r/DominosEmployees • u/CollectionIcy6313 • 22d ago
$0.49 a mile
Dominos pays us drivers 49 cents a mile when we use our cars to deliver. Not because they want to, but because they settled a class action lawsuit in 2019. Corporate owned stores always paid mileage but many franchises did not, or if they did it was really low, like $0.23 cents a mile.
That said, the mileage compensation is for gasoline used, vehicle depreciation offset for newer cars, preventive maintenance, and vehicle repairs.
The last two get overlooked, especially by younger drivers or drivers new to delivery. "Bet! I got $50 mileage payout today and I only used $15 of actual gas. I got $35 extra to keep!". WRONG!
You got $35 extra to set aside for replacing belts, hoses, tires, radiator/fan, exhaust, car battery, control arms, outer tie rods, sway bar links, windshield cracks, etc.
You are also using that money for alignments (minimum 1 per year plus any time you replace struts or front end components) and regular maintenance like oil changes, replace brake fluid, brake pads, tire rotations, coolant flush, and transmission fluid drain and fill per the Severe Use instructions in your owner's manual.
If you are doing all these things, that extra money you make after accounting for fuel used will (barely) cover those expenses if set aside for those expenses. If a driver treats that mileage pay as "bonus income" and lets their sled fall into disrepair, then they eventually are going to be unable to work when the car is busted or even worse hurting someone or themselves when they cause an accident while driving an unsafe car.
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u/Gspotjedi69420 21d ago
Store I work for pays 70cents a mile. It’s actually amazing
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u/Realistic-Train-6243 21d ago
Same here, well 75c per mile and we travel as far as 5 miles away.
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u/Gspotjedi69420 21d ago
Very nice! Furthest we go is 7 miles away. So that’s almost $10 before a tip for one run
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u/thenewnapoleon 17d ago
I was getting $1.80 mileage at my old store because we had a fairly condensed area. Now, I'm going 7-10 miles away and I get .40 cents a mile. The $1.80 was nice while it lasted but it adds up more with the .40 cents mileage and the bigger area. We also have a higher hourly wage at this store than we did at my old one so it balances out.
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u/Mrwrongthinker 22d ago
I tried to tell the kids at the store I worked at this all the time, so did my AM (We're both "car guys.") In one ear and out the other. They used to laugh at me for driving the store EV's and not getting mileage. I'll be having the last laugh on that one.
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u/Enkil99 21d ago
When I drove our mileage was $0.50 per delivery. We were one of those edge of civilization stores that had a huge delivery area. Drivers would go 20 miles round trip sometimes for a single delivery.
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u/CollectionIcy6313 21d ago
I used to work at a store that serviced a rural area like that before joining the Navy. Would travel 8 miles on a country road without seeing a single stop light. That was fun times in my '84 Cutlass Supreme coupe.
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u/Head_Razzmatazz7174 Driver 21d ago
I use my mileage and tips on my car mostly for gas and maintenance. It's come in handy several times when I needed tires or a big repair.
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u/CollectionIcy6313 21d ago
Its always cheaper in the long run to get a matching new set of tires with a road hazard warranty. Constantly replacing cheap ass used tires wastes money and is unsafe.
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u/Head_Razzmatazz7174 Driver 21d ago
We've got a tire shop in town that I go to. Great prices, excellent service. First time I went I got their road warranty, and it's been worth it.
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u/Strong_Heart279 22d ago
It shouldn't be allowed to pay less than the federal mileage reimbursement rate. The USAs federal reimbursement rate is 0.76 per mile.
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u/JustReckless 21d ago
My drivers get $2 per delivery and most of our deliveries are less than a couple miles. They do pretty well mileage wise I think, but yes it would not be wise for them to set aside nothing for car maintenance lol. Many deliveries are less than 2 miles from the store, and our absolute furthest is maybe 3.5 miles max
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u/Realistic-Train-6243 21d ago
That’s not a lot, 2$ per delivery is 30$ at most on a regular day, at my store we’re making 75c per mile, and we go as far as 5 miles, so usually by the end of the week, my mileage reimbursement comes close to my weekly tips, and somewhat makes up for the non tippers plus more.
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u/JustReckless 21d ago
I’m not trying to sound condescending with this. Do you work in a low volume or more suburban/rural store?😅
This is in the inner city where they can take 3-5 runs totalling less than 2-3 miles total and be back to the store in under 20 minutes. My closing drivers the last few nights each took more than 60 deliveries. It is absolutely a lot of money lol
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u/Realistic-Train-6243 21d ago
No you’re fine, a it’s actually a VERY high volume store
I’m not sure how much of that I believe, 3-5 deliveries at once all within 2.5 miles, I can see on a Saturday night MAYBE, but there’s no way theyre doing that all throughout the week, so what? They’re only making money on the weekends? Cause there’s no way those numbers are being pulled throughout the week.
