CDL A Solo OTR Truck Drivers

DSL Express and partners now hiring CDL-A Truck Drivers – Solo OTR for OTR and Teams to run our newly updated and modernized fleet. Company drivers with 2+ yrs of experience and a decent MVR/PSP score. ASAP position available. Seeking drivers from Iowa and around the Cedar Rapids, IA area (and in other states) – good area for us. We offer nationwide OTR routes!

You can live out of state or anywhere.
Pay is respectable. The floor for full‑time drivers here is $104,000 per year at the bottom end, and the pay keeps climbing for those who put in more effort.

• 30% Line Haul + Bonuses (most popular for solos)
• $1,900–$2,400 Weekly Average + Bonuses
• OR switch anytime to miles pay
• Up to 60 cents (automatic drivers)
• Up to 65 cents (manual drivers)
• Well over $104K+ per year on percentage (up to $145k top end).
• No Forced Dispatch

Average Pay Per Week: $1,900 – $2,400 per week (with some peaks reaching $2700+ on legal hours)

Pay is performance based and we offer percentage pay at 30% of the gross and option to switch to miles pay anytime. For average drivers the slow season typically is between $1,900–$2,100 and peak season $2,100–$2,400 – rare slow weeks can dip to $1,500, rare peak weeks can hit $2,700+. Most weeks fall between $1,900–$2,400 depending on season overall.

• 87% of drivers chose percentage pay in 2025. Miles seems to be an industry problem recently.
• Top year around runners (the top 5 per centers) hit the $145,000 range last year in 2025.
• Most top runners were somewhere in the $125,000 range in 2025.
• Average drivers good at what they do but not top tier still made $115,000 range last year.
• In 2025, nobody made less than $104,000 when running full time here ($104,130 to be exact).
• Drivers who were seasonal or had excessive home time were considered outliers and not included.

• We are paying up to 30% line haul plus bonuses. In this post‑COVID market, drivers drive less and make more on this.
• Average pay in dead season is usually between $1,900 to $2,100 with some rare best weeks of about $2,400+ and a rare slow week of about $1,500.
• Average pay in peak season is usually between $2,100 to $2,400 with some rare best weeks of about $2,700+ and a rare slow week of about $1,900.
• Average miles on percentage pay is reduced on purpose. We not only save fuel but our contracts make more by the mile. It’s a win/win. Usually 2,000 to 2,500 miles in slow season and up to around 3,000 in busy. You don’t have to chase the dragon’s tail with miles or get burnt out to make more. Plenty of time to make your stops as well and fewer missed appointment times on drops and pickups.
  
  It’s just a smarter way to do business.

• Every driver is given option to switch any time to up to 60 cents plus bonuses depending on EXP and MVR (up to 65 for manual drivers).
• Average miles when doing miles pay is anywhere between 2,500 and 3,600 miles per wk. Some drivers do more than others. We run alternate routes with miles pay drivers. However, the market isn’t what it used to be. The long east‑west runs are dead in dry van for the time being.
• The average gross income is roughly $1,600 to $2,400 legal max per week per driver. A bit less for automatic only drivers.

• Want to drive in a team provided you have a team member?
• Up to 75 cents per mile plus bonuses. Depending on the EXP and MVRs of the team.
• Average miles when doing miles pay is anywhere between 5,500 and 7,000 per wk. Middle to lower side recently.
• The average gross income is $4,100 and $5,200 per wk total split. Roughly $2,000 to $2,600 per week per team driver.
• Sorry – This is not a team market right now. Solos on percentage generally do better and especially when running by percentage.

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We get lots of applicants – some days, too many. We need “A” stringers! Division 1 players. If you need a decent job, we can help but; we are saying this right now:
We don’t want…