OTR Truck Drivers
Summary
OTR work with consistent miles, pet policy, free rider program, take-home truck, orientation pay, and quarterly safety bonus. Benefits include health, dental, vision, life, disability, 401(k), and profit sharing.
Highlights
- Benefits
- Health, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability
- Signing Bonus
- Orientation Pay: $120 per day
- Overtime Pay
- Quarterly Safety Bonus
- Tips / Commission
- Optional Per Diem Program
- Home Time
- Can take truck home
- Training Provided
- Driver mentor program
- Type
- Full-Time
Job description
At Shaffer Trucking (part of Crete Carrier Corporation), we know being an industry leader in driver pay is just the start. Our Leading Pay Plus program includes extras that boost drivers’ take-home pay now—and provide more for retirement later.
Pay
- $.70 to $.73 CPM
- Top 50% avg $107,216
- Top 50% weekly pay $2,061
- Pay Practical Miles vs Short Route (3-5% more miles per year)
- Easy to understand – straightforward – no gimmicks
- Optional Per Diem Program
- Orientation Pay: $120 per day
- Quarterly Safety Bonus
Stability
- 58+ years in business
- Debt-Free
- Long-term quality customers
Family-Owned
Driver turnover & tenure
- High-Quality Drivers
- Lowest turnover in the industry
- Driver mentor program
- Pet Policy
- Can take truck home
- Free Rider Program
Ease of getting maintenance (20 facilities nationally)
Freight
- Consistent Miles
- Length of Haul
- Drop & Hook % or # of Loads
- Don’t broker our freight
Don’t haul brokered freight
Benefits – Industry Leading
- Insurance Coverage: Health, Dental, Vision, Life, Disability
- 401K
- Profit Sharing
- $11.5 million in profit sharing in 2025
- $103 million to employee retirement accounts since 2018
- $11.5 million in profit sharing in 2025