Flat bed trucking companies can afford to pay drivers more because they charge more to haul their freight but the reason they charge more should be obvious. Haven't you seen some of the stuff on these flat bed trailers. The chains, straps, awkward shapes of machines and equipment that you see on flatbed trailers.
There are Flat bed companies like Maverick and TMC and then there are trucking companies that has a flat bed division. If you are starting off driving and you know that you want to pull flat bed, you might want to go to trucking companies that already have flat bed trailers so that you can get continuous experience at the same trucking company. Remember, building trucking experience at the same company will look better on your work record to make you desirable for the
high paying trucking jobs.