1st Year Pay: Breakdown

12/10/15 Mileage: 2271 (0.415 cpm) + Short Haul ($20) + Detention ($10) = $972.45

- 401K: $145.87

Net: $523.38

12/17/15 Mileage: 3531 (0.415 cpm) + Multistop ($50) = $1,520.36

- 401K: $228.06

Net: $857.63

With this last check, we are current with where I am at right now. I will upload the last two check of December later on. You could argue that I was not actually on Roehl's payroll for January and that for a complete look at the first years pay January 2016 would count, but I think it's important to factor in the time you may spend without any income when you look at where you are going to be after 1 year. January was the start of my trucking as I started school on the 5th. While, I have heard that Roehl is now paying those that go through their CDL program, I think anyone looking to get into the industry needs to be prepared for that initial income gap regardless, and a lot of people aren't.

You can also see that in your first year, your cpm will increase dramatically. People hop companies after a month for a place that pays a few cents more, but what you need to remember is that in a few months you will be at that point without the income and employment gaps that changing jobs will create. I was hired at 0.32 cpm and as of right now have climbed up to 0.415 cpm in less that a full year of being solo (I went solo the last week of February).

As of right now, my YTD are as follows: Gross: $34,068.30 Retirement: $21,649.60 Net: $21,649.60

Insurance: $1,692.54 Federal Tax: $3,987.64 State Tax: $812.23 Local Tax: $299.65 Social Security: $1,982.65 Medicaire: $466.21 Life Insurance: $100

I am the only person on my health insurance, so if you have a large family be ready to pay much more. I have also stayed out three weeks instead of two, three times this year, so that bumped me up in a pay a little bit.

Okay! Here are the last two check of the year 2015.

12/24/15 Mileage: 2,173 (0.415 cpm) + Multistop($15) + Short Haul ($20) + Live Load ($20) = $956.77

- 401K: $95.68

Net: $594.08

12/31/15 Mileage: 604 (0.415 cpm) = $250.65

- 401K: $25.06

Net: $141.93

I was also mailed a $25 Christmas check separate from my regular weekly pay.

YTD Gross: $35,275.72 Retirement: $3,054.36 Net: $22,385.61

It has been a great year and in another month and a half, I will be at one year solo and can shake off my rookie tag!! Truckingtruth has been so so helpful during this adventure, and I am excited for another year of trucking in 2016. Ihope these posts will be helpful for those specifically interested in Roehl's hometime fleets. I have subscribed to this post, so if anyone has any questions about Roehl or anything else they think I can help with, just post on this thread and I will do my best to help you out!

I did some quick math and it looks like you basically made minimum wage or less 7-8$ an hour range. Thanks for the breakdown of your earning though and hopefully you will make much more this year.

I did some quick math and it looks like you basically made minimum wage or less 7-8$ an hour range. Thanks for the breakdown of your earning though and hopefully you will make much more this year.

really? because $8/hr at 40 hours per week, is only $16,640 gross (8 x 40 x 52) .... your math is a little screwy. I would like to see you you came up with those numbers

I did some quick math and it looks like you basically made minimum wage or less 7-8$ an hour range. Thanks for the breakdown of your earning though and hopefully you will make much more this year.

I don't think that is correct. I can tell you, in 2014 I was working for $9.00 full time. I quit halfway through November with a YTD net pay of $13,000 and I was working 40 hours a week. I wasn't on Roehl's payroll for the month of January so we can automatically subtract 4 weeks from the year. So lets say I worked 48 weeks this year. My gross pay was $35,275. So divide that by 48 weeks and then divide again by 70 (the max I could have worked per week) and the total would be $10.498/hour. But that is also an inacurate amount, because I am on Roehl's 14/7 fleet. I was only working 2/3 of that time so if we redo the math with 35 weeks (32 plus 3 because I stayed out 3 weeked three times) and you get at total of $15.747 an hour.

I started at 0.32 cpm and have worked up in the past month to 0.415 cpm, so my average for next year is sure to be much better as well.

