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Re:Self-driving trucks begin mail delivery test for U.S. Pos... by kingnothing on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @10:55AM (#19970692)
Assuming a 50 week year, that's $34k per year, or roughly $17 per hour. No wonder people don't want that job. You work completely alone driving all day for not much more than minimum wage.
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Re:Self-driving trucks begin mail delivery test for U.S. Pos... by ceejayoz on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @11:12AM (#19970850)
Huh? $17/hour is 230% of the Federal minimum wage, and 148% more than the highest state-level minimum in the country (Washington).
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Re:Self-driving trucks begin mail delivery test for U.S. Pos... by michaelt on Tuesday May 21, 2019 @12:50PM (#19971921)
That's because kingnothing assumed a 40-hour week, while bluedino said "he's home every 2 weeks"

If you assume he's driving the FMCSA limit of 60 hours in 7 consecutive days, the hourly wage is lower. And if you count all the time he's away from home, it's lower still. And he's paying for truck stop food and sleeping in his cab to boot.

And a far cry from the reports of $73,000 reported in some sources [1]

[1] https://money.cnn.com/2015/10/09/news/economy/truck-driver-s...

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