Pay Calculator

When I was researching truck driving, I ran across a neat little calculator that asked you how many days you would be running per week and how much you'd make per mile. Then it took all of your daily expenses for meals and such and gave you a final amount of what you can expect to make and how many miles you'd have to run to make that amount. For the life of me, I can't find that calculator any more. It was a web-based form, not an application. It was at a web site with a lot of information about truck driving and directed at newbies. Does anyone know what calculator I'm referring to?

 

Found it:

http://www.newbiedriver.com/articles/Money/Income_Expense_Calculator.htm

 

Yeah, don't knock it until you try it!

Just remember that the numbers your getting there are before state and federal taxes, Medicare, and social security deductions and any other elective dedictions. The caclculator does provide a spot for health insurance, which is set to $12 per week by default. I find that kind of low; $35/week for individual and $75/week for family is more like what I have seen with most companies.