How many miles per week do car carrier jobs offer in the United States?

As of July 2026, the median offered mileage across 45 active car carrier postings is 2,500 miles per week; the middle half offer 1,750–3,000. These are offered (posted) miles, not delivered miles.

What share of car carrier jobs run dedicated routes?

28% of the 46 active car carrier postings in the United States advertise dedicated routes (July 2026).

How much home time do car carrier drivers get?

Among active car carrier postings that state home time, carriers advertise an average of 2.5 weekends home per month (July 2026).

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Updated July 2026

Car Carrier Driver Home Time & Miles in the United States (July 2026)

Written by Lanefinder Editorial Team

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Through July 2026, Lanefinder benchmarks the work car carrier carriers in the United States are advertising (offered miles per week, dedicated routes, weekends home) so you can see how your lanes stack up. Right now the median offer is 2,500 miles/week (middle half 1,750–3,000), 28% of postings advertise dedicated routes, and postings that state home time average 2.5 weekends home per month, across 46 active postings.

Car carrier miles, lanes, and home time (July 2026)

Median offered miles

2,500/wk

45 postings with stated miles · July 2026

The middle half of the United States postings offer between 1,750 and 3,000 miles a week. These are offered miles (what the ad advertises), not delivered miles.

Dedicated routes

28%

of 46 active postings advertise dedicated routes

Weekends home

2.5/mo

average across 36 postings that state home time

Route mix

Local

Semi-Local

Regional

26%

OTR

65%

Source: Lanefinder index, July 2026

What car carrier work actually looks like

Car-haul work clusters around ports, rail ramps, auctions, and dealer networks: repeatable regional loops with high-touch load/unload. Offered miles run below van freight because loading and securing vehicles is a large share of the workday.

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CDL home time & miles by segment

How this benchmark is computed

The benchmark reflects what carriers are advertising right now: each active posting contributes the midpoint of its offered weekly-mile range, its dedicated-route flag, and its stated home time. These are posted offers, not delivered outcomes. Percentiles are computed by nearest rank, and no slice below 30 postings is published. Read the full methodology. Updated July 2026.