{"id":2545,"date":"2019-01-18T17:43:21","date_gmt":"2019-01-18T17:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/increased-truck-driver-pay-lowers-turnover-rates-in-2018-2\/"},"modified":"2025-01-10T16:47:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T16:47:31","slug":"increased-truck-driver-pay-lowers-turnover-rates-in-2018-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cantruck.ca\/fr\/increased-truck-driver-pay-lowers-turnover-rates-in-2018-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Increased Truck Driver Pay Lowers Turnover Rates in 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">Increases to truck driver pay and a softening freight market were key to lower turnover numbers for large truckload fleets, according to the American Trucking Associations. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">ATA released its quarterly turnover rate numbers for the trucking industry, showing a decline of 11 percentage points in the third quarter for large truckload carriers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">This puts turnover at 87% for large truckload carriers, the lowest point since the first quarter of 2017, when it was at 74%. The drop erases a 10-percentage point increase in the first half of 2018, when the rate went as high as 98%.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">The turnover rate at small carriers was steady at 72%, while the churn rate for less-than-truckload carriers fell four percentage points to just 10%.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u201cFirst, large pay increases fleets have been offering appear to be working, and drivers are remaining with their current carrier,\u201d said Bob Costello, chief economist for ATA. \u201cSecond, we did see a softening of freight markets in the third quarter from the incredibly strong pace it had set earlier in the year. Historically, softer freight volumes lead to lower driver turnover.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Increases to truck driver pay and a softening freight market were key to lower turnover numbers for large truckload fleets, according to the American Trucking Associations. 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