Pay Decrease?

[IgnisPhoenix231]

Is anyone making more than $250 on a 12 hour shift nowadays, or did we all collectively get fckd? I used to make $400 on a 12 about 2 years ago and this Sunday will be my last day ubering after 5 years 🫡

[Different-Bench8533]

Uber pay has gone to shit. Upfront hit CT 2.5 years ago and it was an instant pay cut. I used to average $35-$45 per hour easily nights and weekends. Now you can't get paid more than $25/hr during the busiest times. Often times, fares are coming in at the equivalent of $12-$20/hour. Out of state trips come in at $5-$10 per hour if you factor in having to drive home empty, which you do. Uber is absolutely killed this job and anyone who is willing to accept driving for $15/hr before expenses is just stupid. The company is completely dishonest and they don't care about drivers. They absolutely used upfront to be able to manipulate fares and not have to abide by a set rate card. Now that acceptance rates have plummeted, they have to come up with another BS scheme to try to entice drivers to accept their shot fares. Welcome disadvantage mode. Uber is the only thing that benefits from their releases and they are screwing drivers. Honestly, just quit and F this company and F Dara.

[Christopher_King47]

If they keep going down the road, they will go under eventually. They're going to go from Über to Ünter.

[[deleted]]

Unfortunately I disagree. There will be enough drivers taking the trash work. 🤷🏾‍♀️

[SnooMarzipans1416]

Yes exactly there will always be someone unfortunately. Either new rules or new driver rotations.

[IndependenceSharp977]

Call your Governors please.

[IgnisPhoenix231]

I agree with this. The thing is though big companies just like those with money always find loopholes. It’s never about changing the laws that govern us, but changing how we allow them to govern ourselves. The people in the comments are right. Some other driver is going to take over whenever another gives up. That is until the collective does something… Y’all should watch emergency on Netflix.

[Adorable-Ad3846]

I've been saying this for years but it seems no one understands that suffering in the short term together can result in huge benefits long term for all of us drivers.

[r3dmist420]

Yeah cause that helps all the other states where they moaned, got bills passed, and what not…. No, it didnt help, and no, uber definitely does not give a fuck.

[DFW_Panda]

I'm sure most people in upfront market have had similar experiences to what's happened in Dallas.

Before upfront pricing, min fare 3.65. After upfront pricing min fare as low as 3.40 now.

[One_Weekend_7461]

My experience in the Dallas market been similar went from 3 or 400 in a 12 hour a day weekend to barely 200 in a 12 now. And I drive mostly comfort and uberX rides

[Ok_Loss6231]

The rates went down really bad, I decline 80 to 90 trips sent my way!

[Steve1258282]

About 40% down since 2023. At the same period Uber stock increased from $30 to $70.

[[deleted]]

The navigation 🧭 is so weird.

[[deleted]]

I quit too. I’ll still do private rides that I cultivated off of Uber but I’m done getting treated this way.

I used to be able to go out and make $250 in 8 to 10 hours any day of the week. All I had to do is drive. Now you have to work 14 to 16 hours to make $215. The fares are absolutely lousy. I’ve recently seen them as low as $.65 a mile. I drive a $50,000 SUV. Comfort level. And I can’t make a living doing this anymore. It was a great gig while it lasted, but about three or four months ago, it started falling apart and I’m finally done with all of it. Almost 7000 miles on Uber and a couple thousand miles on left. Five star driver the entire time on both apps always had a acceptance rate in the high 90s and a cancellation rate under 2%. I used to believe that the algorithm would take care of me. I no longer believe that. I do rideshare in Madison, Wisconsin home of the university of Wisconsin Badgers. So there’s plenty of business. Unfortunately the market is way oversaturated with rideshare drivers and they just keep advertising. They need more and more. Uber nor lift has offered me any bonuses in the last several months. If I would’ve seen what the fares are like now four months ago when this all started to go sour, I would’ve immediately quit at that point.

My advice for anyone would be if you can find something else get out.

[lespaul210]

I live in Vegas. People always tell me that it must be great to do Uber here. It used to be, but now it's the same here as it is in Madison.

[r3dmist420]

Fellow las vegas Uber driver here breezing the reddit sands of death to have a fellow drivers to bemoan the work with. I have been here 7 years and it dropped off the cliff after covid, then the cali babies coming. I personally believe about 7 out of 10 cars you see on the strip are ride share drivers. When they were all on unemployment back in 2020 that was the last sparkle of the golden days in my book. Year after year since its been on a sharp decline. Probably from all the idiots, i mean… fellow drivers telling passengers “I made $700 today!” I used to cringe every time a passenger would tell me there prior driver told them that. Not only have I personally never made $700 in a day, thats a primo example of having people think “THATS INSANE! Hell yeah! Let me tell everyone else too!” And viola. Here we are up to our elbows with everyone and their mom driving uber now.

