Growth & wages: More than 57 percent in this field are women and itâs a field thatâs expected to grow 22 percent in the next 10 years. The average median salary, according to Payscale, is $81,541, with the highest pay concentrated in the San Francisco area.
$1.38 The average per mile operating cost for the trucking industry. $180,000 The average total yearly cost of operating a commercial truck. The largest operating expense is diesel fuel. A commercial truck can easily consume more than $70,000 of diesel fuel per year.
Beginning on Jan. 1, 2014, the standard mileage rates for the use of a car (also vans, pickups or panel trucks) will be: 1  56 cents per mile for business miles driven. 2  23.5 cents per mile driven for medical or moving purposes.  14 cents per mile driven in service of charitable organizations.