Report shows pay also increased 11% just last year — and looks like it’s still rising
1st-year drivers can make up to $110K, veteran drivers even more
The pandemic and the supply chain crisis was a one-two punch for United Road Services, the car hauler that moves 4 million vehicles a year.
Less-than-truckload carrier Roadrunner announced new incentives and an increased pay package for drivers.
Truckload carriers continue to pay up for drivers. Dry van carrier Cargo Transporters announced another increase to its pay package.
Nearly a year and a half into a tight truck market and carriers continue to raise driver wages. Midwest Carriers and CFI are the latest to announce increases.
Truckload carriers have been raising pay for 18 months now to meet heightened demand. But when this trucking cycle cools, don’t expect wages to follow in lockstep.
KLLM Transport Services is the latest carrier to announce a historic pay increase for drivers.
Lawrence Freight said its latest pay hike for company drivers will move annual wages to roughly $90,000 in 2022.
In its third pay hike of 2021, Forward Air rolls out its biggest pay package for independent contractors ever.
