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OTR Dry Van Driver Jobs in Kansas — Now Hiring

Recruiting for a client carrier — placement by TruckingJobsInUSA

Kansas City, KSPosted August 17, 2026
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Pay
$55,500 - $78,500/yr
Home Time
Out 2–3 weeks
Experience
1+ years
CDL Class
CDL-A
What this is
An over-the-road dry van driving seat in Kansas, filled through TruckingJobsInUSA — a CDL driver recruiting agency that places drivers with vetted client carriers.
Who it is for
Best suited to a CDL-A driver with a year in who wants steady, predictable freight and no securement or reefer work.
What it replaces
Use this instead of applying to five carriers one at a time and repeating the same phone screen at each.

What does a dry van driver actually haul?

This over-the-road dry van seat is domiciled in Kansas City, Kansas. The work is the state's freight, not a generic dry van explainer — the lanes out of Kansas City set the loads.

Full dry van driver guide — top carriers, endorsements and career path

Where in Kansas would you actually be running?

Freight here moves on a handful of named lanes. These are the ones a dry van seat domiciled in Kansas City is most likely to see.

  • Wichita: I-35, I-135, US-54 — Aerospace Manufacturing and Agriculture & Grain freight.
  • Topeka: I-70, US-75, US-40 — Government Services and Food Manufacturing freight.

What does this dry van seat pay in Kansas?

The band on this posting is $55,500 - $78,500/year. Where you land inside it comes down to verifiable experience, the lane you take, and your safety record.

For context, the statewide CDL-A average is $60,480. Wages here are stable — Kansas trucking wages are stable, supported by I-70 cross-country corridor traffic, wheat/grain harvests, and the Kansas City metro area's growing logistics sector.

Kansas runs a cost-of-living index of 87, so this band is worth roughly $69,517 once living costs are taken out. That number is what to compare against an offer in another state.

  • Strongest-paying metros in Kansas:
  • Kansas City
  • Wichita — about $62,899
  • Topeka — about $60,480

Kansas CDL pay breakdown by experience level and equipment

What do you need to qualify?

  • CDL-A and 1+ years of verifiable driving time.
  • Domiciled in or around Kansas City, KS — that is the reset market, not a yard you clock into.

Full dry van requirements and endorsements

What is the hardest part of this job?

We would rather you know now than quit in week three. The one that catches people on this seat: lower per-mile pay compared to specialized equipment like tanker or flatbed

Pros, cons and a day in the life of a dry van driver

What should a dry van driver know before running Kansas?

Speed limits for trucks in Kansas run 75 mph (same as cars). Rural: 75 mph. Tolls: Kansas Turnpike (I-35 from Oklahoma border to Kansas City). Truck toll approximately $18 for full-length crossing. K-TAG transponder or cash.

Fuel tax in Kansas is $0.26 per gallon diesel + federal, which matters if you are comparing per-mile offers across state lines. Inspection climate: Moderate. Kansas Highway Patrol focuses on I-70 corridor and agricultural haulers during harvest season.

Which Kansas rules catch dry van drivers out?

  • Gross weight limit: 80,000 lbs (85,500 lbs on state highways with annual permit)
  • Axle weight: 20,000 lbs single axle, 34,000 lbs tandem
  • Truck speed limits: 75 mph rural, 55-65 mph urban
  • Diesel fuel tax: $0.26 per gallon diesel + federal
  • Tolls: Kansas Turnpike (I-35 from Oklahoma border to Kansas City). Truck toll approximately $18 for full-length crossing. K-TAG transponder or cash.
  • Inspection posture: Moderate. Kansas Highway Patrol focuses on I-70 corridor and agricultural haulers during harvest season.
  • Kansas Turnpike is the only toll road and can be avoided via US-81
  • Severe weather season (April-June) brings tornados that can affect highway operations
  • Wind advisories on I-70 in western Kansas can restrict high-profile vehicles

All Kansas driving jobs and state regulations

How does applying through us work?

  1. 1You send the short form on this page. It takes under a minute and needs no resume.
  2. 2A recruiter reads it and calls you — a real person, not an automated screen.
  3. 3We match you against the over-the-road dry van openings our client carriers have right now, including ones never posted publicly.
  4. 4You choose which to interview for. Nothing is submitted anywhere without you saying yes.
  5. 5There is no cost to you at any point. Carriers pay us, drivers never do.

Are these jobs actually live?

Yes — and it is a fair thing to ask, because plenty of driver postings are not.

Ahmad Qazi, sales representative at TruckingJobsInUSA: “Carriers have filled seats through this platform, and the owners we place drivers with are straightforward to deal with. If a seat is gone, we take the posting down rather than leave it up to collect applications.”

Every posting on this site is republished on the date shown, so what you are reading is current recruitment, not an archive.

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