J.B. Hunt Boosts Company-Driver Pay

ruckload carrier J.B. Hunt Transport Services raised its driver pay scales for truckers holding commercial driver’s licenses as of Monday, the National Transportation Institute said.

The pay scales range from 37 cents to 45 cents per mile in 12 states mostly in the south, southwest and including California and Florida.

In 16 states including most of the East Coast, pay will range from 40 cents for new drivers to 45 cents maximum.

The carrier’s owner-operator pay is not changing, NTI said.

J.B. Hunt is ranked No. 11 on the Transport Topics 100 listing of U.S. and Canadian for-hire carriers.