Driver Pay: Cents-per-Mile vs Percentage
Which pays a driver more on this load, cents per mile or a percentage of the linehaul.
Example
You enter
- Cents-per-mile rate ($/mi) 0.6
- Percentage-of-linehaul rate (%) 25
- Loaded miles 1000
- Load linehaul revenue ($) 2500
You get
- Cents-per-mile pay $600.00
- Pct pay usd 625
- Breakeven rate usd (mi) 2.4
Details, formula, and sources
CPM pay = rate x miles, percentage pay = percent x linehaul, break-even = CPM/(percent) per mile. $0.60/mi or 25%, 1000 mi, $2,500 -> $600 vs $625 (percentage wins above $2.40/mi); a $1,800 load favors CPM ($600 vs $450). The pay plan and accessorials govern.
cpm_pay = cpm x miles; pct_pay = (pct/100) x linehaul; breakeven_rate = cpm / (pct/100) (USD per linehaul mile).
Driver pay comparison, cents-per-mile vs percentage-of-linehaul, from carrier settlement practice, by name.
The two pay computations and the break-even load rate are public arithmetic; the pay rates and accessorials come from the settlement agreement.
Estimate. AHJ and licensed professional govern.
Field names used by the API: cpm_usd, pct, miles, linehaul_usd, cpm_pay_usd, pct_pay_usd, breakeven_rate_usd_mi
- The two pays cpm x miles vs (pct/100) x linehaulsettlement practice
- Break-even load rate = cpm / (pct/100) per linehaul milealgebra
- One-load view accessorials, empty-mile pay, and deadhead shift the real comparisonscope of this tile