Averitt (CCJ Top 250, No. 24) announced Thursday pay increases for its drivers, dock associates, preventive maintenance and other operations personnel.
Compensation for regional drivers with a hazmat endorsement increased to 64 cents per mile – the largest single increase for regional drivers in the company’s 54-year history.
"It is important to us to reward our associates with competitive pay, quality benefits, and meaningful opportunities," said Barry Blakely, Averitt’s president and chief operating officer. "We believe in investing in our people, because they are the foundation of everything we do."
Several classifications of LTL associates across Averitt’s network also received pay increases, including local pickup and delivery drivers, shuttle drivers who support LTL operations with night-to-night relays between facilities, as well as dock associates, preventive maintenance associates and other categories.
According to the American Transportation Research Institute's 2025 Operational Costs of Trucking study, driver wages and benefits have increased annually since 2020, and currently account for 99.5-cents per mile of a carriers average operational costs – up more than 55% since 2015.
