Five lanes, with what each one pays and where each one runs. Compare them here, then read the one that fits.
Start with where you live, not with the biggest number.
The lane that pays the most per week is the lane that keeps you out the longest, and that is not a coincidence — it is the trade. If you are within reach of Memphis, west Memphis or Blytheville, the dedicated flatbed runs a day rate on a tight footprint. If you are in east Texas or the Arkansas delta, regional flatbed was built around exactly those towns. If you are in the Ohio Valley or the Southeast, Spectrum covers more ground than anything else we run. If none of that fits and you want miles, OTR van is the one.
The cards below carry the same pay figures as the lane pages, read from one source, so the card and the page cannot disagree.
Pay, home time and hiring area for every lane we are hiring in. The numbers on these cards are the same numbers on the lane pages — they are read from one place.
$0.75
per mile, up to
$1,600 – $2,200
average weekly gross
$3,000
sign-on bonus
Over-the-road dry van driving for Empire Express. Up to $0.75 per mile, $1,600 to $2,200 average weekly gross, a $3,000 sign-on bonus, and an assigned 2025 Peterbilt 579 UltraLoft or 2026 Freightliner Cascadia.
$0.75
per mile
$1,400 – $2,000
average weekly gross
$3,000
sign-on bonus
Regional flatbed driving for Empire Express out of Memphis, Arkansas, east Texas and Louisiana. $0.75 per mile, $1,400 to $2,000 average weekly gross, a $3,000 sign-on bonus, and an assigned late-model Peterbilt, Volvo or Cascadia.
28%
of line haul
$1,800 – $2,400
average weekly gross
Percentage-pay regional driving for Empire Express across Kentucky, the Ohio Valley, the Great Lakes, the Mid-Atlantic and the Southeast. $1,800 to $2,400 average weekly gross in an assigned 2026 or 2027 Freightliner Cascadia.
$300
per day
$3,000
sign-on bonus
Dedicated flatbed driving for Empire Express out of Memphis, West Memphis and Blytheville. $300 per day plus a weekly bonus, a $3,000 sign-on bonus, and a modern assigned flatbed tractor.
75%
of line haul, with your trailer
Owner-operator opportunities with Empire Express. Seventy-five percent of line haul pulling your own trailer, or sixty-seven percent pulling ours, running out of Memphis, Tennessee.
The same in every lane. If something differs by lane, it is on that lane's page, not buried here.
Nine questions. A recruiter calls you back, and you decide from there whether you want to fill out a full application. We do not need your Social Security number to have a conversation.
