I talked to a Swift driver today to see how he was doing on the road. He had been running several months and gave me some figures so I did some calculating to see how some of the other drivers are doing.
The driver said he was getting about 2000-2200 miles per week at $.30 per mile. Knowing a lot of new drivers are taking out loans to attend truck driver training and getting on the road, I did some calculating to see if it was worth the time and money these days for new drivers. Here is what I came up with:

$.30 per mile
2000-2200 miles per week
Time approx 11-12 hrs per day= 60 hrs per week average (including fueling time, paperwork, loading and unloading time, etc.)

Gross Income: $ 600- 660 per week
Food Costs: $150-$200 per week
Gross income after food = $400-$510
Hourly rate: $ 6.66- $8.50

This is assuming you can get 2000-2200 miles per week. Some of the drivers I have talked to with various companies are having a hard time getting that many miles.

Can you and your family live on that? Can you pay your family’s food, rent or mortgage, insurance, etc?

Think twice before you take the dive.