About our Truck Driving Company
Drivers start at 0.56/mile with bonuses and extra pay along your journey with Brakebush Transportation. We offer exceptional benefits compared to our competitors. At least once a week, we try to schedule our drivers to be with their families at home for at least 36 hours. Below are our pay structures and benefits. Apply online or contact us with questions.
Brakebush is hiring in all Connecticut counties including:
Fairfield County | Hartford County | New Haven County | New London County | Litchfield County | Middlesex County | Tolland County | Windham County
Pay Rate:
- Base Rate: $.60 per Practical Mile
- Team Base Rate: $.33 per Practical Mile
- Plus Performance Incentive: $.05 per Practical Mile
- Plus Per Diem: $.05 per Practical Mile
- East Coast Premium: $.10 per Practical Mile
- Team East Coast Premium: $.05 per Practical Mile
- Paid Weekly
+ Bonuses:
- $15 per hour detention pay after two hours
- $12.50 per hour layover pay with a 24 - hour maximum of $165
- Quarterly Safety Bonus: up to $.01 per Practical Miles
- Quarterly Fuel Mileage Bonus: top achievers generally earn more than $500.00 per quarter
- PC Miles Bonus: up to $.01 per Practical Mile
- Annual Safety Bonus: After driving 250,000 safely, drivers can receive an additional $.001 per mile for all safe driving miles driven in their career at the company.
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Benefits:
Brakebush received National Health Care Award for 2019 by the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions
Health Insurance Health Saving plan & FLEX plan available
Life Insurance Basic term - company will provide coverage of $10,000 with option to purchase more
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
DOT Physical Reimbursement
Wellness Center for employees and family on medical plan
Paid Benefit Time (Vacation/Sick Days) 0 - 2 years: 13 days/yr
2 - 10 years: 18 days/yr
10 - 18 years: 23 days/yr
18+ years: 28 days/yr
401k - Company match
Holiday Pay Eight paid holiday per calendar year
Optional add-ons: Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
Short Term Disability & Illness Plan
Long Term Disability & Illness Plan
Connecticut Trucking Facts
Now is a great time to be a long-haul truck driver, especially at Brakebush Transportation. Many of our team members make well above the average annual earnings for Connecticut truck drivers. And with a growing inventory, we're continuing to hire more qualified drivers from across the state.
- $76,774 average truck driver salary (2022)
- +6% projected job growth of heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers (2018-2028)
- 12,800 estimated heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers (2020)
Driving Distance to our Nearest HQ for Reefer Trucking Careers in Connecticut
| Reefer driving jobs (starting location) | Distance to our closest HQ (North Carolina) | Driving distance in hours |
| Bridgeport | 647 miles | 11.6 hours |
| New Haven | 667 miles | 11.8 hours |
| Stamford | 629 miles | 10.7 hours |
| Hartford | 730 miles | 11.4 hours |
| Waterbury | 701 miles | 10.9 hours |
| Norwalk | 637 miles | 10.8 hours |
| Danbury | 675 miles | 10.6 hours |
| New Britain | 721 miles | 11.3 hours |
| West Hartford | 727 miles | 11.4 hours |
| Greenwich | 623 miles | 10.6 hours |
| Fairfield | 643 miles | 11.7 hours |
| Hamden | 698 miles | 10.9 hours |
| Bristol | 716 miles | 11.3 hours |
| Meriden | 713 miles | 11.2 hours |
| Manchester | 736 miles | 11.5 hours |
| West Haven | 664 miles | 11.7 hours |
| Milford | 659 miles | 11.3 hours |
| Stratford | 651 miles | 11.7 hours |
| East Hartford | 730 miles | 11.4 hours |
| Middletown | 718 miles | 11.3 hours |