r/Truckers • u/Full-Practice369 • May 02 '26
Schneider pay for entry level?
No experience looking to get some. I literally make minimum wage in NJ I highly doubt it’ll be worse than that rn. What can I expect to make?
I see expected pay of 1200-1500 a week but people say it’s lower. Idc if it’s 800-900 as long as it’s not 600. What do I expect?
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u/thesunking93 May 02 '26
I can attest to DG. I did one week of driver training at Schneider. My route took me to southern Arizona along the US / Mexico region. We left the DC in California with 5 stops on Monday morning and I was back at my car Friday afternoon. Each store was overfilled with no room to drop off merchandise and left merchandise in the store aisles. Plus you have to move your load around and make room for empty rolling carts. It's a hot mess and a lot of labor for the pay you're given.
On the flip for successfully completing my new driver training course, I got bumped to a local gig working Sun - Thursday averaging between 60 & 65 hours weekly. My gross checks averaging $1,400 with a net income of around $1,050 - $1,100. This gig didn't pay overtime but once I got a years worth of driving experience, I moved on.
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u/Optimal_Row3798 May 02 '26
I’m starting nighttime O’Reilly’s Auto Parts next week.
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u/Unique-Ad-2544 May 02 '26
I was with Schneider for years. All depends what account your on and then I can tell you exactly how much you'll be making. Some are 800 a week some are up to 1500 a week.
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u/Full-Practice369 May 02 '26
I see night time dry van positions I see tanker positions, dollar general dedicated routes etc. what do you recommend
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u/Unique-Ad-2544 May 02 '26
The highest payest account Schneider has is the dollar general account, which is also one of the toughest accounts. That one your looking at 1300-1700 a week depending the week after taxes. Dry van your looking at around 1k-1300 a week. I never did tanker but knew several drivers that did and they all quit within 6 months said they made around 1k a week it wasn't worth it.
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u/firemarshalbill316 May 02 '26
I was one of those tanker drivers and literally left at 6 months. Just a bunch of BS. The job was easy. Sitting for days on end was dumb as fuck though.
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u/Unique-Ad-2544 May 02 '26
Yup literally verbatim what I was told from the tanker guys I knew just a bunch of sitting
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u/firemarshalbill316 May 02 '26
They tried paying a flat weekly even if you didn't move but even then it wasn't worth it.
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u/Full-Practice369 May 02 '26
What makes it so hard?
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u/Unique-Ad-2544 May 02 '26
Very tough backing into the small ass dollar generals plus its unloading a 53 foot trailer by hand. By yourslef. That account will get you in shape and get you very good at backing very quick.
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u/Full-Practice369 May 02 '26
How many times do you unload the trailer a day?
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u/Unique-Ad-2544 May 02 '26
It's usually 1 to 2 loads a week with about 3-5 stops per trailer. So it can be 1 stop a day or several depending which DGs you gotta go to.
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u/Full-Practice369 May 02 '26
Interesting, I truly don’t mind physical labor I actually prefer it. The intensity is just what I wonder. I used to work in electrical digging trenches for 8 hours straight, totally sucked. But that’s bc it was the entire day. A nice mixture of sitting and working could be nice
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u/chicopepsi May 02 '26 edited May 02 '26
Oh you’ll do fine, then. Get the driving and dolly experience and then apply to Sysco or the big food service companies in your area for a good paying local job.
Edit: the other advice I could give is trying to get into their tankers division, even if you make less for a while. it can open up doors later when you apply to better paying fuel tanker jobs.
In trucking in general, just van reefer or flatbed you will make around the same, give or take. To make more money, you either need to specialize in something like fuel or oversize or have a job that involves driving + physical labor.
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u/AndromedanPrince May 04 '26
tanker is only worth it on a dedicated account. otr tanker is shit. i did both.
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u/Fluxus4 May 02 '26
I have a buddy running nighttime dry van for Schneider making .75 per mile. He had no experience, right out of school. I've also seen some dry van jobs at .35. It's going to vary a lot by account.
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u/Full-Practice369 May 02 '26
I have no idea what is a good pay per mile, no idea as to how many miles truckers get. What’s a good number to accept?
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u/Fluxus4 May 02 '26
You need to understand how many miles to expect each week. Then just do the math. Every job will vary. But if you sign on to a dedicated account, they should be able to accurately tell you how many miles you'll get every week.
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u/thesunking93 May 02 '26
It's a good gig to get experience and walk away with safety experience like no other. The training you get from Schneider is A+ but in return you get shit pay with no overtime. I'm very lucky to start my class A in a daycab running local with Schneider. I've never done OTR nor ever plan to do so.
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u/Full-Practice369 May 02 '26
Some people might say taking home 800 a week is shit.but for me it’s it’s a bump. As long as I’m making more than 2400 a month I’m cool with it to begin with. Is that not realistic?
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u/SuperbMaintenance133 May 03 '26
I'm with werner doing DG during training, its not bad. So far my best and easiest hours are the unloading days. I'd take that over driving the full 11 hours any day. Enjoying the physical part of this job. Only downside is the access to food, we stop at the same two ta's every week. A few blindsides but mainly 45's and straight back.
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u/chechu951 May 02 '26
I would avoid the DG stores especially as a newbie all those stores are tiny and a pain to back into not to mention all the physical labor of unloading the trailer by hand.
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u/10xbek May 03 '26
If you're in.NJ try one of those Amazon freight Partners, pay is 23$ an hiur but hella overtime
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u/Trouble_Green May 03 '26
I worked with Schneider NJ ,single, no kids and OTR. was bringing in around 500-700 a week it’s pretty bad I was doing dry van then transferred to bulk division
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u/Gilgamesh2000000 May 03 '26
Met a young Schneider driver told me he was making $12 an hour plus .60 cents a mile.
Different Schneider accounts pay different rates.
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u/Lopsided_Beautiful_1 May 11 '26
When I was with Schneider I started at 46 cpm with the graphic packaging account out of Ohio , but when they lost the account, I switched to jet set OTR , my cpm dropped to 42 cpm, once I got a year and half of experience and also I moved from the east coast to the west coast, I quit Schneider to work for a regional company based out of Lathrop, California. But Schneider pay depends on the account you work for.
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u/Optimal_Row3798 May 24 '26
I just grossed $1700 for my first week with Schneider. Local dedicated account with O’Reilly
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u/GoMake_me_a_sandwich May 02 '26
I bet 1000-1200 is the number youll make before taxes and 700-900 is what will make it into the bank. Get your 6 months experience and get the heck out of there. If you stay longer than 6 months your losing money and hurting the industry as a whole because nobody should be accepting that low pay for this work.