Where drivers earn online
Drivers give rides through ride-hailing apps using their own or a rented car. Requirements are set city by city: a licence, insurance, a vehicle check and often a background check.
Also for
- Uber driver
- taxi driver
- chauffeur
- rideshare driver
How drivers earn
- 1Ride-hailing with your own car
- 2Renting a car approved for ride-hailing
- 3Renting out your car to others when you are not driving
Fuel, insurance and wear come out of your earnings, so compare apps on what you keep per hour, not per ride.
What the work is worth
Guess first: what does a typical US driver earn in a year?
US employees in the closest official occupation (SOC 53-3054), Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025. A benchmark for what the work is worth, not what a platform pays.
The best matches for drivers
inDriveRide-hailing company★ 3.310–13%
UberRide-hailing company★ 4.3Service fee varies by…
CareemRide-hailing company★ 3.320–25%
UklonRide-hailing company★ 2.815–23%
LyftRide-hailing company★ 3.6Service fee varies by…
DiDiRide-hailing company★ 3.210–20%
Best matched first: platforms built for this work, then matching tags, kind and description.
Where the work is
The kinds of platform where drivers find work, sized by how many we matched.
| Kind | Platforms |
|---|---|
| Ride platforms | 33 |
| Rental platforms | 2 |
| Shipping gig platforms | 1 |
Tour a kind
Keep more of what you earn
Of the 17 matched platforms that publish a percentage fee, these take the smallest cut (median 17.5%).
| Platform | Fee |
|---|---|
| Kakao T | 3.8% |
| BiTaksi | 9% |
| inDrive | 11.5% |
| Pathao | 12.5% |
| Gojek | 14% |
| DiDi | 15% |
| Yango | 15% |
| Heetch | 17.5% |
| Bolt | 17.5% |
| FREENOW | 18% |
| Uklon | 19% |
| Cabify | 19% |
| Angkas | 19% |
| Grab | 20.5% |
| Careem | 22.5% |
| Yassir | 22.5% |
| Bykea | 22.5% |
