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Driving & delivery
Truck driving (owner-operator)
You own your truck and haul freight under contract, picking your own loads and lanes. You keep more per mile than a company driver, but you cover your own costs.
3.5Last review 12 days agoLow data
Low data. These numbers come from just 1 review, so treat them as an early signal, not a reliable average — they'll sharpen as more people report.
Median monthly earnings
$7,500
Middle 50%: $7,500 – $7,500
Effective hourly
$50.00
Earnings over the hours people logged
Hours per week
35 hrs
Median across reviews
Startup cost
$5,000–10,000
To get up and running
Time to first $100
1–4 weeks
From starting out
Monthly expenses
$1,000–2,500
To keep it running
Schedule flexibility
Mostly flexible
Most common answer
Would recommend it
100%
1 of 1 say yes or probably yes
What people make in a month
Gross earnings people entered themselves, before expenses and taxes. 1 review.
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Under $100
$100–250
$250–500
$500–1,000
$1,000–2,000
$2,000–3,500
$3,500–5,000
$5,000–10,000
$10,000+
How it scores
Happiness7.0 / 10
Would do it again100%
Schedule flexibility4.0 / 5
Pay predictability3.7 / 5
What surprised people most
Every option reviewers could pick, most common first. 1 review.
How much I could earn
1
How much time it takes
1
How difficult it is to get started
1
Taxes — how much I owe
1
Unexpected expenses
1
How little I could earn
0
How difficult it is to find customers or clients
0
How competitive the market is
0
Nothing really surprised me
0
Reviews
Everyone here is anonymous. Nobody sees who wrote what.· 6–12 months in · 12 days ago
Monthly $5,000–10,000Hours 120+ hrs/moHourly $50.00
High risks pressure stress
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