Operating Cost Per Mile
Fixed, fuel, maintenance, and driver cost per mile plus the total and break-even rate per mile from monthly fixed costs.
Example
You enter
- Fixed monthly costs ($) 6000
- Miles per month 10000
- Fuel price ($/gal) 4
- Fuel economy (mpg) 6.5
- Maintenance ($/mi) 0.18
- Driver pay ($/mi) 0.65
You get
- Total cost per mile $2.045/mi (break-even)
- Fuel cpm 0.6154
Checked against published worked examples from: ATRI cost-per-mile bucket methodology.
Details, formula, and sources
ScopeFuel price/economy, and per-mile variable costs.
Formula or tablefixed_cpm = fixed_monthly / miles; fuel_cpm = price / mpg; total_cpm = fixed_cpm + fuel_cpm + maint_cpm + driver_cpm; break-even rate = total_cpm.
Source and editionCost-per-mile bucket methodology per ATRI (American Transportation Research Institute), 'An Analysis of the Operational Costs of Trucking', by name; arithmetic is public.
Free accessReport free at truckingresearch.org; all figures user-supplied.
What governsEstimate. AHJ and licensed professional govern.
API field namesfixed_monthly, miles_month, fuel_price, mpg, maint_cpm, driver_cpm, total_cpm, fuel_cpm
- Mileage base include deadhead miles in the base for an honest per-mile figureATRI methodology