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Laguerre: Starting truck driver pay at carriers like UPS is around $18/hour

Pierre Laguerre · #89 A Big Bet on an Ex-Trucker · Mar 3, 2025 · at 5:20

Pierre Laguerre, founder of trucking marketplace Fleeting, compares standard industry driver wages to the rates offered on Fleeting's platform during a pitch to investors.

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“So a starting rate for truck drivers is about 18 dollars per hour, and this is one of the largest carriers UPS, that's the starting rate.”

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The claim, plainly

The starting rate for truck drivers at major carriers like UPS is approximately $18 per hour.

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Assessment

Under the 2023–2028 UPS Teamsters National Master Agreement (effective August 1, 2023), the contractual starting baseline wage for full-time UPS commercial truck drivers (including package car drivers and feeder/tractor-trailer drivers) is $23.00 per hour (Article 41, Section 2(c)), not approximately $18.00 per hour. Even under the previous 2018–2023 agreement, starting driver rates were $20.50–$21.00 per hour, and non-driving part-time inside package handlers currently have a starting floor of $21.00 per hour. At $23.00 per hour, the actual rate is nearly 28% higher than the claimed figure, well outside any reasonable approximation range.

UPS Teamsters National Master Agreement (2023–2028), Article 41, Section 2(c) sets the starting wage for full-time drivers at $23.00 per hour.
Article 40, Section 6(b) of the same agreement sets the starting rate for full-time air drivers at $23.00 per hour.
Article 22, Section 5(b) establishes that even inside/part-time non-driver starting wages are set at a minimum of $21.00 per hour as of August 2023.

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