Tag: owner-operator pay

Partners in Business

Partners in Business tip: Log your spending

In the latest Partners in Business program post, we're discussing how to keep track of your spending. This means every purchase.

October 22, 2020

Partners in Business

Slowdown merits no panic for owner-operators, but pay attention to the basics

Weighing today’s trucking market is best done with proper perspective, say speakers from ATBS, the nation’s largest owner-operator financial services firm.

August 24, 2019

Business

Dart announces pay increase for OTR owner-ops

Effective September 1, Dart Transit will be increasing pay for their OTR owner-operators. This will give drivers the chance to earn $165,000 or more per year.

August 3, 2018

Business

Major fleet gives owner-operators per-mile pay increase

Drivers in Forward Air’s truckload expedited division will receive a 10-cent-per-mile boost, while contractors in the LTL division will receive a 3-cent-per-mile boost.

September 14, 2017

Business

Bay & Bay Transportation raises owner-operator pay

In addition to increased mileage pay, the fleet offers paid fuel surcharges on loaded miles, 100 percent reimbursement on authorized tolls, in-cab scanners, quarterly safety bonuses and discounts on fuel. Accessorial pay includes detention, layover and extra stop pay.

April 19, 2017

Overdrive Extra

When regulation hurts worse than paltry pay

When nearly two-thirds of truckers (for owner-operators alone, 71 percent), working ridiculously long hours for modest pay, are far more aggravated over regulations and lack of respect than they are money, something’s amiss. It’s no surprise that turnover stays high.

September 7, 2016

Overdrive Extra

Paycheck checkup: The real spread between driver and contractor pay

It looks like the California spread of $17,400 between company driver and owner-operator earnings is overstated, at least as applied on the national scale. Instead, the $50,000-$60,000 range is now commonplace for many employed and leased long-haul truckers.

October 29, 2015

Business

Study: California owner-operators outearn company drivers

Among California truckers, average owner-operator net income exceeds that of company drivers by more than $17,000, according to a study released today.

October 14, 2015

Business

Did 2013 forever change the way drivers are paid? Performance-based pay making headway

A series of indicators and some anecdotally established patterns supported by data show an increasing willingness among truckload carriers to use performance-based pay systems for drivers.

January 31, 2014

Business

Rates fall in all three segments in October

Per-mile spot market rates for all three segments — reefer, dry van and flatbed — fell in October, sticking with trends of 2012 and 2011, according to Internet Truckstop’s monthly rate data, released this week.

November 6, 2013

Voices

Views: Fair-labor exemption petition, truck driver as DOT secretary

Owner-operator Joe Ammons launches his petition to the DOT secretary to disallow the trucking exemption from provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

May 1, 2013

Business

Rates continued tumble in February

Spot market rates in February continued a now three-month-long downward slide in February, save for a one-penny increase in flatbed rates.

March 5, 2013