Given his age, he's probably been in the game a while. Does he own his truck? Is his truck paid off? How old is it?
What does he haul? It is specialized?
Does he cover his lease, insurance, gas, etc from his own pocket? Do you know about how much that is monthly?
How many miles does he drive on average?
I don't mean to bombard you with questions, but there's so much variation in pay you need more information than just salary to really understand that number.
100k is pretty normal for Teamster drivers, with a company vehicle, benefits etc. Of course, those positions are extremely easy to fill. There's not even close to a labor shortage there.
"Teamster" yeah I heard that a lot. Teamster is mostly dead. They (companies hiring / employing drivers) kind of destroyed the reasonable union and saved a dollar, only to their own demise.
According to my father, there is a labor shortage for this position, at least at his company.
He is pretty high up in seniority, but there are so few drivers that he still gets called in on days he would normally have off because they don't have enough drivers under him.
The other reply is correct. He is a union employee working for a major carrier.
He drives nights up to the legal number of hours/miles as required and sleeps in cheap hotels during the day. My understanding is that his carrier does not use sleeper cabs because they use the same trucks for both local and over the road deliveries.
