About this role
CDL-A Local Retail Driver – $92K + Home Daily | Syracuse, NY
Earn an average of $92,000 per year delivering retail freight throughout upstate New York. Enjoy daily home time, competitive mileage pay, paid training, and dedicated local routes with no New York City or metro-area deliveries.
Pay Details
- Average Annual Pay: $92,000
- Average Weekly Pay: $1,750
- Mileage Pay: $0.69–$0.83 per mile
- Average Miles: 1,600 per week
- Training Pay: $20 per hour during onboarding, followed by activity-based training pay
Job Details
- Dedicated local retail account
- Operate within a 275-mile radius of Syracuse, NY
- Deliver preloaded freight to approximately 4–5 stores per day
- Average of 22 stops per week
- Multiple loads per day may be required
- Unload pallets with a pallet jack and deliver freight to store back rooms
- Approximately 50% of deliveries require liftgate unloading
- Count pallets, document delivered quantities on bills of lading, and report discrepancies
- Secure freight between stops
- May assist other local accounts or warehouse operations as needed
Shift Details
- Home Daily
- Typical start time: 9:00 AM
- Shifts of approximately 12–14 hours
- Non-peak schedule: Monday–Saturday, with Sunday and one additional nonconsecutive day off
- Peak periods may require additional workdays: July–October and January: generally 5 workdays, with an optional sixth day
- November–December: assigned 6-day schedule with 1 day off per week; the day off cannot be a weekend
- Additional Saturday work may be required during holidays and volume spikes
- No work on Thanksgiving, Christmas, or New Year's Eve
- Year-end inventory shutdown may result in limited or no work for several days or longer
Job Requirements
- Valid Class A CDL
- Minimum 6 months of verifiable tractor-trailer experience
- Clean driving record
- DOT Medical Card
- No SAP drivers
- Reliable transportation to and from work
- Ability to operate a pallet jack, use a liftgate, secure freight, and accurately document deliveries
Equipment & Benefits
- Day-cab trucks, including Freightliner and International models
- Preloaded trailers
- Liftgate equipment for applicable deliveries
- Training typically lasts 3–7 days , depending on experience
- Trucks cannot be taken home during time off