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>The article cites $40k average pay per driver. That's fast-food wages Not really. That's basically $20/hour full-time.
by jotux 10y ago
>The article cites $40k average pay per driver. That's fast-food wages
Not really. That's basically $20/hour full-time.
- brianwawok 10y agoSure. But you can ship a truckload of boxes across the country. The driver part of the cost is a buck a box? Which is something sure but not a deal breaker.
- ethanbond 10y agoHN tends to be ludicrously out of touch when it comes to wages/salaries.
- galdosdi 10y agoOut of touch is right! Even in Manhattan you can easily live fine on $40k with savings left over, at least if you have no dependents or health financing problems (eg expensive health condition coupled with bad insurance). In most of the USA, a $20/hr job with benefits counts as a good job.
- douche 10y agoIn many of the places where these truckers live, that's solidly middle-class wages, also. Costs are significantly, significantly cheaper when a good single-family home costs 80-100k.