The average pay for a truck driver in the USA is about $40,000.
If you are unionized or work for a large corporation, your top pay will be around $80,000.
I will guess that all the driving jobs that pay $100,000+ are located in the Northeast USA or California, so your cost of living will probably eat up all of that extra money.
When I read an article like this, the first thing I think is that someone wants to hire foreign workers.
Can’t find good USA workers?
Increase the pay!
Ten years ago, non-union Estes Express had line haul runs domiciled in Phoenix that paid around 80 grand and some of the local P&D guys were making 60 grand.
The big money is in oversize loads. Not everyone can and/or wants to pull that stuff.
Local WI company was advertising on billboards that their average pay was 72K plus.
Then there are open pit coal mine truck jobs that do pay over 100K - driving really huge dump trucks, the kind that have to be disassembled to be moved in or out of the mine; the kind that has 15 foot tall tires ...
Truth spoken right there.
Glad I’m close to done with it after 40+ years...