How many miles per week do step deck jobs offer in the United States?

As of July 2026, the median offered mileage across 245 active step deck postings is 2,300 miles per week; the middle half offer 1,650–2,750. These are offered (posted) miles, not delivered miles.

What share of step deck jobs run dedicated routes?

28% of the 259 active step deck postings in the United States advertise dedicated routes (July 2026).

How much home time do step deck drivers get?

Among active step deck postings that state home time, carriers advertise an average of 2.9 weekends home per month (July 2026).

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Updated July 2026

Step Deck Driver Home Time & Miles in the United States (July 2026)

Written by Lanefinder Editorial Team

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If you're hiring step deck 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 2,300 miles/week (middle half 1,650–2,750), 28% of postings advertise dedicated routes, and postings that state home time average 2.9 weekends home per month, across 259 active postings.

The step deck workload in the United States right now

Median offered miles

2,300/wk

245 postings with stated miles · July 2026

The middle half of the United States postings offer between 1,650 and 2,750 miles a week. These are offered miles (what the ad advertises), not delivered miles.

Dedicated routes

28%

of 259 active postings advertise dedicated routes

Weekends home

2.9/mo

average across 206 postings that state home time

Route mix

Local

18%

Semi-Local

Regional

24%

OTR

51%

Source: Lanefinder index, July 2026

Why step deck lanes run the way they do

Step-deck lanes look like flatbed (regional and OTR, plant-to-site, modest dedicated share) with taller loads adding permit and routing considerations. Offered miles track the flatbed distribution closely.

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CDL home time & miles by segment

The methodology behind the benchmark

Source: active CDL job postings on Lanefinder. Offered miles per week are posting-range midpoints with nearest-rank percentiles; dedicated share and weekends-home are computed over the postings that state them. Everything here is what carriers offer in the ad, not what drivers ultimately ran. Segments under 30 active postings are withheld. Read the full methodology. Updated July 2026.