I did some quick math and it looks like you basically made minimum wage or less 7-8$ an hour range. Thanks for the breakdown of your earning though and hopefully you will make much more this year.

I don't think that is correct. I can tell you, in 2014 I was working for $9.00 full time. I quit halfway through November with a YTD net pay of $13,000 and I was working 40 hours a week. I wasn't on Roehl's payroll for the month of January so we can automatically subtract 4 weeks from the year. So lets say I worked 48 weeks this year. My gross pay was $35,275. So divide that by 48 weeks and then divide again by 70 (the max I could have worked per week) and the total would be $10.498/hour. But that is also an inacurate amount, because I am on Roehl's 14/7 fleet. I was only working 2/3 of that time so if we redo the math with 35 weeks (32 plus 3 because I stayed out 3 weeked three times) and you get at total of $15.747 an hour.

I started at 0.32 cpm and have worked up in the past month to 0.415 cpm, so my average for next year is sure to be much better as well.

I totally forgot that you are driving "part time." You made more (Gross) than a good portion of people do working their tails off, full time including myself! That is freeking awesome! It makes me want to speed up my process, but I have to do things in their proper order.

Awesome job, Hrynn, and thanks for doing this thread.

Stay safe

First I'm not saying I'm correct but I believe i am like I said it was a quick calculation.

You are allowed to drive 11 hours a day and 70 a week right?

Let's say you only drive 50 hours a week and only work 50 weeks out of the year so that's 2500 hours. $22,000÷2500 you get like 8.8 I think. So if you drive more then 50 hours a week that hourly rate will go down based on your 22k net earnings.

First I'm not saying I'm correct but I believe i am like I said it was a quick calculation.

You are allowed to drive 11 hours a day and 70 a week right?

Let's say you only drive 50 hours a week and only work 50 weeks out of the year so that's 2500 hours. $22,000÷2500 you get like 8.8 I think. So if you drive more then 50 hours a week that hourly rate will go down based on your 22k net earnings.

he drives 14/7 so you are still off. But I see where you are going with it.

I did some quick math and it looks like you basically made minimum wage or less 7-8$ an hour range. Thanks for the breakdown of your earning though and hopefully you will make much more this year.

I don't think that is correct. I can tell you, in 2014 I was working for $9.00 full time. I quit halfway through November with a YTD net pay of $13,000 and I was working 40 hours a week. I wasn't on Roehl's payroll for the month of January so we can automatically subtract 4 weeks from the year. So lets say I worked 48 weeks this year. My gross pay was $35,275. So divide that by 48 weeks and then divide again by 70 (the max I could have worked per week) and the total would be $10.498/hour. But that is also an inacurate amount, because I am on Roehl's 14/7 fleet. I was only working 2/3 of that time so if we redo the math with 35 weeks (32 plus 3 because I stayed out 3 weeked three times) and you get at total of $15.747 an hour.

I started at 0.32 cpm and have worked up in the past month to 0.415 cpm, so my average for next year is sure to be much better as well.

I totally forgot that you are driving "part time." You made more (Gross) than a good portion of people do working their tails off, full time including myself! That is freeking awesome! It makes me want to speed up my process, but I have to do things in their proper order.

Awesome job, Hrynn, and thanks for doing this thread.

Stay safe

Thank you! In the past month or two my performance has increased as well so I may be do for a 1 cent raise when they review the quarterlies next month. I am going to keep doing my best and I am really glad this has been helpful!

First I'm not saying I'm correct but I believe i am like I said it was a quick calculation.

You are allowed to drive 11 hours a day and 70 a week right?

Let's say you only drive 50 hours a week and only work 50 weeks out of the year so that's 2500 hours. $22,000÷2500 you get like 8.8 I think. So if you drive more then 50 hours a week that hourly rate will go down based on your 22k net earnings.

people don't base yearly earnings off net pay. Basing pay off NET will be extremely inaccurate based on each person. State income taxes vary (some very high, others take none), number of dependents are different, and so is healthcare/dental and 401k. If I were you I'd keep in mind what they're NET was but focus more so on GROSS pay