New To Trucking Pay Rate On Driver's Pay Stubs?

Rusk_Tuskins said:

Total newbie here.
I've been offered a job by Western Express. However, I was speaking to a current driver at the yard and he told me that drivers' pay stubs there don't include the pay rate/cpm. Only miles driven for each load, total pay for each load, and grand total payout for the week are disclosed.
Is this abnormal and highly suspect? Or the norm? I suppose you could roughly figure out your pay rate with the information given, but still... just curious.

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i cannot recall ever seeing cents per mile, only the total driven for the pay period.

in my current situation, i get a weekly salary, so it's the same week after week, unless i do an extra pick up or drop , rarely ever want to do that), then the total reflects the extra work, along with the weekly salary.

i run a dedicated customer account, so it's always the same miles/drops/pick ups each week

Schneider itemized everything.

GAnthony said:

i cannot recall ever seeing cents per mile, only the total driven for the pay period.

in my current situation, i get a weekly salary, so it's the same week after week, unless i do an extra pick up or drop , rarely ever want to do that), then the total reflects the extra work, along with the weekly salary.

i run a dedicated customer account, so it's always the same miles/drops/pick ups each week

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The job is OTR though. So is it not normal proceedure to include the pay rate?

Rusk_Tuskins said:

The job is OTR though. So is it not normal proceedure to include the pay rate?

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i never saw cents per mile when i did OTR......

only the total miles for the pay period.

i thought i had already said that?

Ours have the mileage you drive and the total made but not the individual rate.

New guys don't make as much as longer term guys and we make extra mileage on weekends so they break out the weekend pay.

Drops are totaled as are arrives. Live loads and stops are all also totalled but not the actual rate per.

You should know what your pay rate is when you are hired. You should also know the miles of each dispatch given to you.

Any additional pay you receive such as detention, layover, stop pay, etc. you should know as well for each load.

Add it up yourself and compare it to your pay. If it doesn’t match up, call and get it straightened out.

If you're paid percentage & don't look at your check & daily/itemized load check out, then you are a fool !
NEVER trust any company !
They all will try to skim a little from you, until you bring it to their attention & pay you !

Welcome to the world of Driving Truck, pay rate or how a company pays varies from each one & you'll need to figure it out for each one.
Yes, I'm not joking around !
You have per mile as the bird flys, or truer per miles companies, then percentage pay of what the truck makes, then you have those that give you a certain pay that you can not figure out per miles/percentage load (though it's paid that way) only to confuse people so no way to know their contract pay and get undercut. Or a simple hourly pay.

Yes pay attention to your checks and double check them no matter what company, though from my experience and field of driving I've rarely had any issues, if there was & true (within couple days of checking)... that money was on the next check or offered a check/deposit the next day !

Will some companies try to skim from you ? yes/no do your homework.

We got a buck fifty raise comin. Takes us up to about an even $35

BlackBart said:

We got a buck fifty raise comin. Takes us up to about an even $35

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I'd do 10 miles a day and call it good.

ECv2 said:

I'd do 10 miles a day and call it good.

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9 too many.

ECv2 said:

I'd do 10 miles a day and call it good.

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Thats per hour, not per mile

BlackBart said:

Thats per hour, not per mile

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Well that sucks.

389 Hood said:

9 too many.

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I get sick of these 140 mile runs. Feels like forever.

ECv2 said:

I get sick of these 140 mile runs. Feels like forever.

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Mine is 165 miles each way. I feel like I know every bump in the road. And while my night is usually only 7 1/2 hours, it feels like 12.

389 Hood said:

Mine is 165 miles each way. I feel like I know every bump in the road. And while my night is usually only 7 1/2 hours, it feels like 12.

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Agreed. And each bump feels bigger and bigger if you can't slalom.

I ride on the zipper line a lot. The right lane is like a block of Swiss cheese, full of holes. I just ride the middle lane and move over for faster trucks and blue lights.