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Oakley Trucking adds CSA score-based per-mile pay increase

The North Little Rock, Ark.-based dry bulk hauler will pay all new lease owner-operators an additional 10 cents-per-mile on both loaded and empty miles on top of their base pay. Drivers can keep that top bonus by not having points added to their CSA scores while leased to the company.

February 27, 2018

Business

Three large fleets announce driver pay increases

K&B Transportation, Cargo Transporters and American Central Transport each announced driver pay increases that will take effect over the next couple of months.

February 21, 2018

Business

Dart set to bump owner-operator pay next month

Owner-operators with Dart will see a 2 cents-per-mile increase, effective March 1. The company is also offering owner-operators up to $10,000 in sign-on bonuses.

February 16, 2018

Business

Top fleet introduces $50,000 bonuses, paid out over four years, for team drivers

Teams can earn up to $8,000 each year in bonuses and $4,000 in vacation time by running 60,000 miles four times over the course of a year. If the drivers choose not to take vacation time, they will be paid $500 per driver for each week of unused vacation at the end of each year.

February 13, 2018

Business

Milan, Boyd Bros. announce driver pay increases

Milan says it will pay experienced company drivers between 40 and 50 cents-per-mile, resulting in annual earnings of $60,320 to $73,320, based on 2,500 weekly miles. Boyd Bros. drivers, beginning Feb. 27, will receive a 2 cents-per-mile bump in pay.

February 12, 2018

Business

Report: Detention sucks over $1 billion from truckers’ wages annually, boosts crash risk

Drivers see an average annual pay loss of between $1,281 and $1,534, the report concludes, as well as potentially contributing to an extra 6,500 truck crashes each year. The DOT’s Office of Inspector General has called on FMCSA to bolster its data collection efforts around detention and its impacts.

February 7, 2018

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Koch Trucking boosts OTR driver pay

Qualified drivers with at least one year of driving experience and a hazmat endorsement will now earn at least 41 cents-per-mile, and drivers with at least five years of experience and a hazmat endorsement will earn at least 45 cents-per-mile.

February 6, 2018

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KLLM announces pay increase for owner-operators, company drivers

Starting Feb. 5, independent and lease-purchase contractors will receive 95 cents per mile with FSC on loaded miles.

January 30, 2018

Business

Conditions ripe for driver pay hikes as tight market, tax cuts could force carriers’ hand

The corporate tax cut in the tax reform package delivers “real money,” in the words of one FTR analyst, “so it’s a real opportunity” for driver pay growth. “I’d expect drivers will say … ‘OK, corporate America, this is what you asked for. Now it’s time to give back.'”

January 18, 2018

Business

Thin the herd without churning the masses

“Driver shortage” explored, again: “There are finally a few brilliant folks out in “mainstream news” land who have begun peeling away skin on the “obvious onion” in trucking and started mentioning the fact that being paid has a lot to do with wanting to stick with a job.”

December 18, 2017

Business

Four fleets announce pay boosts for drivers

K&B Transportation, Bulldog Hiway Express, Hornady Transportation and W.N. Morehouse Truck Line each announced pay increases for drivers recently.

November 10, 2017

Business

Driver pay hikes on the horizon, analyst says

Of note from a conference call with pay analyst Gordon Klemp, driver wages are in effect just half of what they were in 1979, before deregulation.

November 8, 2017