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Driver compensation rises despite poor freight market

Driver compensation rises despite poor freight market
(Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves)

On Tuesday, American Trucking Associations released its latest driver compensation study, which showed continued increases in driver pay in the past two years despite a deterioration in freight market conditions. The survey collected the data of over 120 fleets, which comprised more than 150,000 employee drivers and 14,000 independent contractors. 

Key findings in the the survey:

  • Truckload drivers earned median...

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Runaway diesel prices top trucking industry’s critical issues list

Rebecca Brewster, president and COO, ATRI

SAN DIEGO –Soaring diesel prices displaced the driver shortage after five years in the top spot in the American Transportation Research Institute’s 18th annual Critical Issues in the Trucking Industry.

“It certainly brings attention to it when it overtakes something [like driver shortage],” Rebecca Brewster, ATRI president and COO, told FreightWaves.

The independent research group that works closely with the American Trucking Associations  released its 18th annual survey Saturday during the ATA’s...

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