Yes, you can make money as a local owner-operator truck driver. Owner operator truck drivers make the most money compared to any other type of truck driver. A local owner-operator truck driver averages $165,722 a year compared to the average salary of a local truck driver working for a company, which is only $54,000 a year.
However, that is not to say all local-owned truck drivers should expect to make that much, especially when they are first starting what an owner-operated truck driver can make ranges from as little as $28,000 a year to as high as $358,000 a year.
Something else to consider is that an owner-operated truck driver is responsible for all the truck's costs, which can account for 70% of the profits. That means that an owner-operator truck driver may earn $183,000 per year, but this pay drops to around $50,000 to $60,000 a year in earned profit.
