[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"wxkmYRosHi9lcErcM1tzglMTatcd_sMeCCdgFWPiG_8":3,"mdc-iyo42d-key":54,"_apollo:default":310},{"getCdlInsights":4},{"__typename":5,"id":6,"salary":7},"CdlInsightsResponse","reefer-national",{"__typename":8,"id":9,"overall":10,"byHiringType":19},"CdlInsightsSalary","salary-reefer-national",{"__typename":11,"id":12,"jobCount":13,"avgWeeklyPay":14,"p25WeeklyPay":15,"medianWeeklyPay":16,"p75WeeklyPay":17,"topWeeklyPay":18},"CdlInsightsSalaryStats","reefer-national-overall",1510,1781,1300,1600,2000,2875,[20,32,43],{"__typename":21,"id":22,"hiringType":23,"hiringTypeLabel":24,"stats":25},"CdlInsightsSalaryByHiringType","reefer-national-ht-COMPANY_DRIVER_W2","COMPANY_DRIVER_W2","Company Driver (W2)",{"__typename":11,"id":26,"jobCount":27,"p25WeeklyPay":28,"medianWeeklyPay":29,"p75WeeklyPay":30,"topWeeklyPay":31},"reefer-national-stats-COMPANY_DRIVER_W2",750,1200,1375,1620,1850,{"__typename":21,"id":33,"hiringType":34,"hiringTypeLabel":35,"stats":36},"reefer-national-ht-INDEPENDENT_CONTRACTOR_1099","INDEPENDENT_CONTRACTOR_1099","Independent Contractor (1099)",{"__typename":11,"id":37,"jobCount":38,"p25WeeklyPay":39,"medianWeeklyPay":40,"p75WeeklyPay":41,"topWeeklyPay":42},"reefer-national-stats-INDEPENDENT_CONTRACTOR_1099",532,1500,1800,2250,3000,{"__typename":21,"id":44,"hiringType":45,"hiringTypeLabel":46,"stats":47},"reefer-national-ht-OWNER_OPERATOR","OWNER_OPERATOR","Owner Operator",{"__typename":11,"id":48,"jobCount":49,"p25WeeklyPay":50,"medianWeeklyPay":51,"p75WeeklyPay":52,"topWeeklyPay":53},"reefer-national-stats-OWNER_OPERATOR",228,4740,7000,8500,11000,{"data":55,"body":56},{},{"type":57,"children":58},"root",[59,67,74,78,84,89,93,99,291,297],{"type":60,"tag":61,"props":62,"children":63},"element","p",{},[64],{"type":65,"value":66},"text","Through July 2026, Lanefinder benchmarks reefer driver pay across the United States as a distribution: median plus the 25th\u002F75th\u002F90th-percentile spread, so carriers can see exactly where a given offer lands. Right now the median is $1,600\u002Fweek, the middle half of postings pay $1,300–$2,000, and the 90th percentile sits at $2,875, across 1,510 active postings.",{"type":60,"tag":68,"props":69,"children":71},"h2",{"id":70},"what-carriers-are-paying-reefer-drivers-in-the-united-states",[72],{"type":65,"value":73},"What carriers are paying reefer drivers in the United States",{"type":60,"tag":75,"props":76,"children":77},"blog-post-pay-benchmark",{},[],{"type":60,"tag":68,"props":79,"children":81},{"id":80},"what-drives-reefer-driver-pay",[82],{"type":65,"value":83},"What drives reefer driver pay",{"type":60,"tag":61,"props":85,"children":86},{},[87],{"type":65,"value":88},"Refrigerated pay reflects the added responsibility of temperature-controlled freight: reefer monitoring, tighter delivery windows, and food-safety\u002Fload-integrity stakes. Reefer typically benchmarks above dry van, with produce-season demand swings pulling pay higher at peaks.",{"type":60,"tag":90,"props":91,"children":92},"blog-post-pay-cta",{},[],{"type":60,"tag":68,"props":94,"children":96},{"id":95},"cdl-driver-pay-by-segment",[97],{"type":65,"value":98},"CDL driver pay by segment",{"type":60,"tag":100,"props":101,"children":102},"ul",{},[103,116,127,138,147,156,165,174,183,192,201,210,219,228,237,246,255,264,273,282],{"type":60,"tag":104,"props":105,"children":106},"li",{},[107,114],{"type":60,"tag":108,"props":109,"children":111},"a",{"href":110},"\u002Fblog\u002Fcdl-home-time-and-miles-for-reefer-drivers-in-the-united-states\u002F",[112],{"type":65,"value":113},"Home time & miles for reefer drivers",{"type":65,"value":115},", the other half of the offer",{"type":60,"tag":104,"props":117,"children":118},{},[119,125],{"type":60,"tag":108,"props":120,"children":122},{"href":121},"\u002Fblog\u002Fcarrier-response-times-for-reefer-drivers-in-the-united-states\u002F",[123],{"type":65,"value":124},"How