Trucking Cost Per Mile Calculator
Add up your monthly bills and what each mile costs to drive. Any load that pays less than this loses you money.
Filled in with example numbers. Change them to yours.
Every month
Every mile
Your cost per mile
$1.27
- Running (fuel, repairs, driver)
- $0.80
- Fixed bills per mile
- $0.47
- Fixed bills a month
- $4,650
- A 1,000-mile load must pay at least
- $1,265
Count empty miles too: they cost the same to drive. To check one load, use the break-even calculator.
Check every load like this, on your phone.
RouteHub keeps your costs saved, so every rate con shows what it really pays after fuel and fixed bills. Built for owner-operators and small fleets.
How cost per mile works
Running cost is what each mile costs to drive: diesel divided by your MPG, plus repairs, tires and any driver pay by the mile. It goes up and down with the miles you run.
Fixed cost is the bills you pay even when the truck sits: truck and trailer payments, insurance, ELD, permits. Spread over the miles you drive in a month, it becomes a cost per mile too. That is why fewer miles in a month means a higher cost on every mile.
Add the two together and you get your all-in cost per mile. Compare it with the rate per mile a load pays, counting the empty miles to pickup.