Let us not underestimate the income of a truck driver. They might have a better salary than us. Their work is not easy, it requires skills, patience, energy, and good mental health. There are also descriptions of a driver. He could be a jeepney driver, utility van driver, or taxi cab driver, but what is meant here is the truck driver. For a delivery truck driver, his salary in national average salary is $65,481 per year. For an oversized-load truck driver, the national average salary is $72,730 per year. The other kinds of drivers are Long-haul truck drivers, Specialty vehicle haulers, Ice road drivers, Hazmat tankers, Tanker/liquid haulers, and Mine/haul truck drivers. The latter's salary was said to be fluctuating depending on the availability of customers.
High-paying truck driver jobs
- Thread starter Starmix
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Most of these truck drivers are paid a lot, especially if they are working for big companies. These drivers usually take risk while driving these trucks, most of them only move at nights due to how busy the roads are during the day. This is more risk as well.
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Truck drivers play vital roles in our society, especially in business people. Trucks are heavy and expensive and the loads are expensive so drivers deserve the best pay. The success of the deliveries depends on the truck drivers.
I do not know about this line of work, I do not know anyone who is in this line of business. Therefore, I cannot say whether this is high paying job or not. But operating a transportation business is certainly profitable.
Same here, during the day you hardly see them on the road, they are usually packed by the road side but once it gets to 6pm and so on, they start moving. Most of them spend days on the road.
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I think that is the agreement between the truck driver and the truck owner to deliver the goods to their destinations early evening or dawn. I asked a truck driver why don't deliver at midnight, the reason was scary, there is always highway robbery if trucks deliver goods or items at midnight.
I know that driving of trucks could be physically exhausting but it is really paying very well.
Truck drivers do a challenging job so they are paid high, especially in Western countries. hehe
