Updated September 2026
Best Owner-Operator Companies in Tulsa, Oklahoma (September 2026)
Tulsa, Oklahoma has 600 active owner-operator carriers as of September 2026. The carriers ranked below are scored on real driver pay, FMCSA safety, benefits, and how they treat applicants. RAY'S TRANSPORT INC leads with an average gross weekly revenue of $8,500 and an average $2,000 sign-on bonus. WINNERS TRANSPORTATION LLC follows at $2,657/week gross. Tulsa sits at the I-44 / I-244 / US-75 nexus on the Arkansas River, with ONEOK and Williams energy-sector headquarters driving pipe and equipment freight, aerospace manufacturing, and agricultural loads from northeast Oklahoma.
What changed in September 2026
We just started tracking monthly changes for this view. Check back next month to see how rankings have shifted.
Where owner-operator pay is strongest in Tulsa, Oklahoma this month
The top of the list is RAY'S TRANSPORT INC at $8,500/week. A few names below the top earn more on a weekly-pay basis but rank lower on the composite.
#1RAY'S TRANSPORT INC — $8,500/wk
RAY'S TRANSPORT INC leads the Tulsa, Oklahoma market on combined gross revenue and ranking score this month. RAY'S TRANSPORT INC's gross weekly revenue ranks in the 94th percentile across Tulsa, Oklahoma. Strongest FMCSA dimension is driver fitness — 87th percentile. RAY'S TRANSPORT INC tracks as a responsive employer on application-response data.
#2WINNERS TRANSPORTATION LLC — $2,657/wk
WINNERS TRANSPORTATION LLC's top FMCSA dimension is driver fitness, in the 92nd percentile. Driver applications get a faster-than-median response in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
#3LOAD MONSTER INC — $5,125/wk
LOAD MONSTER INC's top FMCSA dimension is hours-of-service compliance, in the 96th percentile. Lanefinder's application data flags LOAD MONSTER INC as a responsive employer.
Also in the top 10: #4 WESTERN MOUNTAIN TRANSPORT INC at $8,500/wk, #5 WIDER GROUP INC at $6,250/wk, #6 BLUE LIGHTNING LOGISTICS at $7,000/wk, #7 C & G TRANSPORTATION INC at $7,500/wk, #8 AIA TRUCKING INC at $3,450/wk, #9 M&D TRANSPORT at $7,000/wk, #10 JK MOVING & STORAGE INC at $4,975/wk.
How drivers spend their time on the road in Tulsa, Oklahoma
Of active CDL postings in Tulsa, Oklahoma this month, 9% are regional and 91% are OTR (long-haul). Local and semi-local routes account for the remaining 0%.
Guaranteed pay is on offer at 2% of Tulsa, Oklahoma postings; dedicated routes at 27%; take-truck-home at 93%. Pet-friendly policies appear at 74% and riders-allowed at 71%.
How Tulsa, Oklahoma compares to Oklahoma
The largest gap is on average weekly pay: Tulsa, Oklahoma sits 4% above the Oklahoma baseline.
Driving CDL in Oklahoma
Oklahoma freight is shaped by the I-35 / I-40 cross at Oklahoma City — a major north-south and east-west junction with substantial through-traffic. Energy-sector service loads from the Anadarko and Arkoma basins add oil-and-gas equipment freight, especially in active drilling cycles. Agricultural freight (wheat, cattle, cotton) is steady outbound. Tornado season (April-June) shapes spring dispatch across the state — route planners watch the outlooks. Oklahoma has a low graduated state income tax; housing and operating costs are among the lowest in any major US state.
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Where this data comes from
Carriers are scored against carriers in their own market. The composite is 30% compensation (pay + bonus + guaranteed pay + settlement cadence), 25% FMCSA safety, 25% benefits (W2 vs owner-op scoring), and 20% operational performance (responsiveness + fleet scale). No paid placement — the weights are the same for every carrier in the index. Updated September 2026.