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According to the most recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average trucker takes home about $57,000 a year, about $10,000 more than Maxine made last year. But remember, they're paid by the mile. So sometimes drivers like Maxine end up on the road for so long waiting for loads to come through that if they were paid hourly, they'd be making less than minimum wage.
According to the most recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average trucker takes home about $57,000 a year, about $10,000 more than Maxine made last year. But remember, they're paid by the mile. So sometimes drivers like Maxine end up on the road for so long waiting for loads to come through that if they were paid hourly, they'd be making less than minimum wage.
What do you do when you don't have a paycheck come through or when you get a paycheck that's like, I owe money?
What do you do when you don't have a paycheck come through or when you get a paycheck that's like, I owe money?
What do you do when you don't have a paycheck come through or when you get a paycheck that's like, I owe money?
Maxine owes money to a finance company because she took out what's called a debt consolidation loan to reduce a bunch of her debt to one payment with a lower interest rate.
Maxine owes money to a finance company because she took out what's called a debt consolidation loan to reduce a bunch of her debt to one payment with a lower interest rate.
Maxine owes money to a finance company because she took out what's called a debt consolidation loan to reduce a bunch of her debt to one payment with a lower interest rate.
Is that debt from regular living expenses or is there a larger expense that is just from bills?
Is that debt from regular living expenses or is there a larger expense that is just from bills?
Is that debt from regular living expenses or is there a larger expense that is just from bills?
Maxine really doesn't have that many regular expenses. Her health insurance comes out of her pay, and then she spends about $120 a month on utilities, $80 a month on her phone, $645 a month on her car and insurance, and about $80 a month on gas. The biggest expense weighing her down is her rent, which is $1,400 a month for her one bedroom in North Carolina.
Maxine really doesn't have that many regular expenses. Her health insurance comes out of her pay, and then she spends about $120 a month on utilities, $80 a month on her phone, $645 a month on her car and insurance, and about $80 a month on gas. The biggest expense weighing her down is her rent, which is $1,400 a month for her one bedroom in North Carolina.
Maxine really doesn't have that many regular expenses. Her health insurance comes out of her pay, and then she spends about $120 a month on utilities, $80 a month on her phone, $645 a month on her car and insurance, and about $80 a month on gas. The biggest expense weighing her down is her rent, which is $1,400 a month for her one bedroom in North Carolina.
But after all that, she often has to put her groceries on her credit card.
But after all that, she often has to put her groceries on her credit card.
But after all that, she often has to put her groceries on her credit card.