For those who like a routine though, being a truck driver is probably not for you.
The idea of heading through a low lit road late at night when you should be sleeping sounds pretty lonely, not to mention scary.
It takes a lot of concentration to be a truck driver, particularly when you’re dealing with crazy weather conditions, as is the case at the moment.
Ashley Hale shared his wage with his viewers (YouTube/Ashley Hale UK)
But when it comes to the UK, we have around 268,000 people working as lorry drivers, as of 2021, which 16 percent down from 2017, according to ONS stats.
That being said, Ashley Hale loves his work and documents his time on the road on his YouTube channel.
Underneath one of his videos, he revealed that he would earn about £52,000 a year from truck driving.
In the clip, he was told by a viewer that what people ‘actually want to know’ is how much they could potentially make doing the job and that this could be an incentive to get people in the industry.
He explained in a video where he revealed his payslip that he would be sharing the wage he received from his previous job, and not from his current employer.
Ashley had his meals paid for him when he was working nights (Getty Stock Images)
Ashley shared that he didn’t want to make anyone uncomfortable at his company while talking about his wage, and instead would talk about a company that no longer exists and made him redundant.
He shared that at his previous job, he worked all week in the vehicle and his pay reflects that specific role of a ‘tramper’.
Putting the payslip up on the screen for viewers to see, he explained that he made £625 per a 45-hour week at work.
That would amount to around £32,500 per year, which is pretty average in the UK.
However, it was the perks that bumped it up to about £52,000.
Speaking to his viewers, he said that overtime was paid at double the standard rate, which was an estimated additional £261 per week.
He also received £3 as a weekly bonus for working ‘unsociable hours’ such as evening driving shifts.
If his performance was on par with his targets, he’d also receive an extra £40 for his hard work.
So, all in all, that would work out to be about £1,000 per week and just under £53k a year.
Ashley must be rolling in cash – just unable to spend it if he’s working long shifts and on the road all the time.
His commenters were pleased with his breakdown and felt as though the role was more appealing now, they know how much they could earn.
Someone wrote: “H G V are good people and should be paid well.”
Another commented: “This is fantastic, I am considering a career change and plan to get my licence next year. This is fantastic insight.”
Someone else wrote: “Awwww thats quality mate, you must be doing a great job to earn your performance bonus, keep it up!”
