Why would any woman chose to drive a truck for a living? Isn’t that like totally macho job? At the moment there are more than 200,000 female drivers, and the number will multiply over the years. What is attracting them?
First of all, wage is around 30% higher than average wage of the careers women usually choose. Furthermore, female truckers are getting more involved in other industry jobs like managing or recruiting.
There is much more to it than meets the eye and it could become trend in the industry. Let’s see what this means to women and companies and what experienced female drivers advice.
This is a man’s world … or is it?
Looking at the fact that female are like 6 percent of all U.S. truck drivers at the moment, one cannot be convinced in talks about the next big thing in trucking industry.
Still, knowing that just a five years ago the female truck drivers were just over 4 percents, will give you second thoughts.
“It’s definitely a man’s world still a little bit, but it is getting away from that, I’m amazed every time I go into a truck stop how many female drivers I’m seeing”
Tiffany Deering, military veteran and a truck driver.
