How much do Uber drivers earn?

We love data coupled with insights. And others know we do. In fact, on a weekly basis we get dozens of requests from journalists, academics, drivers, and companies about earnings and trends related to earnings.

Since our mission is about providing information to help drivers make more informed decisions and earn more, we try to publish as much as we can. In October, we did our major on-demand earnings study that focused on driver demographics. (Definitely check it out if you haven’t). For this piece, we pulled numbers specific to Uber earnings. Here’s what we found. 

The above chart shows a distribution of weekly earnings of Uber drivers who participated in our October survey. The chart only shows drivers who exclusively drive for Uber.

 

The y axis is the number of drivers who reported earning, on a weekly basis, within the range plotted on the x axis. As you can see, the average weekly earnings is skewed quite low. The 50th percentile of earnings is $250 per week.

Another way to put it is this. If you earn $125 per week, you’re already higher than 25% of surveyed drivers. If you earned $450 per week you’re higher than 75% of drivers. And if you earned $845 per week, you’re higher than 95% of drivers.

How much do Uber drivers earn by city

On SherpaShare we breakdown earnings at the city level. If you want to see what you can expect in your city, how you compare to averages, or how you rank compared to others, you can visit our City Metrics page. (Full disclosure: You’ll need to create a free SherpaShare account and then select your city in order to view).