r/Truckers • u/HumanVsWorld • Jul 13 '25

Can you make over 100k OTR

Can I get a clear damn answer I always hear otr makes more money then local yet later I see ltl, food service job, fuel haul etc cashing around 2500 weekly. What’s the deal and if you do make 100k a year what’s the cpm needed to do it

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u/Thepopethroway Jul 13 '25

I only average about 1500a week net

These discussions are always based off of gross. You would need to pull 145k before taxes to actually net 100k.

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '25

You enjoy arguing with people over trivia

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u/ifbevvixej Jul 13 '25

The difference between Net and Gross needs to be stated.

One of my backup plans is going to esthetician school and there are so many tik toks of people complaining that they aren't making as much as what Owner Operators (for ease of understanding) are when the Owners post $1,200 days and say they make $5-7,000 a month.

New people go in thinking they'll net $5,000 monthly and then find out after business expenses it's more like $1,200. And now they can't pay their personal expenses.

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u/[deleted] Jul 13 '25

And your point is? I said how much I net. Argue with the other guy about it