Deadhead Percentage and Effective Rate
Deadhead percentage, rate per loaded mile, rate per total mile.
Example
You enter
- Loaded miles 800
- Deadhead miles 120
- Linehaul revenue ($) 1840
You get
- Deadhead % 13.04
- Rate loaded 2.3
Checked against published worked examples from: Freight-economics arithmetic + FMCSA terminology.
Details, formula, and sources
ScopeDeadhead percentage, rate per loaded mile, rate per total mile, and the effective loaded rate after absorbing empty miles from loaded/deadhead miles and linehaul revenue.
Formula or tabletotal = loaded + deadhead; deadhead% = deadhead/total * 100; rate_loaded = revenue/loaded; rate_total = revenue/total.
Source and editionFreight-economics arithmetic; FMCSA/DOT terminology ('deadhead' = unladen movement), by name.
Free accessPublic definitions, no proprietary table.
What governsEstimate. AHJ and licensed professional govern.
API field namesloaded_mi, deadhead_mi, revenue, deadhead_pct, rate_loaded
- Surcharge fuel surcharge added once to revenue, not against the empty legfreight-rate convention