C.R. England
Company-sponsoredNationwide
Large refrigerated carrier with its own CDL school and a 9-month contract path to fully paid training.
Pay ladder
Estimated annual pay by career stage — read the note under each bar, not just the number.
Training-phase pay reported at $10/hour (~$501/week, ~$26,000/year).
After training, rookie solo pay reported around $0.14-$0.16/mile (~$450-$600/week, ~$27,300/year); a team-mentoring phase pays $0.28/mile split ($0.14/mile each) during the transition.
Not specified with a definitive figure on pages reviewed. C.R. England's published rookie rates run lower than most carriers in this comparison, so this is a conservative industry-ballpark estimate rather than a scaled multiple of their own entry pay.
Not found on pages reviewed. Industry-wide owner-operator gross pay commonly runs roughly $80,000-$180,000+/year before truck, fuel, and insurance costs — a general ballpark, not specific to C.R. England.
Operations & benefits
- Fleet size
- ~4,254 trucks
- ~4,254 tractors, ranked #42 on Transport Topics' 2025 Top 100. C.R. England's own site cites '4,000+ tractors, 6,000+ trailers, and 900+ containers.'
- Route types
- LocalRegionalOTRDedicated
- Runs Dedicated, Regional, National/OTR ('Road Warrior'), and Intermodal refrigerated freight — marketed as the largest long-haul refrigerated carrier in the U.S.; some Dedicated accounts offer weekly-home local/regional lanes.
- Pay structure & benefits
- CPM-based; recent postings cite ~$0.66/mile for drivers with 6+ months' experience (~$1,400-$1,750/week). Detention pay up to $6,000/year, weather/layover pay up to $250-300/day, $10,000 sign-on bonus reported, pet policy.
CDL program cost
$4,995
In-house CDL school reported (third-party) at roughly $4,995-$6,000. To attend at no out-of-pocket cost, drivers sign a company contract (reported as ~9 months).
If the 9-month commitment is completed, tuition isn't charged back. Leaving early typically requires repaying a prorated portion of training cost (third-party estimate; exact figure not confirmed officially).