Trucking Jobs for You!Trucking jobs. Which carrier to work for? Short haul, long haul or a local truck driving job? Interested in being a produce hauler or pulling dry vans? Hazmat or not? Company driver or owner operator? Team driving or single?Now that you're a qualified professional truck driver, with your commercial driver's license, you'll need to make several decisions regarding your trucking career! Do some careful thinking and research before accepting just any driving job. Be certain that the job you accept, is for you.
It will cost a driver money, to leave one job and start another. In addition, it's a waste of time and energy. It can also affect your driving record adversely, so be sure to 'look before you leap'.
We're looking for the best trucking jobs! If you know of a good trucking company to work for, click here to voice your opinion, and help other truckers! Rate of Pay for a Company Truck Driver 
Rate of pay for cdl driving jobs varies according to the type truck driving and the carrier you're employed by. Some trucking companies pay as a driver service, some do it with legit deductions for employees,
some don't take any deductions whatsoever.
Be careful that the tax man doesn't catch up with you, when it comes to taxes owing, whether you're company driver or
an owner operator.
It can be a real mess you do not want to be any part of...... be sure as a company owner to do it the right way, and
as a There are a number of factors that affect a trucker's salary. In addition to the base mileage rate, there's pay for drops and pickups, border crossing pay, layovers and waiting time pay. In Canada, trucking jobs make anywhere from .35/mile - .55 /mile, depending on the type of driving jobs.
In the U.S., pay rates for trucking jobs start around .25/ mile and up. Paid mileage rate for trucking jobs often increases with experience and company loyalty. A trucker's salary starts around $32,000 annually and ranges up to $60,000+. On average... $35,000 to $45,000 per year. Rate of Pay for an Owner Operator 
The rate of pay for an owner operator varies a great deal. Much depends on the commodity you're hauling. Carriers offer mileage rates, with paid picks and drops, and various other perks. Some cover bridge and road tolls. Some don't. Some pay waiting time and layovers, others don't. There's liability insurance, buy down deductible insurance and hold back costs to consider. Shop around and do the math to be sure you're going to turn a profit! If you're looking for the best truck driving jobs ....the highest paying driving jobs around...... here's a suggestion. Talk to a few of the drivers employed by the carrier you're considering driving for. They'll give you the scoop. Find out how many drivers the company employs.
Ask if are senior drivers and if so, how many are there
and how many years have they been with the company.
Chances are if there's a number of experienced drivers that have been with the company a long time,
it's probably a good place to work. 
Some truckers are satisfied being a company driver for their entire career. Being a company driver doesn't come with the
extra worries and stress, faced by the owner operator. Truck maintenance and repair, overweight issues, fines, truck
payments etc., are the carrier's problems.
However, some truck drivers don't like driving company equipment, and would much rather be driving something more to their liking. Some are satisfied to drive whatever they're given. Almost every truck driver that starts out as a company driver, tries their hand at being an owner operator. The profit margin can be lucrative, if you manage your money well. If money management and truck worries aren't your thing, stick to being a company driver, and leave the worries up to the carrier! As a company driver, at least the money you earn is yours doesn't belong to the tax man or the bank! There are also truck driving employment opportunities for team drivers, as well as solo drivers. Each has it's ups and downs. 
The dream of most truck drivers is to own their big truck. There's loads of perks for owner operators, if you manage your business 'smart'. But, there's loads of responsibilities that go along with owning your own truck..... truck payments, replacing equipment, escalating truck expenses, insurance rates, maintenance(which takes money and time) and sometimes struggling to be paid by a carrier or a customer. It's not just a simple matter of leaving a company you've leased on with, and signing on with another. It's expensive to jump from
carrier to carrier as an owner operator, as there's often a hold back fund and pays withheld when you quit.
- This type of work is considered one of the hardest jobs in trucking. - Truckload and LTL carriers with sharply scheduled delivery of various commodities that are often moved from airport to airport - Runs are often routinely scheduled, deliveries expedited. - On time delivery schedules are critical to the success of carriers specializing in airfreight. - Often linehaul work to accommodate equipment positioning 
- Hauling bulk liquids is specialized work, including the driving, loading and unloading of product- Often the best paying trucking jobs. - Commodities include petroleum, lubricants, glue, compressed gas, acids and food grade products, including hazmat products. - Some stuff is pretty nasty. Don't sniff the products, and don't roll a load of this stuff into the tulips! - Pulling a tanker trailer takes lots of skill and training.... it's literally a 'moving load' in the trailer, that sloshes around with a mind of it's own! It can be very intimidating. - Specialized work, usually long haul trucking. Produce moves mainly out of Texas, Florida, California and Arizona, to all over the U.S. and Canada. - Lots of miles for produce haulers. - Temperature-controlled load requires consistent monitoring and reefer motor issues are treated as emergency issues!
- Pulling a dry van could involve full truckload work or LTL. - Often most desirable type of trucking jobs, as a minimal amount of work other than driving required. You'll need to know how to Minimal messing around. Less chance of mess ups at customs too. - LTL work can mean more money for the trucker, as the driver picks up a variety of shipments, going to
different customers. Driver is paid for each pick-up and drop. LTL shipments can mean more work for the driver.
Or, in the alternative, the LTL freight is consolidated and there is only one pick-up on the carrier's loading dock.
- A very specialized type of trucking on the frozen ice roads of the north- Trucking on the ice roads....potentially dangerous and often rough work, but pays big, if working for the right company - Haul vehicles on specialized car trailer. - Mostly long haul work - Carriers seem to want truckers with car hauling experience, but most are willing to train - Good pay Jobs in Trucking - U.S. Check out Job Boards in the following states: When job hunting for trucking jobs, be sure to ask if all miles are paid at the same rate. Some carriers like to pay an 'empty' miles rate, or the first 100 miles for free... absolutely ridiculous..... an old 'Future Fastfreight trick'. Related Articles
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