Driver FAQ

What are the requirements to become a driver for Midwest Express?

The full list of requirements for both Company Drivers and Owner Operators is explained in the Driver Requirements documents, but the highlights follow here:

What is the pay scale?

• Starting pay for company drivers is $0.33 per mile and $0.91 per mile for owner operators. New drivers are given credit for their experience.
• With our quarterly safety incentive, a driver who has no violations of any kind receives a gift card or other gift. After four subsequent violation-free quarters, a driver will receive a $500 safety bonus.
• Drivers are paid weekly.

What are the health benefits and other pay opportunities?

• Drivers may participate in our 401(k) plan, including a company match.
• The company pays 90% toward each employee’s health insurance.
• Life insurance paid by company.
• Dental insurance available.
• Vacation pay based on previous year’s mileage at $0.014 cents per mile.

What is the service area and where should I  expect to be dispatched?

You will see on our service map that we operate the fleet from Wisconsin and Illinois in the north, to the Gulf States and Texas in the south. Within that large area is a triangle of three regions; Kansas City in the west, Milwaukee and Chicago in the north, and Memphis in the mid south.

Each of these cities lies within 600 miles of the others and together, they create a natural flow of freight that ensures our drivers are dispatched with freight that fits their unique needs. From each of the three points of the triangle we wheel out to customers located in that region and return with freight back to the primary service area, ensuring that our drivers maximize their revenue, and at the same time, provide them opportunities to return for home-time.