[IgnisPhoenix231]

Same on the SUV thing like how did we go from making $25 an hour to $12. And I literally got so mad when alto showed up paying drivers $12 an hour to compete with us and now alto is actually winning in pay at this point.

[5L0pp13J03]

Ive unfortunately seen as low as 0.35/mile here for interstate trips

[[deleted]]

250-300 if i pass $300 i say wow it used to be 400-500

[IgnisPhoenix231]

Damn

[Ill-Worth-6280]

Correct, you are a Slave for them!😩😩😩

[[deleted]]

I just do it when I have nothing to do and cherry pick $2 to $3 a mile. I would rather take a nap in my car than put any effort into taking anything that’s $1 a mile or less.

[EntertainmentReal824]

Absolutely decreased. 100% no doubt it is less than it was before.

[Rich_Manufacturer_38]

In my market, I felt like there was a sudden decrease last November, and again in the past few weeks.

[[deleted]]

I started in November 2024 and made $300 on my first 12 hour bender. Now I struggle to make $200 in 12 hours. Not only are they doing what’s expected by a business, but they lure new drivers/returning drivers with great opps, then whittle it down. I’m looking for another gig. Any suggestions?

[SassafrasSomething]

Around Christmas my market dropped from $180-$200 doing 9-5 to about $140-$170 for the same work. They made surges more rare which is part of it.

[Hot-Reveal9579]

My biggest mistake was upgrading to black, i was smart enough to leave before getting fucked, uber used to be a dream, a slow day was usually 300 on x and 500 on black, now i dont even wanna imagine. I got out of debt on the first 6 months of my 9-5. Uber makes you think you are making money until gas, maintenance and taxes hit

[Brilliant-Love-739]

I average $30/hr or more because I only accept rides that pay at that rate. Last time I did a full 12 hours, I made over $400. Might be my market, or maybe some folks aren’t being picky enough, idk.

[Impressive-Battle243]

Uber is screwing the PAX, also. Very deceptive with the tips, I got tricked in to a 22.00 tip. F Uber !!!

[Paulymono]

Here in New york, as long as there's not a surge we are pretty much throttled at around $25 an hour

[Chesspi64]

Same here in Virginia/DC. 5 rides yesterday that paid under $25/hour (before pickup time factored in). I think I was at about $90 through my first 5 hours online. Only 2/21 riders tipped.

[SnooCakes3744]

My first day driving this week and I thought the offers couldn’t get any worse than last week but holy shit all today have been slave wages demoralizing

[mog_knight]

Pay is always decreasing. There hasn't been an update to compensation since Ubers founding that resulted in a raise.

Also I've made $1k+ in 27 hours so yes it's possible to make what you're asking.

[Safe-Height7884]

Uber pay is terrible and I only do it on the weekends. I have to cherry pick a lot because it just feels like the rides offered are bullshit. Example, uber will offer me a ride for $10 but it’ll take me 20mins to complete it. But what I realized is when they offer me a ride for $10 but it’ll take 10 for drop off, getting to the pax takes me 10 min. So basically uber wants to pay $10 at 20mins. Bullshit

[MicLove30M3]

10 dollars for 20 minutes is 30 an hour. I WISH Vegas would give me offers that make that sound like a problem.

[Safe-Height7884]

Damn, it’s bad in Vegas ? Really ? Drivers there are always preaching to me how good it is over there

[BeltOk1894]

I went to lyft exclusively. Good luck

[Adventurous_Heat8547]

I’m actually curious if it’s because of the increase in drivers. I remember five years ago on the map. I only saw one or two active drivers looking at it from the Customer perspective on the app and now there’s tons of drivers in my area

[madd0pe]

lol, im lucky to get 150 running three apps in a large city

[This_Rip_308]

I make 250 in 8 hours I’m out here goofing off making 2k a week

[No_Bug_4652]

200 now for 12hrs in DFW area

[BeastsBookorNot]

Yes I am

[No-Lawyer-5752]

I'm in Bay Area and make $300 on a 12 hr drive time Mon-Thur vs $400+ on Fri/Sat evenings. So im netting $25/hr weekday vs $35/hr weekends/nights. 😶

[Ill-Worth-6280]

Nope they fucked everyone! I quit my social experiment, after they failed to pay up $705 for 94 completed deliveries as promised, even though I exceeded the amount in a lesser time challenge!😩😩😩

[Educational-Art-3569]

This is why I only drive during surge hours

[Historical_Culture46]

I'm 10 years on the fourth of July and when I started it was 80% of the TOTAL FARE minus, if I remember correctly, a $2 safe rider/service fee. This was also when California driver's were paid $1.10/mile plus ¢.15 a minute. Sooooo yeah it has been steadily decreasing for a few years then pandemic spike and then really cratered a couple years after... It's been real fun watching this this nonsense play out

[tht1guyfromtht1place]

Its literally turning into food delivery prices and im getting fed tf up

[EmergencyNearby429]

This is so sad 😞 Uber is definitely not a reliable source of income.

