U.S. Xpress
Company-sponsoredNationwide
Large national carrier with three distinct scholarship paths to a fully covered CDL school tuition.
Pay ladder
Estimated annual pay by career stage — read the note under each bar, not just the number.
Official page states first-year solo drivers average $57,500/year.
Not broken out separately from the first-year figure on the page fetched. Shown as a rough industry-pattern estimate.
Not broken out separately from the first-year figure on the page fetched. Shown as a rough industry-pattern estimate (~50% above fresh-start pay).
No true solo/owner-operator figure published. The closest available official figure is $112,500/year average for TEAM drivers (not solo) — shown here as the best available reference point, not a solo-specific rate.
Operations & benefits
- Fleet size
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- Not separately published since U.S. Xpress became a wholly owned Knight-Swift subsidiary (acquisition closed July 1, 2023) and no longer files independently. Last pre-acquisition public figures cited ~7,200 tractors and 14,400 trailers.
- Route types
- RegionalOTRDedicated
- Markets OTR (drivers average 2,000+ miles/week), Regional (e.g. a Northeast fleet averaging ~1,500 miles/week with weekly home time), and Dedicated routes.
- Pay structure & benefits
- CPM-based; trip pay ~$0.57-$0.64/mile solo, team pay up to ~$0.82/mile with bonuses. Sign-on bonuses ~$1,000 solo up to $10,000 team; 401(k) match described as discretionary.
CDL program cost
$5,200
Tuition through partner CDL schools is $5,200, plus an optional $1,500 for housing. Most students attend at no up-front cost via one of three scholarships: Team Agreement (covers cost after 90,000 miles or 6 months as a team driver, familial teams only), Military Scholarship (12 months or 100,000 solo/200,000 team miles), or First Responders Scholarship (same terms as military).
Scholarship thresholds are time or mileage-based as described. Payback penalty for not meeting the threshold wasn't stated.