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August 2015

Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info

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Fleet News 92 | Overdrive | August 2015 92 | Overdrive | August 2015 Carriers continue to roll out upgraded pay packages TRANSPORT AMERICA adjusted its pay package to allow all owner-operators to make $1 per mile. The pay increase eliminated the difference between hazmat and non-hazmat base pay. The Eagan, Minn.-based truckload company also increased pay for com- pany drivers in its Over-The-Road and Regional divisions, effective By Dean SmallwooD Sept. 1. All current solo OTR and regional drivers will see at least a 1-cent-per-mile increase, moving the company's top pay rate to 47 cents per mile for solo OTR drivers and up to 42 cents per mile for regional drivers. J&R SCHUGEL TRUCKING INC. increased driver compensation as much as 22 percent, mean- ing a first-year driver for the employee-owned company can earn more than $51,000 a year, while top veteran drivers can earn more than $78,000 annu- ally. Base pay now is 38 cents per mile, with the potential to add an additional 6 cents per mile in performance-based incentives such as utilization, miles per gallon and safety. The New Ulm, Minn.-based company also increased its per diem to 11 cents per mile and added $100 of holiday pay for Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. CARGO TRANSPORTERS increased over-the-road pay 5 percent. The latest pay raise came on the heels of multiple pay hikes at the Claremont, N.C.-based company. All OTR drivers received a 2.5 percent increase in February and a 10.1 percent increase in cal- endar year 2014 – yielding a total 17.6 percent increase for OTR drivers since the start of last year. SUPER SERVICE, a Grand Rapids, Mich.-based truckload carrier, switched drivers to PC Miler-based practical mileage pay and added more compen- sation package enhancements, adding about 2 cents per mile on all paid miles compared to the short-route miles previ- ously used.

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