No way sir. Depends on your pay, but I started at .28cpm and I was home every 4-6 weeks and I made 32k my first year.
The more Hometime you take the less you'll make. I would guess you'll probably make 30k because the average company is paying more than they did when I joined trucking.
But definitely not 40k. Not even close.
If you're curious about how the paychecks are then check out my thread. For my entire first year I actually wrote down all my paychecks for all to see! It's the only one on the Internet!
Daniel B.'s first year income week by week!!
Drivers are often paid by the mile and it's given in cents per mile, or cpm.
Realistically, there is almost no way to make $40K the first year. 1. You start at base (for example at Swift it's .31 cpm) 2. You lose 6-10 weeks in training/orientation (assuming you are a new driver). This isn't all bad as you have some write offs and will be in a lower tax bracket that year (at least I will) 3. If you baseline the math on a "best case" first year it might look like: 2200 miles per week x .31 = $682. Let's say you get 50 weeks pay thats 632 x 50 = $34100. And this is best case in my mind. Your first year is going to suck...just as in most job transitions and especially when you have a couple of months of minimum or no pay due to training. 4. Home time is very important, but you don't get paid at home. The day's of "paid" time off and paid holidays are OVER!
Drivers are often paid by the mile and it's given in cents per mile, or cpm.
I agree with Daniel. You're probably looking at closer to $32k-$36k your first year. You can still turn a ton of miles on the schedule you're talking about but the pay rate that first year will be a bit low. Plus you're going to go out with a trainer at first for a short time and that doesn't pay all that well. So that's where your limitations will come in.
If you don't mind physical work I went with Sygma straight out of truck school and made $55k my first year. You will unload the whole trailer by hand truck on a ramp out the side door and make several stops per night. But the pay is good, they put you up in hotels, and you get two days off a week.
I have to emphasize the physical part, 40,000 pounds you will handle every box on that trailer.
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Is $40k/yr or more realistic for a new, company driver on a two-week-out-3day-home schedule?
Co. is saying you drive for the entire 14 days up to 11hrs/day, but if you gotta take a reset every 70hrs, seems that 14days straight won't work.
Thanks!