Owner-Operator Results & Methodology

How these numbers are calculated

• Source window: five published weekly reports covering July 14–20, July 20–27, July 28–August 3, August 4–10, and August 11–17, 2026.
• Weekly scope: each headline weekly figure combines all report-eligible driver records and all trailer types represented in that report.
• Five-report benchmark: a simple arithmetic average of the five published weekly summary values. Weekly gross values of $10,363, $8,867, $10,768, $9,236, and $8,824 average to $9,612.
• Average Weekly Gross: gross revenue before KLG’s 10% company fee and before the owner-operator’s fuel, insurance, payments, maintenance, tolls, taxes, and other operating expenses.
• Loaded RPM: gross revenue divided by loaded miles. The five published weekly loaded-RPM values average to $3.74 per loaded mile.
• Total RPM: gross revenue divided by loaded plus empty miles. It is a separate metric and must not be confused with Loaded RPM.
• Average Deadhead: the average empty-mile figure published in each weekly report. The five weekly summaries average to 274 miles.
• Update cadence: this recruiting-site benchmark is reviewed once a month between the 1st and 15th, using completed weekly reports. Weeks remain labeled by their actual reporting dates when they cross calendar months.

What this means for your take-home

At $9,612 gross, KLG’s flat 10% company fee is $961.20, leaving $8,650.80 before the owner-operator’s own operating expenses. This is an explanation of the fee math, not a take-home-pay promise. Run your own target through the KLG earnings calculator.

Monthly archive

KLG maintains the underlying weekly reports for verification and trend tracking. This page consolidates them into a recruiting-site benchmark and is updated once a month, between the 1st and 15th, so visitors can evaluate a trend rather than one unusually strong or weak week.