The link is about Owner/Operators. They pay for their own fuel, tires, lumpers,state road taxes, 10k maintenance, insurance and Bear Fees.
Not much left of that $80k per year.
BIL was a independent long hauler, said the same thing, plus keeping the diseased HOOKERS away. Then he turned mechanic for the older trucks. Died of a Diabetic Heart Attack. SIL daughter is a petite thing, she whips those trucks around. Rarely home.
As for young blacks you can make more selling DOPE in a couple of days.
My son, who I discussed earlier pulls down about $50K, works hourly and is home every night.
An owner operator grosses far more than $80K a year. I met one once with a truck payment of $1500 a week. My company paid an O/O to make a regular run from the East Coast to Dallas. $5400 a week.