Here in Minneapolis, at 65 cents a mile and $12/hr while driving (and a laughable 35 cent base fare and $3.37 minimum) with about 66% uptime, along with the tips from less than half the riders, surge, and even with incentives which typically add up to 2-5 dollars an hour, grinding out Uber quests even with a low-cost vehicle is looking like it pays around minimum wage ($10) here. How I figured this out: typically, I earn about a dollar a mile in revenue, unless I get too many boonies/airport trips in one night. For example, today I pulled in 212.93 in revenue on 25 trips in 10.25 hours. Assuming I get the $130 for 70 riders promotion (dependent on me grinding tonights), this also accounts for $36.11. Overall, that's $249.09. Doesn't sound bad for one day, right? $25 an hour revenue. However, using the standard mileage deduction of 0.575 on 245.5 miles, I only earned $107.92. For slightly over 10 hours of work. And at this rate, I have to work 50 hours a week to meet my very minimalistic budget. Now, I might be a little more like 40 cents to 50 cents a mile, so best case I earned $150.89, but with my repairs being so unusually high these few months, I wouldn't be surprised if cost even exceeded the federal deduction for this time period.
$10-15 an hour, no paid benefits, risking your life and property, doing inconvenient things like cleaning up puke, working overnights in my case and not being able to have a normal life (I feel like days would pay even less). Plus, if you get tired, take a break, work anything less than 10 hours, you won't get as much extra per trip, and your effective pay will be lower than minimum wage in spite of you working overtime. I'm sure this topic has been thoroughly covered on here, I just can't stop thinking about it and it's affecting my conversations with pax now that I realize I'm basically working for McDonald's money not the "up to" $18-$25 an hour I have seen posted in the ads. Most riders seem surprised when I spell it out to them. They also don't realize how much of the fare uber takes. I need to stop venting about it to them but they always ask me how I like working for Uber but I'm an honest person and find it hard not to mention the pay or the fact that my life is a hellish disaster and I'm in a financial crisis because I got fooled by the revenue. Maybe it will get better in summer in this market (and worse in some others), but with these rates, the smart drivers are gonna drop out sooner or later. I have been looking at job postings for months but finally leaning towards getting a real job if it can pay $20. Sorry if this topic has been beaten to death or belongs in the "pay" forum, and vet drivers already know, but hopefully I have convinced some of you that you were making less than you thought.
$10-15 an hour, no paid benefits, risking your life and property, doing inconvenient things like cleaning up puke, working overnights in my case and not being able to have a normal life (I feel like days would pay even less). Plus, if you get tired, take a break, work anything less than 10 hours, you won't get as much extra per trip, and your effective pay will be lower than minimum wage in spite of you working overtime. I'm sure this topic has been thoroughly covered on here, I just can't stop thinking about it and it's affecting my conversations with pax now that I realize I'm basically working for McDonald's money not the "up to" $18-$25 an hour I have seen posted in the ads. Most riders seem surprised when I spell it out to them. They also don't realize how much of the fare uber takes. I need to stop venting about it to them but they always ask me how I like working for Uber but I'm an honest person and find it hard not to mention the pay or the fact that my life is a hellish disaster and I'm in a financial crisis because I got fooled by the revenue. Maybe it will get better in summer in this market (and worse in some others), but with these rates, the smart drivers are gonna drop out sooner or later. I have been looking at job postings for months but finally leaning towards getting a real job if it can pay $20. Sorry if this topic has been beaten to death or belongs in the "pay" forum, and vet drivers already know, but hopefully I have convinced some of you that you were making less than you thought.