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What Is The Truck Driver Salary Outlook
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Most prospective truck drivers take driver-training courses at a technical or vocational school to prepare for CDL testing. Driver-training courses teach students how to maneuver large vehicles on crowded streets and in highway traffic. These courses also train drivers how to properly inspect trucks and freight for compliance with regulations.
-Bureau of Labor Statistics
As with all careers, to earn the optimal wages you need the optimal education.
Trade schools will help you, not only get the training you need for your CDL, but work with our experienced job councilors to place you in the job that will have you at your best.
Beyond training, the only other elements to your wages are road experience and driving record.
Employers entrust truck drivers with hundreds of thousands of dollars in merchandise and materials --
So a clean driving record, efficient timing, general real road practice will push you up to the upper truck driver salary.
Your job prospects are favorable, across the board, for truck drivers.
However, the competition for the highest paying jobs might get steeper, making proper education and training a necessity for the best truck driver wages.
Average employment growth is expected over the next decade.
The average heavy truck and tractor-trailer driver salary in May 2008 was $17.92 an hour.
The middle 50% earned $14.21 to $22.56 an hour, with the highest 10% earning more than $27.07 an hour.
The average light or delivery services truck driver salary in May 2008 was $13.27 an hour.
The middle 50% earned $10.07 to $17.74 an hour, with the highest 10% earning more than $24.15 an hour.
The average wages of driver/sales workers, including commissions, was $10.70 an hour.
The middle 50% earned $7.74 to $15.82 an hour, with the highest 10% making more than $21.32.
Long-haul drivers are often paid by the mile.
*All Statistics Taken from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
If you are ready to start a rewarding career as a truck driver, you want to make sure that you find the best school in your area --
If you live in the areas of Youngstown, Warren-Boardman, Pennsylvania, or Ohio, that school is New Castle School of Trades.
With an exceptional CDL training program, NCS Trades will have you behind the wheel, and on the road in no time!
"I always knew I wasn't cut out for your typical nine to five in an office setting. I wanted to get involved with truck driving and was very happy with the program at NCST. The training covered everything I needed to know and nothing I didn't. I've now landed a career doing what I enjoy and supporting my family. Thanks New Castle School of Trades" Rudy Mason, New Castle, PA |
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