OTR Vs Regional Pay Rates
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Generally, regional routes have less weekly miles. The planners have to get you home every week so they will not send you out too far. You may also have to sit longer waiting for a load because there is nothing else coming out of a certain area. With OTR , you can be sent cross country, getting great miles with a bit less CPM. I believe it averages out in the end.
Regional:
Regional Route
Usually refers to a driver hauling freight within one particular region of the country. You might be in the "Southeast Regional Division" or "Midwest Regional". Regional route drivers often get home on the weekends which is one of the main appeals for this type of route.
OTR:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.
CPM:
Cents Per Mile
Drivers are often paid by the mile and it's given in cents per mile, or cpm.
Oh, sure, that makes sense. Thanks!
You are welcome Deb.
I know some regional routes may pay more because as they said earlier there are fewer miles, but some pay more because they might have more work involved. When I'm done with school I'm going to Swift doing a dedicated/regional route with Dollar Tree that pays more then regional and OTR for newbies and I get paid 160 a stop to unload boxes into the store, Swift says my pay will be about 1100-1200 a week doing that. But thats not every regional route though.
Regional:
Regional Route
Usually refers to a driver hauling freight within one particular region of the country. You might be in the "Southeast Regional Division" or "Midwest Regional". Regional route drivers often get home on the weekends which is one of the main appeals for this type of route.
OTR:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.
I know some regional routes may pay more because as they said earlier there are fewer miles, but some pay more because they might have more work involved. When I'm done with school I'm going to Swift doing a dedicated/regional route with Dollar Tree that pays more then regional and OTR for newbies and I get paid 160 a stop to unload boxes into the store, Swift says my pay will be about 1100-1200 a week doing that. But thats not every regional route though.
Not quite right with dollar tree. You get 15 bucks per stop except for the last stop and you get 110 for unloading the trailer. That is what was pitched to me at my orientation a few weeks ago.
Regional:
Regional Route
Usually refers to a driver hauling freight within one particular region of the country. You might be in the "Southeast Regional Division" or "Midwest Regional". Regional route drivers often get home on the weekends which is one of the main appeals for this type of route.
OTR:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.
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I'm currently getting applications out and have a question regarding pay rates. Seems to me that, in general, the regional routes pay higher cents-per-mile than the OTR routes, which is opposite of what I expected. Why?
Regional:
Regional Route
Usually refers to a driver hauling freight within one particular region of the country. You might be in the "Southeast Regional Division" or "Midwest Regional". Regional route drivers often get home on the weekends which is one of the main appeals for this type of route.
OTR:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.