabulously paid. Why would nobody want to work this job?
But in reality it’s a very stressful job underpaid job. And a small subset of truckers manage to become well paid contractors but the VAST MAJORITY aren’t. This swings the average/high end pay into idiotic territory.