Updated November 2026
Reefer Driver Home Time & Miles in the United States (November 2026)
Through November 2026, Lanefinder benchmarks the work reefer 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 2,750 miles/week (middle half 2,250–3,000), 33% of postings advertise dedicated routes, and postings that state home time average 2.5 weekends home per month, across 1,565 active postings.
What reefer carriers are offering in the United States
Median offered miles
2,750/wk
1,373 postings with stated miles · November 2026
The middle half of the United States postings offer between 2,250 and 3,000 miles a week. These are offered miles (what the ad advertises), not delivered miles.
Dedicated routes
33%
of 1,565 active postings advertise dedicated routes
Weekends home
2.5/mo
average across 1,238 postings that state home time
Route mix
Source: Lanefinder index, November 2026
The shape of reefer freight
Reefer work follows produce and food-service lanes: longer hauls, tighter delivery windows, and more weekend movement than dry freight, since the freight doesn't stop being perishable on Saturday. Home-time offers reflect that: carriers that guarantee weekends home stand out in this segment.
Benchmark your offer
If applications are slow, pay is the first thing to rule out. Tell us what you're offering and we'll show you where it sits in the November 2026 distribution, and how the fastest-hiring carriers on Lanefinder structure their offers.
CDL home time & miles by segment
- What companies pay reefer drivers, the pay half of the offer
- How fast carriers respond to reefer drivers, speed wins the hire
- Why steady miles beat top-line CPM, reframing the offer
- All segments: CDL driver pay benchmarks
- Flatbed home time & miles
- Dry van home time & miles
- Tanker home time & miles
- Car carrier home time & miles
- Container home time & miles
- Dump home time & miles
- Hopper bottom home time & miles
- Livestock home time & miles
- Log home time & miles
- Hazmat tanker home time & miles
- Pneumatic tanker home time & miles
- Curtain van home time & miles
- Double drop home time & miles
- Step deck home time & miles
- Removable gooseneck (RGN) home time & miles
- Walking floor home time & miles
The methodology behind the benchmark
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 November 2026.