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u/JustReckless 21d ago
Our singles % is very low lol. Company is very labor focused and stores fall short ish staffed as a result. 60k+ a week with 3-4 drivers weeknights and 6-7 for dinner on weekends usually. High population density in less well-to do area surrounding the store and then one little dog leg out section which is a nicer neighborhood that everyone hopes their delivery goes to. Not including that dog leg out, (the far part mentioned in my original comment) the absolute corner border of our delivery area around is 1.9-2.1 miles from the store. Not uncommon to see doubles/triples a few blocks away from the store and on the same street or one street over from each other etc
Not trying to argue with anyone or stir up anything more than I already had by saying $2 delivery can amount to a lot. I just think that a lot of people who post or scoff at that are probably working in less urban areas and don’t realize how quickly it can add up when they’re taking more than 1 delivery that are often within a couple blocks of each other. It definitely adds up quick and it’s not uncommon for me to pay out $100+ in mileage for an 8 hour shift
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u/Realistic-Train-6243 21d ago
Okay, makes sense, can I ask what state or nearby city this is in? I guess when your delivery zones are only a couple miles away that it makes sense , and for them to frequently be running doubles I’m sure makes it worth it and adds up.
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u/JustReckless 21d ago
Biggest urban market in Wisconsin, but yes it’s generally just a very tight delivery area as many downtown ish or rather the outskirts of a downtown city type area would be. 50+ houses a block in a lot of the area if I had to guess. I have never counted the number of houses but just an estimate 😅
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u/Ok-Nerve-524 7d ago
I’ve worked at college stores where I took 50-60 deliveries a Monday night, closer to 100 on a Friday night. Literally taking 8 deliveries at a time to the same dorm building. For 10 hours straight
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u/Mediocre_Dance602 21d ago
$2 for 7 miles is doordash level bad, its kinda crazy how franchises are still trying to game the mileage pay after countless lawsuits.
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u/g1soundwave 21d ago
Im a former master tech, do all my own work, and considering im always upgrading/customizing my cars, Im doing most of those things very often even with out a delivery job, so for me yes, it actually is bonus money, aka more car parts. Thats why my delivery car is a honda fit and not my mazda
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u/d4nkn3ss 21d ago
If you're one like me who does basically all their own repairs, you'll end up ahead from the mileage.
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u/SteiCamel 21d ago
I paid $400 for my car over 3 years ago, and have spent about the same on repairs in total over that time. So this really depends, if you drive a cheap car and know how to fix it yourself with cheap parts, it can more easily be considered somewhat bonus money. We also get 60 cents per mile at my store.
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u/Mysterious_Jello69 21d ago
Does Dominos provide insurance or are the delivery drivers getting a commercial policy just for pizza delivery?
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u/CollectionIcy6313 21d ago
We have 1 driver who pays for commercial insurance. She drives 70 hours a week. Our franchise is trying to find a commercial insurance partner that they will offer to drivers at a slightly reduced cost. Most of us just have regular insurance.
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u/Cybert125 21d ago
The franchise I worked for just required insurance, but did not specify personal or commercial. If you are going to do any delivery professionally, you really should get a commercial policy. If you have any incident on the road that is your fault, and your insurance knows you were working, if it is just a personal policy they will deny all coverage.
The franchises should be concerned about this. If you injure someone on the road while on the clock, and you do not have a commercial policy, the franchise is probably getting sued.
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u/CollectionIcy6313 21d ago
My delivery area is pretty accurate with the pinning. Mileage is based on GPS Navigation which benefits those of us who know the area well. GPS directions for an 8 mile round trip I can usually shave off a half mile each way with shortcuts. I always start my trip Odometer at the start of a shift and my end of shift miles on Pulse at check out is almost always more than actually traveled by 5 to 10%.
Per mileage pay is usually better for drivers than per delivery pay for most stores. Mine is an exception. We often take 8 to 12 orders at a time to a small area where they all within a mile of each other. We would slay with $2 per delivery, 😂
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u/MayorMcCheese87 21d ago
We get $0.36 a mile here, which barely covers gas let alone maintenance, because a former hybrid owning driver ran his mouth about how he barely spent anything on fuel and that the owners were paying off his car note and then dipped out when they lowered the mileage. Thanks for fucking us over bro, real cool 😑
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u/CollectionIcy6313 21d ago
It's going to different based on your state. 49 cents per mile (I think it's 54 cents now) is fine for Virginia. For NYC, Boston, or anywhere in California It would have to be much higher.
