This particular driver, who has a background in finance, calculated that he would only make $36,988 driving 40 hours per week net of things like gas and fees. But that's before taking into account things like the cost of gas, how often a passenger is actually in the car during those hours, and length of trip. Musumeci said he previously worked four days a week and is now working about 50 hours a week "just to survive.At that rate, he would make about $56,000 per year on average, driving 40 hours a week. Uber drivers like Musumeci are responsible for paying for all their gas to drive their own cars as an Uber driver. He told KFMB, that he is spending twice as much on gas - about $260 per week. Musumeci drives in an area where gas prices hit a new average record high of $6.403 on Thursday, according to the American Automobile Association. You have no control over what next week is going to be or what the week before was. Uber driver John Musumeci, who has been an Uber driver for four years, told KFMB, a CBS affiliate out of San Diego, California, that it "gets kind of hopeless feeling at times. The report continued to list cities such as San Francisco ($25.28 per hour), Houston ($22.97 per hour), Dallas ($26.32 per hour), Philadelphia ($32.60 per hour), Boston ($26.59 per hour), Orlando ($22.65 per hour, and Tampa Bay ($25.35 per hour).īut with rising gas prices, some Uber drivers are having trouble making ends meet. Drivers in Los Angeles reported earning an average of $26.85 per hour and $30.49 an hour in Chicago.Ĭities such as Washington, D.C., saw earnings of $26.62 per hour, while New Jersey Uber drivers earned $26.67 per hour on average, and those in Atlanta were earning $26.40 per hour.
as demand increased with more Americans getting COVID vaccines.Īccording to Uber’s report, drivers in New York City could earn as much as $37.44 an hour on average, while those in Miami were earning $27.50 an hour on average. Driving for Uber ( UBER) may be a job opportunity that you have been entertaining but have been uncertain about exactly how much you will make, especially considering the recent spike in gas prices.Īccording to Uber, how much you make as a driver “depends on when, where, and how often you drive.”Ī report from Uber looked into the median hourly earnings before tips for drivers in a host of major cities across the U.S.
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