Schneider
Company-sponsoredNationwide
Major national carrier offering a free in-house apprenticeship or reimbursement for outside CDL school.
Pay ladder
Estimated annual pay by career stage — read the note under each bar, not just the number.
New drivers reported to start around $0.43/mile depending on division, plus $80/day during ~3-week orientation.
No distinct mid-career figure published by Schneider — shown as a rough industry-pattern estimate (~20% above fresh-start pay), not company-specific.
Not specified on official pages reviewed. Shown as a rough industry-pattern estimate (~50% above fresh-start pay), not company-specific.
Not found on official 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 Schneider.
Operations & benefits
- Fleet size
- ~14,500 trucks
- ~14,500 tractors, ranked #10 on Transport Topics' 2025 Top 100 For-Hire Carriers list. Dedicated fleet alone grew to nearly 8,600 tractors after the Cowan Systems acquisition.
- Route types
- LocalRegionalOTRDedicated
- Publishes Local, Regional, OTR, and Dedicated programs (solo and team); top Dedicated drivers average $111,000/year vs $86,000 OTR and $81,000 Local per Schneider's own pay pages.
- Pay structure & benefits
- CPM-based, roughly $0.39-$0.70/mile by division/location/experience. 401(k) matches up to 7% (100% vested at 3 years), sign-on/referral bonuses, and on-demand access to up to 50% of earned wages before payday.
CDL program cost
$0 (sponsored)
Two paths: (1) Schneider's own CDL Apprenticeship Training (CAT) — a paid 5-7.5 week in-house apprenticeship with no tuition, transportation/lodging/meals covered. (2) Tuition reimbursement up to $200/month (max $7,000) for grads of an independent CDL school.
Reimbursement path pays back up to $7,000 in $200/month installments while employed. No contract length or quit-penalty figure was published.