Maryland to California car hauling rates
369 car hauling loads from Maryland to California reached the Loadez load board in the last 30 days. Their median rate: $0.54 a loaded mile, about $1,420 per car.
Updated 4 November 2026, 00:20 UTC·Loads on the Loadez load board, 5 October – 4 November 2026
Median per mile
$0.54
Middle half: $0.46 to $0.81 a loaded mile
Per car
$1,420
Price of the load ÷ cars on it, median
Loads
369
in 30 days · 153 in the last 7
Median load
$1,500
1 cars · 2,674 miles (each its own median)
What loads from Maryland to California paid this month
Half of the 367 priced loads from Maryland to California paid between $0.46 and $0.81 a loaded mile, and the median was $0.54. The rate per mile is for the whole load, 1 cars on a typical one, not per car.
A typical run on this lane is 2,674 miles. Across the country, loads of over 1,500 miles paid a median $0.67 a mile in the same 30 days, so loads from Maryland to California paid 19% less than the market for that distance.
Every load out of Maryland, to anywhere, paid a median $1.23 a mile.
Week by week
Over the last 7 days loads from Maryland to California paid a median $0.52 a mile, against $0.56 in the 7 days before: the rate fell 7%.
Bar height: loads that reached the board that week. Above each bar: the week's median rate per loaded mile ("—" under five priced loads).
Coming back from California
The way back is thinner: 270 loads went from California to Maryland (California to Maryland rates), about 7 for every 10 going out. Most trucks will find their next load on another lane out of California.
The busiest lanes out of California this month:
| From California to | Loads | Per mile | Per car | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 2,616 | $0.70 | $1,000 | 1,535 |
| Florida | 1,832 | $0.53 | $1,400 | 2,704 |
| Arizona | 1,475 | $1.10 | $475 | 394 |
| Nevada | 979 | $1.35 | $400 | 282 |
| Washington | 628 | $0.81 | $800 | 1,134 |
Where the loads start and end
Pickup cities
- Baltimore, MD · 83 loads
- Bethesda, MD · 25 loads
- Waldorf, MD · 19 loads
- Columbia, MD · 12 loads
- Rockville, MD · 12 loads
Delivery cities
- San Diego, CA · 49 loads
- Los Angeles, CA · 40 loads
- Culver City, CA · 12 loads
- Palm Springs, CA · 12 loads
- Daly City, CA · 9 loads
15% of these loads asked for an enclosed trailer; 4% had at least one car that does not run.
From the posted rate to what the truck keeps
A rate per loaded mile leaves out the empty miles to the pickup, fuel at today's price, the driver's pay and the cost of the payment terms. The Loadez load board works all of that out on every load, for your own truck, before you call the broker. Check one load with the calculator, or read how to price a load.
Common questions
How much does it pay to haul cars from Maryland to California?
In the 30 days to 4 November 2026, car hauling loads from Maryland to California on the Loadez load board paid a median $0.54 per loaded mile, $0.46 to $0.81 for the middle half, or about $1,420 per car. The median load paid $1,500.
How many car hauling loads go from Maryland to California?
369 reached the Loadez load board in the last 30 days, 153 of them in the last 7 days.
Are there car hauling loads back from California to Maryland?
270 loads went from California to Maryland in the same 30 days, against 369 from Maryland to California.
See every Maryland → California load as it reaches the board.
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