Contractor survey · 2026
What are other contractors paying their drivers?
Fifteen quick questions for FedEx Ground contractors about driver pay, what a stop pays, and the books. Anonymous. Everyone who answers can get the results.
About 3 minutes
Tap to answer. Skip anything you’d rather not say.
Anonymous by design
No name, company, CSA code or city. Just four broad regions.
Groups of 8+ only
No figure is published unless at least 8 contractors’ answers are behind it.
Your operation
What do you run? *
How many CSAs do you hold?
How many routes run on a typical day? *
For linehaul, count trucks.
How many days a week does your terminal run?
Where do you operate?
Broad regions only, so no answer points at one terminal.
How long have you owned FedEx routes?
Your drivers
How do you mostly pay drivers?
What does a driver earn for a typical full day, before taxes?
However you pay: hours × wage, stops × rate, or the day rate.
Out of every 10 drivers you employ, about how many left in the last 12 months?
The money
About what does a stop pay you, all-in, in a typical week?
Settlement revenue divided by stops, fuel and e-commerce included.
Do you know what a stop costs you after drivers, trucks, fuel and insurance?
Hours a week you, or someone you pay, spend on settlements, payroll and the books?
Your biggest money headaches right now
Pick up to 3.
What do you use for the books and payroll?
Pick all that apply.
In the next 12 months, are you planning to…
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