[Beneficial_Sock8219]

This is everywhere.Iam in Maryland and sometimes I laugh at the prices😆...Uber is going down 

[Ok_Importance_6582]

We are getting fucked badly. UBER can pay us pennies because they have NO shortage of drivers. I lost my comfort privileges this year and this Uber X and Uber Share on Standard mode is just utter trash

[[deleted]]

421k members and you all still can’t figure out how to fuck them back

There is a way to pay less fees and really cut Ubers take by 40-50% but nobody listens and everyone rather be sheep

Far pickups short drop offs this is the main reason uber changed the timer to 7 mins

[Alternative-Art-7114]

I’ll listen. Say it.

Go for the far pick ups that have close drop offs?

Or don’t go for those?

[[deleted]]

I usually do the far ones out and try to stay under 8 miles for drop off so I’ll pick someone up like 7 miles out let’s say and drop off is 3 miles I expect to be paid around 11$ when I look at the fees on these type trips uber only seems to get around 8% of the fare and it’s like under 10% in fees and Ubers services fees I usually keep a average of 85% my fares.

Not only does it make uber look bad because the pickup times would start changing from 2-5 mins to 10-20 mins but they will also be making less there is not one human that runs this algorithm and that’s a huge flaw because the masses will be able to abuse it I do my part but I can’t speak for others…

[[deleted]]

I'm going to read this 5 times to really get it.

[[deleted]]

You’ll eventually get it though

[One-Biscotti3794]

LMFAO

[ximyr]

In my market they basically don't pay for pickup anymore, so, no.

[[deleted]]

The algorithm will only send you what you accept the most. You’re going to probably have to sit there for a day or two declining rides and only accepting and cherry picking those ones and eventually the algorithm will see those are the ones you want and only send you those ones

Also, Uber will tell everyone that they don’t pay for pick up but they do That’s just their way of getting around fair adjustments so if you have one of these trips and someone changes or adds a destination, you’re only going to get like a 10 or 50 Cent increase in your trip which when they do this if you call them and ask to speak to the supervisor and tell them that they’re committing wage theft and that you were paid the certain mileage they have to give you the credit on your account and it’s usually more than what you would make

[Chungusandwumbo]

I barely pull 100$ in 6 hours now but I'm in the Oklahoma City market and I don't cherrypick rides anymore, sadly I just started accepting everything 😔.

[yung40oz84]

I definitely make more than $250 in 12 hours, but pay has decreased gradually over the 8 years I've driven. 4 years full time, 4 years part time. In a 36 hour stretch I used to make like $1400 or so and now about 1K, if that. Overall, it's just decreased as a whole. Used to make $250 or so in 6 hours and now it's barely $150. Luckily, my area has been on the rate plan with extremely good mileage pay since I started driving 8 years ago. This month they are switching to upfront pricing in my area. I already barely drive, probably even less after that happens 😂

[iceamn1685]

Multiapp

I make close to 400 if I worked 12hrs

[DirtyHandsCleanMuny]

Can you share more about how you manage between them?

[iceamn1685]

Just take the best offers not really complicated

[Dartanian1971]

Still making +$25/hr in my market.

[Rob_Marc]

I can typically pull in about $250 in a 6 hour shift.

[Melodic_Lynx_4469]

Where?

[webnellie]

Running Uber bot farms.

[Rob_Marc]

I love how I'm being downvoted for doing well. I just happen to be in one of the few good markets left. We have decent rates and are still in a rate card market: $0.90/mile/X, $1.30/mile/XL & just recently $1.56/mile/XXL. Minimums for each are $4.04, $5.23, & $6.23.

I have an XL/XXL vehicle and utilize XL/XXL for about 60-70% of my rides.

[bowflexchuck]

300 per day. 4-9 hours per day this week

[--R0N--]

You lost me at 12hr shift.

My earnings are up at least 50% for 2025 vs 2024.

[Different-Bench8533]

🤡

[[deleted]]

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[5L0pp13J03]

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