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CDL A Semi-Local Truck Driver - Day Shift

American Driver
Monroe, NJ Full Time
POSTED ON 9/26/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 10/24/2026
Pay around $105,000 a year usually means weeks out or overnight shifts. This route starts between 10 AM and 2 PM, runs Thursday to Monday and averages $2,019 a week. Semi-local CDL A work out of Central New Jersey.

Run the Numbers

  • Weekly Average: $2,019, based on what drivers on this account earned over the last 6 to 12 months
  • Miles: about 2,350 per week at $0.76 to $0.78 per mile, or $1,786 to $1,833 before anything else
  • Drop and Hook: $31 to $33 per stop
  • Live Load or Unload: $40 per load
  • Detention: $40 per hour after the first 2 hours
  • Attendance Bonus: $100 every week
  • Bridge Pay: $50
  • Holiday Pay: $160 per day
  • Training Days: $200 per day as a new hire
  • Sign-On Bonus: $5,000, first payment after your first dispatch (eligibility terms apply)


Your Week

  • Days: Thursday to Monday, with Tuesday and Wednesday off
  • Start Time: between 10 AM and 2 PM
  • Home Time: expect to get home 2 to 3 times during the work week
  • Busy Season: routes can shift between October and January
  • Holidays: rotating 6th days around Easter, July 4th, Thanksgiving and Christmas, and holidays off are not assured on this 24/7 account


Your Truck and Freight

  • Automatic sleeper assigned to you, with a spare only when yours is down
  • Loaded dry van or reefer trailers picked up at customer distribution centers
  • Deliveries to retail stores in NJ, NY, CT, MA, NH and VT, no New York City
  • No touch: drop and hook, or the store handles the live unload
  • Third party backhauls on the return, sometimes live load
  • Intermodal or nearby account loads when volume is light, paid at the same rates
  • Every day starts and ends at our East Brunswick yard


First Two Weeks

  • Half day onboarding, then 8 days of local account training
  • Plan to drive your own vehicle to both


Benefits

  • Medical, dental and vision after 30 days
  • PTO accrues from day one
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Life insurance, disability and mental health coverage
  • 2 weeks of paid parental leave
  • Paid online orientation
  • Onsite management with tenured leadership


Requirements

  • Valid Class A CDL and at least 21 years old
  • Verifiable tractor-trailer experience: 3 months in the last 6 with one carrier, 6 months in the last 12, or 12 months in the last 5 years
  • Reliable personal transportation
  • No careless or reckless driving and no more than 2 moving violations in the last 3 years
  • No major preventable accidents in 3 years and no DUI/DWI in 5 years
  • Pass hair and urine drug testing


The numbers above are the real rates on this account, not a best case. Apply today and our recruiting team will show you how a typical week adds up.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and veterans.

Salary : $105,000

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