Henceforth, the oilfield trucking jobs have a high turnover rate. The turnover rate is a result of numerous factors that are affecting this part of the trucking industry.
Let’s take as an example the competitiveness between the trucking companies nationwide. Most often the competitiveness between the trucking companies is present due to the salary; there are, and there will always be trucking companies that are paying higher wages to their oilfield truck drivers.
On the other hand, the availability of oilfield trucking jobs is playing an important role too. Due to the expansion of the trucking industry these days, there is a shortage of oilfield truckers.
Oilfield trucking jobs, do represent ultimate challenge for truck drivers, but on the other hand, the busiest time for these truckers is shorter than is for OTR truck drivers. So, the busiest time for oilfield truck drivers is from October to March. That is why oil field truckers are becoming more like seasonal drivers.
