Uber & Lyft Driver Pay in New York City
New York City’s Taxi and Limousine Commission publishes minimum trip pay rules for high-volume for-hire services. Use TLC’s resources to check a trip, then use your own earnings and online hours to calculate what the full shift paid.
Use the TLC calculator for the trip
Pull up the trip details, then check which TLC calculation applies. Per-mile and per-minute amounts, vehicle type and out-of-town segments can matter. Use TLC’s current rate table or calculator rather than relying on a rate copied from an older article.
The trip minimum checks earnings for a qualifying trip. To understand your workday, include the waits between trips and use the actual earnings shown on your daily or weekly summary.
Compare similar driving conditions
Compare the same number of online hours and similar windows in the city. Account for time spent waiting, tolls and the time to return after a trip. Subtract applicable vehicle and licensing costs when estimating what you kept.
RideWage can use supported screenshots to help build a shared picture. Until there is a publishable local sample, the live average on the main page describes the available U.S. screenshot sample.