What is the median weekly pay for curtain van drivers in the United States?

As of July 2026, the median weekly pay across 73 active curtain van job postings is $1,475. The middle half of postings pay between $1,300 and $1,937 per week.

What do the top-paying carriers offer curtain van drivers?

The 90th percentile of active curtain van postings is $3,000 per week (July 2026). Offers above that beat 9 in 10 competing postings in the United States.

How is the curtain van driver pay benchmark computed?

Each active job posting counts as the midpoint of its advertised weekly-pay range. Outliers are removed with an interquartile filter, percentiles are computed by nearest rank, and segments with fewer than 30 active postings are not published.

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Updated July 2026

What Companies Pay Curtain Van Drivers in the United States (July 2026)

Written by Lanefinder Editorial Team

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Hiring curtain van drivers in the United States starts with one number: where your weekly offer ranks against everyone else's. This is the July 2026 pay distribution, percentile by percentile. Right now the median is $1,475/week, the middle half of postings pay $1,300–$1,937, and the 90th percentile sits at $3,000, across 73 active postings.

The curtain van pay spread in the United States right now

Median weekly pay

$1,475/wk

73 active postings · July 2026

25th: $1,30075th: $1,93790th: $3,000

Half of the United States postings pay between $1,300 and $1,937 a week; the top carriers (90th percentile) post $3,000. Find where your offer sits on the scale above.

Weekly pay distribution by hiring type in the United States

Hiring type	25th	Median	75th	Active postings
Company Driver (W2)	$1,250	$1,387	$1,500	44

Source: Lanefinder index, July 2026

Behind the curtain van pay premium

Curtainside combines van-style enclosure with flatbed-style side access, so it spans general and specialized freight. Pay typically benchmarks between dry van and flatbed depending on whether the work leans toward securement-heavy loads.

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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 July 2026 distribution, and how the fastest-hiring carriers on Lanefinder structure their offers.

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CDL driver pay by segment

The methodology behind the benchmark

Numbers come from live job postings on Lanefinder, one midpoint per posting's advertised weekly range. An interquartile-range filter drops outlier postings ($0 placeholders, absurd highs) before the nearest-rank percentile bands are computed. No slice with fewer than 30 postings is published. Read the full methodology. Updated July 2026.