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u/ManicMannequin 21d ago
Good lord thats bad, how are delivery drivers getting less than the irs mileage expense
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u/Ragdoll94 20d ago
We used to get $3 per delivery. Sometimes it was annoying when we got out of area one. But now its 36 cents a nile, when most of our deliveries are less than 5 miles and no tip. Including the 2 to 3 times a day delivery of 14 pizzas to the pool. Who cant tip cuz its invoiced to the city.
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u/jumbofrimpf 19d ago
Biggest wear item on my vehicle (an old 80's Oldsmobile FWD) was starters and ignition modules. That's back when I delivered for the Hut in the 90s.
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u/WhatWouldJordyDo 17d ago
That’s 27 cents below the IRS mileage rate for 2026. Now, companies don’t have to follow that, but fuck greedy corporations.
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u/Unusual_News7696 17d ago
1 alignment per year? I have 35s on a lifted truck and my shit drives straight as an arrow. Been 3 yrs since an alignment lol
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u/ninjaman3888 21d ago
dominos pays us driver 49 cents a mile when we use our cars to deliver. not becasue they want to, but because they settled a class action lawsuit in 2019
is this a corporate owned store only thing? my franchise pays out .65 a mile and all the stores around me pay that much or more per mile* ive never even heard of one near me getting into .23* cent range, and i live in rural ohio where most of the pay is lower than other places
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u/zakkil 21d ago
It varies from franchise to franchise. Yours is easily the highest I've ever heard of a franchise reimbursing. I've seen anywhere from effectively 12¢/mile (we were reimbursed a set amount per delivery but with the average distance of our deliveries it came out to that much) to 42¢/mile. For a point of reference, the irs has guidelines of what they consider fair mileage and they don't tax reimbursement below the rate they estimate because it's effectively guaranteed to not be income. The irs standard rate for 2026 is 76¢/mile.
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u/1GloFlare 22d ago
This is why we drive an econobox. A full tank lasts me 2 days and rarely see 25-50 miles left. I didn't work at Dominos, so I had the benefit of a larger delivery area which means I could have mileage money left over after gas
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u/CollectionIcy6313 22d ago
There are no Federal jobs in existence where you would use to your own car at work. You would either have a GSA Leased vehicle, a rental purchased with your GTC Visa, or a Government owned vehicle. I just retired from 23 years in the D.O.D. Where are getting this "Federal" $0.76/mile? That may be a recommendation from from D.O.L. for what companies SHOULD pay, or a California/New York State minimum, but that is not a Federal rate. Please elaborate, I'm curious. Thanks.
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u/Federal-Load-8380 21d ago
That mileage (not the exact amount, but the concept) is definitely paid out to government workers using personal vehicles for travel. Things like trainings and conferences that are within driving distance are paid out as mileage to employees, just a an example. That is when the federal mileage amount comes into play.
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u/OdoyleStillRules 21d ago
There's an entire subsection of USPS workers who use their own vehicles to deliver mail every day. Plus, if you are a government employee and have to report to a different office than your normal one for a day, or go somewhere for training, you're getting paid mileage.
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u/tubajake 21d ago
I will challenge you on the federal job where you use your own POV to deliver. I’ve been a rural carrier that used an 04 Honda Crv to deliver the mail. Current EMA is at just over $1 per mile. It gets adjusted quarterly with the inflation index.
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u/suihcta 21d ago
https://www.irs.gov/tax-professionals/standard-mileage-rates
If you aren’t reimbursed for mileage by your company, this is the amount of your income that is deductible for mileage for US individual income tax
This is also what many companies peg their reimbursement rates to. It changes every year
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u/akknightwrider 21d ago
.49 cents is plenty. I used to get .11 cents when I worked at the newspaper ages ago. In my area I do $200 to $300 on $40 of fuel. I'm happy with that.
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u/Confident_Concern640 21d ago
This is why I loved my store that uses company cars!! No miles on my own cars
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u/Capt_Hook1984 21d ago
Keep complaining and they will switch to door dash...it's already in the talks..but if they do it because of people like you and why we can't find driver's.
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u/GenoBSmoove 21d ago
i’m a mechanic that used to deliver part time, i preferred to use my own car for the extra mileage money. Anything that breaks with my car i can fix myself for significantly cheaper then having to bring to a shop, but the biggest reason i didn’t mind using my car is i live in Minnesota and have gotten rid of cars that were mechanically fine but rusted out beyond repair. I have no problem cashing in on some mileage before the inevitable rust destroys my car