Paid CDL Training Programs

Company-sponsored or company paid CDL training programs are truck driving jobs with training. You will attend a truck driving school that is owned and operated by a trucking company. These trucking companies that train drivers will sponsor a student’s CDL training by paying for the up-front cost of the training. They will also pay the student during some or all of the training process.

In return for this sponsorship, the student will sign a contract agreeing to work for the trucking company for a specified amount of time, normally between eight months and one year.

Are These Free Truck Driving Schools?

Some of these paid CDL training programs turn out to be free. Others will require you to pay back some tuition costs once your CDL training is complete and you’re out on the road driving solo.

Darrel Wilson bought his first tractor in 1980 at age 20, but, being too young to meet OTR age requirements, he leased the truck out and hired a driver. Through growth and acquisition, Wilson Logistics now employs over 200 drivers, and has a long-standing partnership with Prime, Inc. to haul their refrigerated freight.

TMC Transportation began in Des Moines, IA in 1972 with only 6 trucks. Today, TMC Transportation is the largest and most successful privately held flatbed trucking company in the United States, operating throughout North America. In addition to accepting experienced truck drivers, TMC Transportation hires inexperienced drivers who recently graduated from an approved truck driving school. TMC is still led by its founder, and is employee-owned, through shares gifted to the employees.

Established in 1978 by John Veriha as a one truck operation, Veriha Trucking has grown to a 250+ truck company that is now owned and operated by John’s daughter Karen. They are almost exclusively a dry van company. They have an elite entertainment fleet that hauls gear for concerts and events. They were voted by their drivers as one of the “Best Fleets to Drive For” in 2018.

PAM Transport began operation in 1980 and specializes in hauling"just in time" freight for the automotive industry and also frequently hauls air conditioner units, cosmetics, and paper.

Swift Transportation is one of North America's largest trucking companies. They offer truck driver training with very little money up front and in only 21 days you will have your CDL.

Prime is one of North America's most successful carriers with a variety of opportunities including refrigerated, flatbeds, and tankers.

Roehl Transport was established in 1962 with a single truck and now operates over 1,900 tractors and 4,600 trailers including dry-van, reefer, flatbed, curtainside, and step-deck.

Knight Transportation was established in 1988 and now operates over 3,600 tractors and 8,500 trailers including dry-van, reefer, and container trailers. The company operates 100% debt free.

Founded in 1983, Carter Express has been delivering world-class customer service. Our objective is to supply transportation services to our customers in an efficient, economical, and timely manner- and to accomplish this while being a great place to work.

CRST is a predominantly team-operated dry van company out of Cedar Rapids, IA which boasts a 1,500 mile average length of haul with more than 1,100 company-owned tractors, 2,500 van trailers, 2,000 team drivers, 350 solo drivers, and more than 250 independent contractors.

YRC Freight was created when Yellow Transportation (Founded in 1924) bought and merged with Roadway Express (founded in 1930). Subsidiaries include Reimer, Holland, and New Penn. They are primarily a terminal-to-terminal LTL carrier with numerous safety and achievement awards. They own over 8,400 tractors, and run mostly doubles trailers, and also own over 12,000 48' and 53' vans.

XPO Logistics, Inc., incorporated on May 8, 2000, is a provider of transportation logistics services and a provider of engineered, technology-enabled contract logistics in North America. XPO recently acquired and assimilated Con-Way Freight, giving it actual ownership of an asset-based transportation segment.

C. R. England is the nation's largest refrigerated trucking company with a long history. They have five trucking schools across the US and offer 3 weeks from the time you begin until you'll have your CDL.

Growing up in the transportation industry and learning the lessons of the trade from his steel-hauling father, Chairman and CEO Steve Williams went into business for himself and formed Maverick Transportation in 1980. Today, almost 2,000 employees back every load we haul. We operate approximately 1,500 units coast-to-coast.

Millis Transfer began hauling freight after the end of prohibition and has since grown to more than 700 tractors, 2,200 trailers, and an additional 100 owner operators. They are a dry-van carrier with most of their freight originating and terminating in the Eastern half of the United States.

Stevens Driving Academy of Texas has been preparing men and women for life-long careers in trucking since 1992 in locations across the nation. They are fully accredited and licensed by the State of Texas.

Raider Express is a refrigerated truckload carrier specialized in hauling grocery and food products in the contiguous forty eight States. The main base of operations for Raider Express is located in Fort Worth, TX, with a drop yard in Houston, TX. Raider Express operates around 200 company owned tractors and 470 53' refrigerated trailers.

Note: Raider Express only hires drivers from Texas

FFE Transport has been in business for more than 60 years and is one of the industry leaders in temperature controlled LTL, Truckload, and Dedicated services nationwide.