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Cost Per Mile & Break-Even Calculator
Most owner-operators quote rates without knowing what a mile actually costs them. Put your fixed and variable costs in and get your true cost per mile, your break-even loaded rate including deadhead, and monthly profit.
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Fixed costs (per month)
Total fixed: $4,400/month
Variable costs
Fuel alone: $0.592/mile
Cost per mile
$1.301
$0.489 fixed + $0.812 variable
Break-even rate
$1.446
per loaded mile at 10% deadhead
Monthly profit
$7,729
$19,440 revenue − $11,711 cost
Two things sink owner-operators: forgetting that fixed costs keep running on the weeks the truck doesn't, and quoting rates off loaded miles while paying for the empty ones. Both are in the numbers above, the break-even rate is the one to memorize before you call a broker back.
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