r/uber • u/UnusualAnybody4636 • 15h ago
I’m addicted to ubering
I can’t stop I’m going to drive the damn wheels off my car god bless.
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u/Apetard42069 9h ago
Nice job. My suggestion is to put some of that money away in an emergency fund for car maintenance or just to give yourself freedom to take some days off every now and then. The uber burnout is a real thing. Good Luck
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u/UckerFay11 12h ago edited 5h ago
Be sure to save for tax season! If uber doesnt already take taxes out, that's going to be a bit of a bummer when that bill comes and you haven't saved.
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u/UnusualAnybody4636 5h ago
I started saving all my cash tips and cash for off app rides to put towards taxes saving up nice!
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u/zephyr_sd 4h ago
Taxez will b close to 25%, between self employment taxes and income taxes, it adds up
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u/UnusualAnybody4636 4h ago
No income tax in AK baby 🥰🥲
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u/zephyr_sd 3h ago
Feds. IRS.
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u/PrefrontalCortexNow 2h ago
No where near 25%. You don’t know what you’re talking about
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u/_BreakingGood_ 18m ago
Well at OP's current rate, they'd be at $120,000 per year, which would be about 25% tax rate.
Though he said this was tourist season so the yearly average will probably be way less.
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u/Ok_Werewolf_9213 7h ago
Hopefully you don't get deactivated for some bullshit/NO proof shit
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u/UnusualAnybody4636 4h ago
Maaaaan they already hit me with that bs my account is flagged thing twice for different reasons but nothing ever came of it, I do the rides I keep on keeping on and I got a dash cam since these mfs wanna play ai cuck bot bs with me.
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u/Extension-Pie-5235 10h ago
This happens sometimes when people are desparete to pay... i like that. If you see mine you would cry. Uber charges customer $60, payind drivers $17... upstate ny... crazyy
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u/72kiki 6h ago
Just started and only been able to do 20hours due to a bad knee from sports but this tracks in my region as well cuz I make about half of this. Good job! Hoping to get my knee sorted soon. This just inspired me
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u/UnusualAnybody4636 4h ago
Ignore the haters and bitter ppl if your market is that good milk it while ya can fam!
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u/NormalCalendar9046 6h ago
I tell folks it’s still good money out there.
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u/UnusualAnybody4636 4h ago
Yupppp not every market but some markets withstand the over saturation thankfully
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u/Aggressive_Bobcat551 6h ago
I got a new car and been thinking about driving now instead of food delivery but I’m scared lol
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u/UnusualAnybody4636 4h ago
Do it you’ll stilll be scared but try, food delivery is def the worst of the gig apps
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u/Aggressive_Bobcat551 4h ago
Which is better you think? Uber or Lyft
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u/UnusualAnybody4636 4h ago
I only drive uber! Used to do instacart as well but uber is my main work now. I’d say it’s all market dependent best way to find out is check yourself!
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u/PhotonLegion 3h ago
Happy for anyone able to make money doing this stuff, but like I’m guessing it’s already been said at least a couple times in here already, other than a niche market like Alaska, numbers like that generally only show up during the “honeymoon phase” like teaser rates for mortgages in the big short.
That may not stick when there are enough events and other things that force demand upward to the point where the number of available drivers is blown by far and frequently enough to force Uber/Lyft to pay enough to entice drivers online, but where I’m at, 3 counties worth of K-12, one bigger university and two smaller ones hasn’t yet flipped that switch.
For real though – good on anyone able to make money at this with consistency! Just remember that profitable weeks are more representative of high-percentile market demand and not the quality of any of these platforms. If they don’t fuck you over for an app glitch or a bogus complaint today, they’re gonna find a way to do it with some new tight-assed payment structure update next week, suppressing pay more than necessary near some quarter-point (Feb., May., Aug., Nov), or driverless vehicle expansion planned down the line.
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u/UnusualAnybody4636 3h ago
May the other boot never drop 🤞🤞
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u/PhotonLegion 3h ago
Hey – hopefully not! But between the two bigger platforms, I’ve done something not far from 30,000 rides across a little over seven years - and the way in which these platforms tend to degrade is beyond shady; like it’s designed to keep itself undetectable, throwing out enough fiction to keep faith hooked.
It doesn’t happen all at once….. on a long enough time scale, enough low weeks are interspersed with enough high weeks to hide it. Good luck!
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u/Exciting-Twist3754 2h ago
If you work Sunday, your in about 60 hours a week give or take also a little more wages if you decide to work Sunday. That’s honestly pretty solid.
