“In the video it’s explained the average pay for a truck driver, after going through the school, is about 45k.”
make it 100K and there won’t be a shortage ...
I’d guess after all the taxes 45k comes to about 28k...
And they wonder why there is a shortage?
As soon as you have some experience and a track record that pay goes up well. I know truckers who have made $100k+. If you build a good record you haul expensive loads, hazardous material, etc. If you suck, you drive gravel (You can’t hurt it. Pick it up with another truck and off it goes.) In the old days everyone got a starter job and “worked their way up”.
Don’t hear it much these days.
Just spent about 4 hours on I-70 over the last 3 days. Many trucks from various companies. had signs “looking for drivers” on the back doors.
Make it $100,000 and what is now is condsidered small cars will dissappear from the Mar.