How many miles per week do hopper bottom jobs offer in the United States?

As of July 2026, the median offered mileage across 133 active hopper bottom postings is 2,000 miles per week; the middle half offer 1,250–2,500. These are offered (posted) miles, not delivered miles.

What share of hopper bottom jobs run dedicated routes?

31% of the 134 active hopper bottom postings in the United States advertise dedicated routes (July 2026).

How much home time do hopper bottom drivers get?

Among active hopper bottom postings that state home time, carriers advertise an average of 3.3 weekends home per month (July 2026).

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Updated July 2026

Hopper Bottom Driver Home Time & Miles in the United States (July 2026)

Written by Lanefinder Editorial Team

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If you're hiring hopper bottom drivers in the United States, pay is only half the offer. This July 2026 benchmark covers the other half: offered weekly miles, dedicated-route share, and home time. Right now the median offer is 2,000 miles/week (middle half 1,250–2,500), 31% of postings advertise dedicated routes, and postings that state home time average 3.3 weekends home per month, across 134 active postings.

The hopper bottom workload in the United States right now

Median offered miles

2,000/wk

133 postings with stated miles · July 2026

The middle half of the United States postings offer between 1,250 and 2,500 miles a week. These are offered miles (what the ad advertises), not delivered miles.

Dedicated routes

31%

of 134 active postings advertise dedicated routes

Weekends home

3.3/mo

average across 122 postings that state home time

Route mix

Local

31%

Semi-Local

10%

Regional

35%

OTR

24%

Source: Lanefinder index, July 2026

What hopper bottom work actually looks like

Hopper freight tracks the agricultural calendar: grain-belt loops that surge at harvest and slow in winter. Lanes are regional and repeatable, and home-time offers are generally strong outside peak season.

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CDL home time & miles by segment

The methodology behind the benchmark

Every figure comes from active job postings in Lanefinder's index. Miles are OFFERED miles (the midpoint of the weekly-mile range a posting advertises), never delivered or actual miles. Percentiles are nearest-rank; each metric only counts postings that state it, and segments with fewer than 30 active postings are not published. Read the full methodology. Updated July 2026.