Workers leaving jobs for trucking industry, six-figure salaries
Metro South Community Improvement District Vice Chair Wayne Smith says some workers are changing careers for the chance to make six figures as a truck driver.
As everyday prices and inflation concerns continue to surge across America, the trucking industry is ramping up efforts to attract the needed 80,000 drivers that will alleviate supply chain pressures.
The trucker shortage created an opportunity for Roadmaster Drivers School to open 20 locations nationwide, telling and teaching prospective drivers about the six figure starting point.
According to Metro South Community Improvement District Vice Chair Wayne Smith, drivers can earn well over $100,000 in just a few years.
“We got two applicants applying for a driving position, both in the same week… both [with] four-year degrees,” Smith told FOX Business’ Connell McShane. “I asked them, ‘Why aren’t you in the field that you studied?’”
“They said, ‘Because we can’t make the money we want