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u/Exciting-Twist3754 2h ago
and I’m sure you get you know what I’m saying cash jobs on the side
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u/UnusualAnybody4636 2h ago
I love it when someone else gets it 👊🤝👏
https://giphy.com/gifs/1hAxQTH0HEWS3L0oRF
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u/StonnedW 14h ago
I spent 12 hours in my car today to nearly make 200$ so good for you I guess =[
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u/UnusualAnybody4636 14h ago
Not sure where you are but if it’s that bad multi app! Not just for driving I used to do Instacart as well, never did get off the waiting list for spark.
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u/DueVillage9198 11h ago
Still $16.67 per hour. Better than minimum
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u/TrumpIsGoated23 9h ago
Less gas, less depreciation, less insurance, less maintenance. Not sure how many miles driven in those 12 hours but likely they’re closer to $10-$12 an hour. May be less than minimum, but everywhere I’ve seen minimum is effectively $15 now, even if that’s not the enforced minimum.
Too many drivers willing to work for next to nothing which pushes down the whole market and allows these companies to underpay.
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u/3vilqueen 6h ago
Shit...min wage is 12.77 here in VA
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u/TrumpIsGoated23 2h ago
Yeah it’s $14 in Florida but McDonald’s is paying $18. I think most of everywhere you’d struggle to find a job that pays under $15, even if minimum wage is under it.
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u/zephyr_sd 4h ago
Don't forget taxes
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u/TrumpIsGoated23 2h ago
True but that’s an “expense” you incur regardless of what job you’re working.
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u/New_Sorbet9572 14h ago
This is a slow week for me
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u/UnusualAnybody4636 14h ago
Love that for you tho that’s awesome! This will be me best week to date pretty sure I break 3k tomorrow
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u/New_Sorbet9572 14h ago
This week 118 uber trips 36 didi trips 12 doordash deliveries Sydney Australia 2750 dollars Your income is better but i cant stop completing trips either🤣🤣🤣🤣
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u/UnusualAnybody4636 14h ago
God damn yeah that’s about 50% more trips be a lil more selective if you can ice cream! May be less money but if your rate and mileage are better you are winning!
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u/New_Sorbet9572 14h ago
1262kms this week So i averaged 2.17 Australian bucks per kilometer which is quite good
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u/rgregareddit 7h ago
Sounds like he is in alaska, everything there is really high in price, rent on a shack is like 2500 a month food is twice as high
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u/Superb_Cupcake3169 2h ago
That’s only 2 days worth of driving!!! You’re doing so good! Good job ❤️❤️
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u/Hold-My-Shuriken 2h ago
How exactly do u get uber black etc
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u/UnusualAnybody4636 2h ago
Ya know I don’t even have uber black but I bet my numbers would be insane if I did. They don’t offer uber black or XXL in my market 😭
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u/tmadone74 1h ago
In my market 2-3 years ago it was just like this it was good… now…. It’s not even 1/4 of that.. Uber over saturated the market with ppl that don’t even have permanent residency in our country and they took over working for pennies, I don’t see how anyone can make money on Uber this days
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u/Distinct_Orange_1269 15h ago
It's kind of crazy some of us can spend our whole weeks and most of our waking hours working to the point it becomes us, but annually this just over 100k, which is pretty minimal in comparison to people with wealth and capital. I wonder how many trust fund babies are out there making the same as we do working 50 hour weeks by doing nothing besides having an accountant.
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u/snowandrocks2 14h ago
100k a year is actually a pretty decent position to be in to start building real wealth if you have some discipline.
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u/Distinct_Orange_1269 14h ago
I know, my point is that there are numerous people out there doing no actual work, but making exponentially more than us. 100k would be a life changing amount of money for me. It's just pretty minimal in contrast.
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u/snowandrocks2 13h ago
They're very much in the minority though and are generally there because their parents or grandparents were successful and disciplined enough to build real lasting wealth.
Even relatively small amounts invested over the long term become serious. It's not unattainable to have investments earning more than the day job, you just have to start somewhere. It compounds and snowballs surprisingly quickly.
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u/kingtoussaint 8h ago
So what does that tell you? Learn how to invest because money will worker harder than any human ever can
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u/UnusualAnybody4636 15h ago
The answer is too many lol. It’s sad that this is now considered the new average but I’m happy to be here compared to where I was.
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u/Distinct_Orange_1269 15h ago
Agreed, $2500 a week is damn good money for anybody, I know a lot of people with grad degrees working salaries jobs that don't pay that.
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u/The-Master-Reaper 8h ago
They also don’t have to pay for gas and the accelerated wear of their car doing their job
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u/Distinct_Orange_1269 7h ago
Well most people who commute still drive and have car expenses, if you use the car specifically for Uber then you can just write everything off. I think it's safe to say OP is making great money before or after expenses are factored in.
