NY/NJ DRAYAGE CALCULATOR
Trip Cost Calculator
Estimate what a trucking trip may cost to operate, including fuel, tolls, driver labor, and other trip expenses.
Enter the total miles you expect to drive for the trip, including loaded and empty/deadhead miles.
Use your truck’s average MPG from your dashboard, ELD, or fuel records. If unknown, enter your best estimate.
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Enter the total toll cost expected for the trip.
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Company: enter the driver’s hourly labor cost. Owner-operator: enter the hourly value you want to assign to your own time.
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Add parking, permits, scales, or other trip-specific expenses.
Estimated Fuel Cost
$61.54
Driver / Labor Cost
$75.00
Tolls & Other Expenses
$25.00
Estimated Cost Per Mile
$1.62/mile
Estimated Operating Cost
$161.54
$61.54 fuel + $75.00 labor + $25.00 tolls & other = $161.54
This is the estimated cost to operate the trip, not the amount to charge a customer. Actual costs may vary based on fuel usage, tolls, driver pay, traffic, idling, and other expenses.
Use This Calculator to:
- Estimate the operating cost of a trip by combining fuel, tolls, driver/labor costs, and other expenses.
- Calculate driver/labor cost automatically based on estimated trip time and hourly cost.
- Calculate your estimated cost per mile for a specific trip.
- Compare different loads or routes by changing distance, trip time, tolls, and other costs.
- Better understand what a trip costs to operate before deciding whether a load makes financial sense.
Note: This calculator provides an estimated operating cost for the trip. It does not estimate what you should charge a customer. Actual costs may vary based on fuel usage, tolls, traffic, idling, driver/labor costs, parking, permits, and other operating expenses.