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Delivery route cost per stop

Daily cost of one delivery route, cost per stop and per mile, and delivery cost as a share of order value.

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Driver wage ($ per hour)Base hourly pay.Route hours (h)Paid hours per route.Benefits and payroll taxes (%)On top of wages.Vehicle cost per day ($)Lease or depreciation, insurance, maintenance.Route milesDepot to depot.Fuel economy (mpg)Box truck 8–10, cargo van 14–18.Fuel price ($ per gal)Average paid.Other cost per mile ($)Tires, tolls, wear.Stops on the routeCompleted deliveries.Average order value per stop ($)Revenue delivered per stop.

For the route cost sheet5 more, filled with typical values

Depot overhead per route ($ per day)Dispatcher, depot rent, software and supervision, shared out per route per day. 0 to leave it out.Delivery fee charged ($ per stop)What the customer pays for delivery. 0 if delivery is free.Target delivery-cost share (% of order value)The most you want delivery to cost as a share of the order.Route days a year (days)How many days this route runs.Routes like this one (routes)For the fleet total.

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How it works

Press Calculate to see the route's cost per stop, per day and per mile.

Cost per stop, and stops deliveredBoard, depot, meter and vanCoin stacks: labor, vehicle and fuelPress Calculate and the meter shows the route's cost per stop, per day and per mile, worked out by the tool, and the coin stacks split the day's cost into labor and vehicle, fuel and other. One peg per stop.

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A fully loaded route cost sheet with depot overhead, where each dollar goes, the order size and stop count that meet your delivery-cost target, fee recovery and the yearly cost. Numbers in the result and in the plain-words read point here.

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Delivery Truck Drivers and Driver/Sales Workers (Occupational Outlook Handbook)Data
US Bureau of Labor Statistics
Median pay for light truck drivers (May 2025) and how their hours run: mostly full time, some over 40 hours a week. A check on the wage you entered.
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Employer Costs for Employee Compensation (news release)Data
US Bureau of Labor Statistics
What benefits add to wages: for private industry in June 2026, wages were 70% of compensation and benefits 30%. A check on the burden percentage.
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Gasoline and Diesel Fuel UpdateData
US Energy Information Administration
Weekly retail gasoline and diesel prices for the US, its regions and selected states and cities, taxes included. Use it to update the fuel price.
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Truck operating costs rose 3.4% in 2025, ATRI findsStudy
Transport Topics
ATRI's 2025 cost per mile ($2.336, or $1.854 without fuel) and its lines: repair and maintenance, tires, tolls, driver wages and benefits. A long-haul yardstick for your per-mile costs.

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