ciochi

Is $33000 p.a. a normal salary for a truck driver?Can i keep my family on this?How much would i take home (i do not now nothing about taxes)?Or is somebody trying to take advantage of me?
please help asap.The job is in woodstock,ontario.

Atlantic Xpat

Seems low but no idea if it is the industry norm. Keeping a family on that as a sole income would be grim.

ciochi

thank you

jamesmc

no being funny but most that come to MB. get around 50k ish ,on their contract lmo paperwork.
and a 12month contract no way tell them 24mnth.min.as by the time you do tests etc thats a month gone.
fair enough i heard the wages were low in the east but!!
got to say the reputation of certain D&R drivers is not good.
but only you can decide if its worth the risk.
jimmy

dbd33

"In New Brunswick, for a family of two adults and two children, this combined poverty line corresponds roughly to an annual income of $24,300 in rural areas, $23,900 in the capital, Fredericton, and $22,900 in Moncton."

http://losiercool.sencanada.ca/en/p102921/

Understand that legal poverty in Canada is Angela's Ashes poverty. You'd have to be coming from somewhere really desperate for this offer to be a runner.

ciochi

I work in Luton,UK, for Downton Grou.I am on £13,50/h,min.60 hours a week.We were thinking for a long time to move there,but......i don*t know now...

ciochi

hey jimmy.thanks for information.any companies in MB that you know of?

Boy d

that a terrible wage. Average is around 50 k.....i wouldnt get out of bed for that. It works out to about 15 bucks an hour or 9 quid ish....i would nt go through the bother of a move over here for that.

neilg14

Been a truck driver in Alberta for over 5 years and earned between $60K - $73K a year.
$30K must be a part time job.

thedaviscrew

my husband was a lorry driver in PEI n earnt 29k in a year it was enough for him but he couldnt have supports the rest of us on it. sorry to be grimm but its best to no before you go

scrubbedexpat133

That is taking the P!33 I would not get out off bed for that wage!!!

Im a trucker (in NB) I think you should be looking for circa 60k in southern ON.

Boy d

i dont even know if 60 k is worth the agro and expenses of a move over.

ExOx

There's a huge demand for qualified tractor trailer drivers in the general area of South Western Ontario of which Woodstock is part; mostly for drivers to the States. The salary range varies, but if you can afford to buy a truck and work as an owner/operator you should be well into six figures.

Tangram

Even in the maritimes that is poor as the main wage. I wouldn't have left the UK for that.

Tangram

Agreed.