“What the UberX drivers are finding out here in Los Angeles and around the country, from our discussions on social media, is that it's a lot of very short calls that can eat up their driving hours,' De Wolf Sandoval says. But drivers' expenses add up, and what an Uber driver takes home tends to be a far cry from the $90,000 Uber has said its drivers can make. Uber is not obligated to pay its drivers minimum wage the drivers are considered independent contractors. So when the driver does the math, he realizes he's actually making minimum wage.' These are all costs Uber doesn't take into consideration. You have to consider the mileage and the value of the car, too. On average that can be $7 to $10 to $15, depending on where the person lives. You deduct the car wash you get on a daily basis. 'UberX drivers spend, on average, about $130 to $150 a week on gas - you deduct that,' Diallo says. Drivers protest outside of Uber's New York City offices in Queens in September.Ībdoulrahime Diallo, the leader of the Uber Drivers Network NYC, says one of his colleagues makes about $800 a week but that expenses like gas and tolls can add up.

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