US TRUCK driver turnover is up 20 per cent year on year at fleets with more than US$30 million annual revenue, according to the American Trucking Associations (ATA).
At smaller truckload carriers, the turnover rate hit 73 per cent, up seven per cent points from the first quarter of 2017, while at less-than-truckload carriers' turnover remained unchanged at 10 per cent year on year, reports American Shipper.
Most recruiters surveyed expected that salaries would continue to increase, with 72 per cent forecasting total compensation - pay and benefits - would rise in the second quarter of this year.
More than 80 per cent of the recruiters believed the average salary needed to be $75,000 to impact driver turnover - or 41 per cent higher than the $53,000 reported by ATA in 2016.
Lowering the interstate truck driving age from 21 to 18 could ease the shortage. Most states allow 18-year-olds to have commercial truck driving .
'America trains 18-year-olds to fight our wars. There's no reason we can't train them to cross state lines,' said ATA president and CEO Chris Spear.
At smaller truckload carriers, the turnover rate hit 73 per cent, up seven per cent points from the first quarter of 2017, while at less-than-truckload carriers' turnover remained unchanged at 10 per cent year on year, reports American Shipper.
Most recruiters surveyed expected that salaries would continue to increase, with 72 per cent forecasting total compensation - pay and benefits - would rise in the second quarter of this year.
More than 80 per cent of the recruiters believed the average salary needed to be $75,000 to impact driver turnover - or 41 per cent higher than the $53,000 reported by ATA in 2016.
Lowering the interstate truck driving age from 21 to 18 could ease the shortage. Most states allow 18-year-olds to have commercial truck driving .
'America trains 18-year-olds to fight our wars. There's no reason we can't train them to cross state lines,' said ATA president and CEO Chris Spear.