Truck driving jobs are all the time plentiful due to the constant driver turn over rate that now stands at 128% for over the road drivers. The median each year income for truck drivers is ,000 to ,000 for business drivers, and ,000 to 0,000 for owner operators, depending on where you live. Currently, as a local driver, working five days per week and home every night, I enjoy a driving job grossing ,200 per year.
Every two years the Us Bureau of Labor Statistics releases their list for the top 30 fastest growing job opportunities. Just released, this list shows the best work choices projected to the year 2016. Truck driving didn't make the list, but how does truck driving jobs salaries correlate with these 30 fastest growing jobs for the future?
Many of these positions need at least a Bachelor Degree, and some even a Master's Degree or Doctorate, yet I find it thoughprovoking to note that professional truck drivers can earn more than these professional positions. And, with allowable administration skills, an owner-operator can for real gross more than any of the top 30 on the list!
Of course, there is not much glamour in Otr driving, but with the public's view of the typical "truck driver," I felt it was important to point out that with the right information, the professional skills and the allowable attitude, truck driving jobs can offer a good wage and decent living . . . You just have to know where to look. However, comparing truck driving jobs with the top 30 lists, one should not think themselves just a "truck driver."
See how your current driving job compares with the top 30 jobs of the time to come . . . The wage shown is the median median wage for the year 2006 :
The biggest qoute facing truck drivers today is seeing the right business to drive for, who will deliver what they promise. Unfortunately, over the road driving needs to be looked at very diligently by new drivers before signing on with a carrier. The 128% turn over rate speaks for itself. Knowing what to look for, understanding how the trucking industry works and thinks and knowing what to expect out of a life in trucking, will help you make the right option in a trucking work Before you sign on the dotted line.
With the right information, you can make trucking work if that is your chosen path for a career. And, as the list shows, you can for real end up earning more than the person sitting in a cubicle office space munching on a salad.
Truck Driving Jobs - The Top 30 Jobs of the future