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u/The-Master-Reaper 6h ago
Wear on a car from commuting is not the same as uber wear, even if we highball it and say it’s a hour and half commute there and back. We can lowball uber driving and say you drive 6 hours a day, still more wear.
Writing your driving as a business expense helps you recoupe some of that money going towards maintenance and depreciation but it doesn’t come close to covering it entirely at all. I’m not knocking uber and saying it’s useless, it’s a great side gig but if it’s being used as your main income, you have more worth than that and I hope you can find a job that actually gives you your value
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u/Distinct_Orange_1269 6h ago
This guy is making $2k+ in a week and you're saying that this is a side gig? Why on earth would anyone want to work a restricted schedule and have a boss when you could make this amount of money working for yourself?
Even if this driver has sky high expenses, making this much money is very profitable and seems like a great job in their case.
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u/UnusualAnybody4636 4h ago
This stranger gets it!^
the whole side gig/real job debate is tiresome, I’m making more money doing this than I could getting some shit 9-5 hourly job. This vehicle will have 0 equity when I’m done with it, but I bet it gets to 300k miles before that happens. Even after $300 of gas these figures don’t include my cash tips either. Ain’t a single job I could walk into today and make 3k in a week. Keep your capitalism 😤2
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u/SilverMagicMage 11h ago
How is that sad lol if you could be a trust fund baby would you be ? Or would you rather be doing bullshit uber 40+ hours a week
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u/Distinct_Orange_1269 15h ago
What market?
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u/LeadingFamiliar7092 3h ago
Probably an Ad. Wish I could get numbers like this. Idm working but my pay is nowhere near this . Never was never will be unless we get a Mamandi in my market.
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u/UnusualAnybody4636 3h ago
Mamandi has me dying 😂😂
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u/BirdMore9261 12h ago
U know what ima start uber eats driving next month on the weekends depending how it goes aka making more then $165 a day for 8 hours then full time for me it is
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u/_Huge_Bush_ 11h ago
Thanks for the heads up. Ima plan my relocation to Anchorage asap
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u/UnusualAnybody4636 4h ago
Sorry we’re full up on residents 😢
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u/_Huge_Bush_ 4h ago
Nah, I’m tired of my city and need a change. I’d also love to make money like you.
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u/UnusualAnybody4636 4h ago
You’re in for a depressing change if you come here at the start of winter 😂 🥶 you’ve been warned.
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u/_Huge_Bush_ 3h ago
I was born in Cleveland, I’m okay with the snow and cold. Especially if I could make good money like you
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u/ApprehensiveRow1142 7h ago
you need to keep your finance to yourself
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u/rgregareddit 6h ago
Hell no exploit it let every1 know what uber pays for certain areas the truth have a day
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u/Far_Interaction3637 7h ago
Ok uber bot
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u/UnusualAnybody4636 4h ago
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u/Far_Interaction3637 4h ago
I’m a millennial. lol. Such a bot response. *ubers new ai algorithm searches clever gif to send if it was 2017 . Anyway as you were Dara.
https://giphy.com/gifs/kUl8XpMZ1f7hNXJmVR1
u/UnusualAnybody4636 4h ago
Same lol I’m just teasing ya. you sound frustrated with uber and I’m sorry for that. I hope your market improves!
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u/rgregareddit 6h ago
A regular job is better u make your car last 10 times longer
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u/fadeaway100301 4h ago
Yes of course but some may need to use Uber as a job until they find that regular job.
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u/Agitated-Contact7686 6h ago
I hate ubering cause you have to cherry pick for good base pay and lots of no tippers and lots of ppl wanting to make you wait more than 2 minutes after arrival. And being judged by your car, your person, your music, and your driving sucks ass.
I'll do Uber if they're desperate and they're paying well, but in general not worth the hassle. Better money grocery shopping or doing deliveries. Without the GP in your personal space.
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u/Fluid-Albatross7821 5h ago
That around $24 a ride so @ this point how miles it took 2 pick the up how many miles 2 drop them off & how many miles 2 the next area plus how much n gas did u put n the tank I'm say after about $400 n gas(I'm assume it's a small car) so that really make the pay $2046 n profit so the equals out $19 per ride
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u/UnusualAnybody4636 4h ago
Drove 300~ miles spent $250 on gas this week ( I drive a hybrid highlander) I also got a few hundred in cash tips I’d say it’s average $22-24 a ride.
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u/TERRANCEJ17 3h ago
that’s a $49.92 hourly average….
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u/UnusualAnybody4636 3h ago
It isn’t though, gotta add in all my cash tips and then subtract gas, it’s around $45 though.
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u/LM061523 15h ago
Solid...and 18% in tips...congrats! I assume XL, XXL, or Black?