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Whoa. Drivers only make $0.18/min? Did I read that correctly?
by bobwaycott 10y ago
Whoa. Drivers only make $0.18/min? Did I read that correctly?
- nols 10y agoNo, riders pay time and distance, you missed the distance part.
- bobwaycott 10y agoI'm asking about what drivers make, not what Uber charges riders. I didn't miss the distance part at all—the parent said Uber takes the whole $1/mi base rate. Unless I misunderstand or it was poorly phrased, that sounds like drivers are only paid $0.18/min. Edit: Reviewed parent, and they say Uber takes 20% of the $0.18/min and the $1/mi base rate. That's even worse. So drivers only make $0.14/min, or $8.64/hr if driving every minute. Yikes.
- prodigal_erik 10y agoDrivers get 80% of the $1/mile, but not the initial $1 for starting the ride.
- bobwaycott 10y agoGot it. Thanks!
- natosaichek 10y agoThey only make 8.64 if they aren't going anywhere with their passenger. If they take their passenger 60 miles in that hour (admittedly a long distance, but legally possible), then they'd make 8.64 for the time, and $48 for the distance, making it a total of 56.64/hour. This is probably an upper limit on the hourly rate an uber driver might make.
- bobwaycott 10y agoThanks for explaining. I'd misunderstood the $1 fee as the per-mile fee being taken 100%.
- lgas 10y agoI can't reply to your post further down the thread for whatever reason, but uber takes the whole $1 per ride "rider fee", not the $1 per mile distance fee. The driver gets 80% of the time + distance fees.
- bobwaycott 10y agoAhhh. Thanks! This makes more sense. I misunderstood the original phrasing.