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North America’s top motor carriers, dedicated fleets and 3PLs, and private trucking fleets rely on NTI’s data, surveys, and wage benchmarking reports to build compensation and benefits programs that underpin recruiting and retention success.

NTI’s research empowers fleets to take an analytical, data-based approach to building compensation plans to achieve their hiring goals, monitor real-time changes to driver pay, and to engage with their workforce, leadership teams, and customers to remain competitive in changing market cycles.  

Executives, recruiting and HR managers, compensation analysts, and operations and sales teams have access to benchmarking tools for nearly 200 attributes of driver pay programs, along with Power BI-driven graphs and visuals to easily compare wages, benefits, bonuses, incentives, and the dozens of other components that make up driver and technician comp plans. Compare your pay to select competitors and the market at large to gain an in-depth understanding of where your pay ranks, how you can make adjustments to grow in the markets you operate, and to understand how economic trends are affecting driver wage momentum.

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What we track and report

National Survey of Driver Wages

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National Private Fleet Survey

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National Dedicated Fleet Survey

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National Driver Wage Index

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National City-Centric Driver Pay Survey

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Resources from NTI

Recent Media

Does your fleet have a driver pay problem or a messaging problem?

“Understanding how to articulate your pay, making a plan for messaging your pay, and being consistent in how you deliver your pay is just as important as the amount you pay,” writes NTI’s Leah Shaver in a column for FleetOwner. Read it here. 

Still looking for unicorn drivers?

NTI’s Leah Shaver recently contributed an article in NORA’s Liquid Recycling magazine, where she explored important driver pay trends specialized fleets should know. Turn to page 12 to read it.

Podcast: Dismantling the Barriers Women Face in Trucking Careers

NTI President and CEO Leah Shaver recently joined HDT’s Deborah Lockridge on the HDT Talks Trucking podcast to explore ways to make trucking a more attractive and secure career choice for women across the industry. Listen here.

Navigating Uncertainty: What Lies Ahead and How Targeted Technology Adoption Can Help

What can fleets expect in 2024? NTI President and CEO Leah Shaver, joined by Kenny Vieth from ACT Research, Steve Keppler from Scopelitis, and Sarah Wicker from EROAD, explored the critical issues facing fleets this year in a webinar hosted by FleetOwner. Dive into the discussion and discover how your fleet can navigate these challenges. Watch the free replay here.

What our subscribers say

“American Central Transport has been a long-time subscriber to NTI’s Wage Surveys. We have used this information as a tool in helping us design driver pay strategies through the years. More importantly, we have found insights shared by Leah Shaver to be invaluable. Leah understands drivers and the trucking industry. She brings a fresh approach to our industry and has been a great partner in solving problems. Our conversations are thought-provoking and challenge us to make sure our fleet has best-in-class fleet strategies. We value our partnership with NTI.”
American Central Transport
American Central Transport
“Being acknowledged as a Certified Top Pay Carrier in NTI’s coveted program has been a tremendous benefit in our driver recruiting and retention strategy. We have a reputation for being the leader in driver satisfaction and as part of this elite group offer the best to drivers in financial stability, compensation, and health and retirement benefits. We market to potential and current drivers so that they can recognize our Top Pay Carrier status as well.”
Marten Transport
Marten Transport
“We have relied on The National Transportation Institute for more than 15 years as our go-to source for driver pay and benefits data. The National Survey of Driver Wages allows us to make accurate and informed decisions about where our driver pay, benefits, bonuses, and accessorials rank compared to other carriers. We know what we need do to continue to hire the best drivers that meet our tough standards.”
Barr-Nunn Transportation
Barr-Nunn Transportation
“From students to experienced drivers, The National Transportation Institute reports the most timely, complete and insightful information on driver compensation available.”
J.B. Hunt
J.B. Hunt
“We wanted to take an analytical approach to review our driver compensation package. Our objective was to provide the best possible driver compensation package while being good stewards of our resources. The data NTI provided allowed for a decision that was based on real market facts. The end result was a highly competitive program that our drivers can plan for and build a future with.”
Soli Organic
Soli Organic
"We’re a very specialized private fleet, and we needed the right data to compare our pay packages against the right carriers to set our pay packages exactly where we wanted them to be in the market. Using NTI’s data sets, we were able to see where our pay was, perform a pay analysis, and build pay ranges supported by the data we needed. NTI’s National Private Fleet Survey has been a critical guiding tool to look at bottom line W2 earnings for drivers we were competing for and help us have real conversations with current and prospective drivers about their actual take-home pay and how competitive it is in the market. It helped us separate fact from fiction when comparing what drivers see being advertised for per-mile pay and what their bottom-line annual earnings really are."
Clean Harbors
Clean Harbors
"When you read articles, industry surveys, or just in general discussion — driver pay is the first and most popular topic. With NTI's surveys, we are able to stay on top of industry wage adjustments and continue to run the business without sacrificing valuable time. NTI's program allows you to see more than just details on driver wages. You are able to make informed decisions on where you could see improvements in your total driver package."
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Ascend

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Listen live every month

On the first Thursday of every month, NTI President & CEO Leah Shaver, aka the Sunshine Girl, goes live on air on SiriusXM Channel 146, Road Dog Trucking, to talk with drivers about all things pay. From paycheck questions to working with fleets on resolving issues around compensation, HR and legal, life on the road, and relationships with their employers, Payday on Road Dog Live dives into topics drivers care about most.

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