fast carriers respond to reefer drivers",{"type":65,"value":126},", speed wins the hire",{"type":60,"tag":104,"props":128,"children":129},{},[130,136],{"type":60,"tag":108,"props":131,"children":133},{"href":132},"\u002Fblog\u002Fsteady-miles-beat-top-line-cpm\u002F",[134],{"type":65,"value":135},"Why steady miles beat top-line CPM",{"type":65,"value":137},", reframing the offer",{"type":60,"tag":104,"props":139,"children":140},{},[141],{"type":60,"tag":108,"props":142,"children":144},{"href":143},"\u002Fblog\u002Fcdl-driver-pay-benchmarks\u002F",[145],{"type":65,"value":146},"All segments: CDL driver pay benchmarks",{"type":60,"tag":104,"props":148,"children":149},{},[150],{"type":60,"tag":108,"props":151,"children":153},{"href":152},"\u002Fblog\u002Fcdl-pay-for-flatbed-drivers-in-the-united-states\u002F",[154],{"type":65,"value":155},"Flatbed driver pay",{"type":60,"tag":104,"props":157,"children":158},{},[159],{"type":60,"tag":108,"props":160,"children":162},{"href":161},"\u002Fblog\u002Fcdl-pay-for-dry-van-drivers-in-the-united-states\u002F",[163],{"type":65,"value":164},"Dry van driver pay",{"type":60,"tag":104,"props":166,"children":167},{},[168],{"type":60,"tag":108,"props":169,"children":171},{"href":170},"\u002Fblog\u002Fcdl-pay-for-tanker-drivers-in-the-united-states\u002F",[172],{"type":65,"value":173},"Tanker driver pay",{"type":60,"tag":104,"props":175,"children":176},{},[177],{"type":60,"tag":108,"props":178,"children":180},{"href":179},"\u002Fblog\u002Fcdl-pay-for-car-carrier-drivers-in-the-united-states\u002F",[181],{"type":65,"value":182},"Car carrier driver pay",{"type":60,"tag":104,"props":184,"children":185},{},[186],{"type":60,"tag":108,"props":187,"children":189},{"href":188},"\u002Fblog\u002Fcdl-pay-for-container-drivers-in-the-united-states\u002F",[190],{"type":65,"value":191},"Container driver pay",{"type":60,"tag":104,"props":193,"children":194},{},[195],{"type":60,"tag":108,"props":196,"children":198},{"href":197},"\u002Fblog\u002Fcdl-pay-for-dump-drivers-in-the-united-states\u002F",[199],{"type":65,"value":200},"Dump driver pay",{"type":60,"tag":104,"props":202,"children":203},{},[204],{"type":60,"tag":108,"props":205,"children":207},{"href":206},"\u002Fblog\u002Fcdl-pay-for-hopper-bottom-drivers-in-the-united-states\u002F",[208],{"type":65,"value":209},"Hopper bottom driver pay",{"type":60,"tag":104,"props":211,"children":212},{},[213],{"type":60,"tag":108,"props":214,"children":216},{"href":215},"\u002Fblog\u002Fcdl-pay-for-livestock-drivers-in-the-united-states\u002F",[217],{"type":65,"value":218},"Livestock driver pay",{"type":60,"tag":104,"props":220,"children":221},{},[222],{"type":60,"tag":108,"props":223,"children":225},{"href":224},"\u002Fblog\u002Fcdl-pay-for-log-drivers-in-the-united-states\u002F",[226],{"type":65,"value":227},"Log driver pay",{"type":60,"tag":104,"props":229,"children":230},{},[231],{"type":60,"tag":108,"props":232,"children":234},{"href":233},"\u002Fblog\u002Fcdl-pay-for-hazmat-tanker-drivers-in-the-united-states\u002F",[235],{"type":65,"value":236},"Hazmat tanker driver pay",{"type":60,"tag":104,"props":238,"children":239},{},[240],{"type":60,"tag":108,"props":241,"children":243},{"href":242},"\u002Fblog\u002Fcdl-pay-for-pneumatic-tanker-drivers-in-the-united-states\u002F",[244],{"type":65,"value":245},"Pneumatic tanker driver pay",{"type":60,"tag":104,"props":247,"children":248},{},[249],{"type":60,"tag":108,"props":250,"children":252},{"href":251},"\u002Fblog\u002Fcdl-pay-for-curtain-van-drivers-in-the-united-states\u002F",[253],{"type":65,"value":254},"Curtain van driver pay",{"type":60,"tag":104,"props":256,"children":257},{},[258],{"type":60,"tag":108,"props":259,"children":261},{"href":260},"\u002Fblog\u002Fcdl-pay-for-double-drop-drivers-in-the-united-states\u002F",[262],{"type":65,"value":263},"Double