OTR drivers CDL A

Drivers from South Dakota can stay close to home on a dedicated fleet or join the national OTR fleet—home to our top earning drivers. Crete Carrier and Shaffer Trucking offer opportunities to fit your lifestyle.

• Top 50% average $101,176 per year
• CPM:
  Starting pay $.66 to $.69 cpm
• One-year verifiable tractor trailer experience with a class A CDL

Why choose Shaffer Trucking? At Crete Carrier and Shaffer Trucking, our miles are up significantly. In fact, we need more safe, experienced drivers to meet the needs of our customers.

Crete, Shaffer, and Hunt drivers are paid based on practical miles. This means drivers are paid for 3‑5 percent more total miles per year than companies that pay based on short route miles. Another added incentive is that those practical miles roll in faster now that we’ve recently raised our governed truck speed to 68

MPH on the cruise and 65

MPH on the pedal.

The most productive 50 percent of our Crete Carrier and Shaffer Trucking OTR drivers average more than $101,176 annually. That equates to over $1,945 weekly; $.66 to $.69 CPM. The top 50 percent of our Hunt Transportation drivers average $93,347 annually ($1,795 per week), with starting pay ranging from $0.65 to $0.68 per mile.

Leading Pay Plus includes the industry leading pay that Crete Carrier Corporation is known for plus the extras which add more to a driver’s bottom line, improve a driver’s quality of life, and help a driver succeed in their profession.

• Comprehensive and affordable health insurance (BCBS of Nebraska)
• Dental, vision, and life insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Profit‑sharing program that contributed $11.5 million in 2025 and more than $103 million to employee retirement accounts since 2018

Over the past 50 years, Crete Carrier has grown to one of the nation’s largest, privately owned trucking companies. Along with sister company, Shaffer Trucking, and wholly‐owned subsidiary Hunt Transportation, Crete Carrier Corporation operates as a truckload and flatbed carrier for virtually any commodity. Our drivers are among the best, exceeding the CSA score standards required by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

Crete Carrier is a Leading Pay Plus Carrier with industry‑leading benefits that include health insurance, dental, vision, life, 401(k), and a profit‑sharing program. Because of this, drivers typically stay with us three times longer than the competition.

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