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

As of July 2026, the median weekly pay across 1,195 active flatbed job postings is $1,350. The middle half of postings pay between $1,100 and $1,750 per week.

What do the top-paying carriers offer flatbed drivers?

The 90th percentile of active flatbed postings is $2,150 per week (July 2026). Offers above that beat 9 in 10 competing postings in the United States.

How is the flatbed 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 Flatbed Drivers in the United States (July 2026)

Written by Lanefinder Editorial Team

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Hiring flatbed 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 $1,350/week, the middle half of postings pay $1,100–$1,750, and the 90th percentile sits at $2,150, across 1,195 active postings.

The flatbed pay spread in the United States right now

Median weekly pay

$1,350/wk

1,195 active postings · July 2026

25th: $1,10075th: $1,75090th: $2,150

Half of the United States postings pay between $1,100 and $1,750 a week; the top carriers (90th percentile) post $2,150. 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)	$1,050	$1,250	$1,475	739
Independent Contractor (1099)	$1,450	$1,750	$2,200	286
Owner Operator	$4,500	$6,500	$8,500	170

Source: Lanefinder index, July 2026

What drives flatbed driver pay

Flatbed pay carries a skill premium: load securement, tarping, and oversize/over-dimensional handling raise the bar on competence, and the physical work and weather exposure keep the labor pool tighter than dry van. Expect flatbed offers to sit above general-freight benchmarks for comparable experience.

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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

Where these pay numbers come from

This benchmark reflects what carriers are actually posting right now: active job ads, each represented by the midpoint of its advertised weekly range. Outliers are excluded via interquartile filtering; percentiles are nearest-rank. Slices under 30 postings don't meet our publication bar and are omitted. Read the full methodology. Updated July 2026.