drop driver pay",{"type":60,"tag":104,"props":265,"children":266},{},[267],{"type":60,"tag":108,"props":268,"children":270},{"href":269},"\u002Fblog\u002Fcdl-pay-for-step-deck-drivers-in-the-united-states\u002F",[271],{"type":65,"value":272},"Step deck driver pay",{"type":60,"tag":104,"props":274,"children":275},{},[276],{"type":60,"tag":108,"props":277,"children":279},{"href":278},"\u002Fblog\u002Fcdl-pay-for-removable-gooseneck-drivers-in-the-united-states\u002F",[280],{"type":65,"value":281},"Removable gooseneck (RGN) driver pay",{"type":60,"tag":104,"props":283,"children":284},{},[285],{"type":60,"tag":108,"props":286,"children":288},{"href":287},"\u002Fblog\u002Fcdl-pay-for-walking-floor-drivers-in-the-united-states\u002F",[289],{"type":65,"value":290},"Walking floor driver pay",{"type":60,"tag":68,"props":292,"children":294},{"id":293},"where-these-pay-numbers-come-from",[295],{"type":65,"value":296},"Where these pay numbers come from",{"type":60,"tag":61,"props":298,"children":299},{},[300,302,308],{"type":65,"value":301},"The distribution is built from currently-active job postings. A posting counts as the midpoint of the weekly-pay range it advertises; outliers are removed with a standard interquartile filter, then the 25th, 50th, 75th, and 90th percentiles are taken by nearest rank. Any slice below 30 postings is withheld: too few ads to call a benchmark. ",{"type":60,"tag":108,"props":303,"children":305},{"href":304},"\u002Fabout\u002Fmethodology#pay-index",[306],{"type":65,"value":307},"Read the full methodology.",{"type":65,"value":309}," Updated July 2026.",{"CdlInsightsSalaryStats:reefer-national-overall":311,"CdlInsightsSalaryStats:reefer-national-stats-COMPANY_DRIVER_W2":312,"CdlInsightsSalaryByHiringType:reefer-national-ht-COMPANY_DRIVER_W2":313,"CdlInsightsSalaryStats:reefer-national-stats-INDEPENDENT_CONTRACTOR_1099":316,"CdlInsightsSalaryByHiringType:reefer-national-ht-INDEPENDENT_CONTRACTOR_1099":317,"CdlInsightsSalaryStats:reefer-national-stats-OWNER_OPERATOR":320,"CdlInsightsSalaryByHiringType:reefer-national-ht-OWNER_OPERATOR":321,"CdlInsightsSalary:salary-reefer-national":324,"CdlInsightsResponse:reefer-national":334,"ROOT_QUERY":337},["null","__typename",11,"id",12,"jobCount",13,"avgWeeklyPay",14,"p25WeeklyPay",15,"medianWeeklyPay",16,"p75WeeklyPay",17,"topWeeklyPay",18],["null","__typename",11,"id",26,"jobCount",27,"p25WeeklyPay",28,"medianWeeklyPay",29,"p75WeeklyPay",30,"topWeeklyPay",31],["null","__typename",21,"id",22,"hiringType",23,"hiringTypeLabel",24,"stats",314],{"__ref":315},"CdlInsightsSalaryStats:reefer-national-stats-COMPANY_DRIVER_W2",["null","__typename",11,"id",37,"jobCount",38,"p25WeeklyPay",39,"medianWeeklyPay",40,"p75WeeklyPay",41,"topWeeklyPay",42],["null","__typename",21,"id",33,"hiringType",34,"hiringTypeLabel",35,"stats",318],{"__ref":319},"CdlInsightsSalaryStats:reefer-national-stats-INDEPENDENT_CONTRACTOR_1099",["null","__typename",11,"id",48,"jobCount",49,"p25WeeklyPay",50,"medianWeeklyPay",51,"p75WeeklyPay",52,"topWeeklyPay",53],["null","__typename",21,"id",44,"hiringType",45,"hiringTypeLabel",46,"stats",322],{"__ref":323},"CdlInsightsSalaryStats:reefer-national-stats-OWNER_OPERATOR",["null","__typename",8,"id",9,"overall",325,"byHiringType",327],{"__ref":326},"CdlInsightsSalaryStats:reefer-national-overall",[328,330,332],{"__ref":329},"CdlInsightsSalaryByHiringType:reefer-national-ht-COMPANY_DRIVER_W2",{"__ref":331},"CdlInsightsSalaryByHiringType:reefer-national-ht-INDEPENDENT_CONTRACTOR_1099",{"__ref":333},"CdlInsightsSalaryByHiringType:reefer-national-ht-OWNER_OPERATOR",["null","__typename",5,"id",6,"salary",335],{"__ref":336},"CdlInsightsSalary:salary-reefer-national",["null","__typename",338,"getCdlInsights({\"city\":null,\"segment\":\"reefer\",\"state\":null})",339],"Query",{"__ref":340},"CdlInsightsResponse:reefer-national"]