Savannah boxes, Atlanta lanes
Owner-Operator CDL-A OTR Jobs in Georgia
Start with the Port of Savannah. It is one of the busiest container ports in the country, and most of those boxes leave on a truck headed up I-16 toward Macon and Atlanta. Then add flooring out of Dalton, poultry from the north Georgia plants and consumer goods pouring through the warehouse districts south and west of Atlanta. Freight is never the problem in Georgia.
Questions? Talk to a recruiter: 1-888-283-6958
At a glance
Position
Owner-operator, independent contractor
Equipment
Rental. No lease-purchase
Runs
OTR. 2 to 3 weeks out, then a few days at home
Requirements
Class A CDL, 2+ years OTR, no DUI, no SAP
Endorsements
None needed
Potential take-home
$2,500+ per week after all expenses. Many drivers earn more.
What MB Global Logistics needs are owner-operators who live in Georgia and want to run OTR as independent contractors, any month of the year. If owner operator jobs in Georgia are what you are after, and you hold a CDL A with 2 years of OTR work on your record, the pre-qualifying form takes about a minute.
Potential take-home pay
Money first, since that is why you are reading. Take-home on this program starts at $2,500+ per week, figured after all expenses. Your experience, the loads you take and how you run all affect it, and many Georgia drivers earn more than that figure.
Who qualifies for owner-operator jobs in Georgia
Current Class A CDL (no endorsements required)
At least 2 years of CDL A OTR driving
Clean of DUI and DWI convictions
Never been through a SAP program
DOT medical card still in date
Live in Georgia, anywhere in the state
How our owner-operator program works
01
Independent contractor status
You are a contractor with a business relationship to MB Global, not someone on a payroll. That means you handle your own taxes and expenses, and you make the calls about how you run your operation.
02
Rented, not financed
Lease-purchase is a word you will not hear from us. Trucks are rental equipment. You use the tractor while you are contracted, and there is no loan, no buyout and no purchase at the end.
03
OTR from Georgia
Every load is over the road. A good rhythm is 2 to 3 weeks out, then a few days back home, whether home is Valdosta or Dalton. Nobody here will promise you a set number of miles or home days.
Freight corridors OTR drivers run from Georgia
Georgia's freight story has two anchors. On the coast, the Port of Savannah ranks among the busiest container ports in the United States, and a large share of what lands there moves inland by truck on I-16 and I-95. Inland, Atlanta is where I-75, I-85 and I-20 come together, surrounded by warehouse districts on the south and west sides of the metro that serve the whole Southeast. Georgia's labor department projects roughly 11 percent growth for heavy truck drivers from 2024 to 2034, well above the national rate, which tells you the lanes are not drying up.
From Savannah, I-16 runs west to Macon. There it hands off to I-75, which climbs through Atlanta to Chattanooga and the Tennessee line. I-95 hugs the coast between South Carolina and Florida. I-85 leaves Atlanta northeast toward the Carolinas and southwest into Alabama, while I-20 crosses the state from the Alabama border through Atlanta to Augusta. Up north, Dalton is the center of the flooring industry and a steady source of outbound loads.
Georgia roads and Atlanta traffic
511GA posts live traffic, construction and incident reports for the whole state, and it earns its keep in the Atlanta metro, where I-75, I-85 and I-285 can stack up at almost any hour. Check it before you commit to a route through the city, and plan your fuel and rest stops outside the perimeter when you can.
Georgia truck driver numbers
74,840
Truck drivers employed
$57,050
Median annual wage
9,090
Openings a year
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics counted about 74,840 heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers in Georgia in May 2025, and the median annual wage was $57,050, a touch under the U.S. median of $58,640. Georgia's projections cover 2024 to 2034, with those jobs growing from 77,490 to 86,240 and around 9,090 openings each year. Read these numbers for what they are. They cover wage and salary drivers, not owner-operator earnings. Your results as a contractor depend on your own loads, costs and time on the road.
Orientation, travel and lodging
Orientation
You complete a remote portion first, then finish with in-person sessions at our terminal.
Lodging
MB Global covers the full cost of your room for the in-person part.
Travel
The trip is arranged and paid up front by MB Global and charged back to you at $50 per week.
Here is how the start works. Some of orientation is done remotely before you leave Georgia. The rest is in person at our terminal, and your lodging there is paid in full by MB Global. Your travel from Atlanta or wherever you live is arranged and paid up front, then charged back at $50 per week. The recruiter can tell you how many weeks that lasts and how the line appears on your settlement.
See if you pre-qualify
Six quick questions tell us whether it makes sense to talk. It takes about a minute, it is not the federal application, and only the recruiting team sees your answers.
About a minute to fill out
Goes to recruiting, nowhere else
Separate from the full application
Your answers go only to our recruiting team. We never share them with advertising or analytics tools.
What happens next
Three steps from here to the road
1
Answer the six questions and send the form from anywhere in Georgia.
2
If you qualify, a recruiter reaches out to walk through the program.
3
Complete the federal driver application, then schedule remote and in-person orientation.
What you'll need for the full application
Expect the real application to take time. It follows 49 CFR 391.21, the federal driver application, and these are the pieces you will need.
Class A CDL details, including the state that issued it, the number, the expiration date and any other CDL or permit.
A list of your residences over the last 3 years, with no gaps.
Work history for 3 years back, plus every carrier you drove commercially for during the 7 years before that: company, address, dates, reason for leaving.
Which equipment you have driven and for how long, broken out by type.
Any accidents and moving violations in the last 3 years, and any time a license was suspended, revoked or denied.
A DOT medical card that is current on the day you apply.
Written permission for checks on your MVR, your former employers' safety and drug and alcohol testing records, and the FMCSA Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse, as 49 CFR 391.23 requires.
Georgia owner-operator FAQs
Do most Georgia OTR loads start at the port?
Many do. Containers off the Port of Savannah head inland on I-16 toward Macon and on I-95 up and down the coast. But Atlanta's warehouse districts, the Dalton flooring plants and the poultry industry also generate plenty of outbound freight. Where your first load picks up depends on the freight, not on where you live in the state.
How bad is Atlanta traffic for a truck?
It can cost you hours. I-75, I-85 and I-20 all pass through the city, and the merges around downtown back up most of the day. 511GA shows live incidents and construction so you can time your pass or route around the perimeter. Plan it like weather: check first, then commit.
What does the state expect for truck driving jobs?
Georgia projects about 11 percent growth for heavy truck drivers between 2024 and 2034, with roughly 9,090 openings a year. That is well above the national rate. Those are wage and salary positions, so they describe demand for drivers in general rather than what an independent contractor will clear.
Where will orientation be?
Part of it is remote, so you can do it from home in Georgia. The in-person part happens at our terminal. MB Global pays the lodging in full and arranges your travel up front, then recovers the travel cost at $50 per week. Ask the recruiter for the number of weeks.
Is there any way to buy the truck later?
No. MB Global rents equipment to its contractors and does not run a lease-purchase program. The arrangement is simple on purpose: you rent a tractor while you are under contract, and that is all it is. Nothing about the truck converts to a purchase.
Do you take drivers who live just over the Georgia line?
This page is for drivers who live in Georgia. Alabama, Florida, South Carolina and Tennessee each have their own page, and MB Global hires in all of them. The one hard stop is North Carolina: drivers who live there are not being hired right now, along with Illinois, California, Oregon and Washington.
Apply now
Ready to run OTR out of Georgia as an owner-operator? Send the short form now, or call recruiting at 1-888-283-6958 any day of the week between 7 AM and 5 PM.
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