Gig Passenger and Delivery Driver Pay in Five Metro Areas

This standard would apply different rates to the Twin Cities metro and the remainder of the state.12 At the time of writing, the differences between the Minneapolis City Council’s and the Minnesota Legislature’s pay standards had been resolved, but negotiations over their compromise were continuing with the governor and with the gig companies. [...] In light of the rapid increase in gas and vehicle prices in 2021 and 2022, the March 2023 COLA mileage adjustment was based on the change in the transportation component of the CPI. [...] 14 People of the State of New York, Office of the Attorney General, Labor Bureau, “In the Matter of The Investigation of Letitia James, Attorney General Of The State of New York Of Uber Technologies, Inc.,” Assurance of Discontinuance, November 1, 2023, settlements-agreements/uber-lyft-aods.pdf. [...] Gig Passenger and Delivery Driver Pay in Five Metro Areas 24 On a net (after expenses and without tips) employee-equivalent basis, which adjusts for gig drivers’ treatment as independent contractors by the app companies, the typical delivery driver outside of California earned the equivalent of a $0.40 an hour excluding tips and $8.36 an hour with tips (Table 7). [...] The analyses, interpretations, conclusions, and views expressed in this brief are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the UC Berkeley Labor Center, the Regents of the University of California, or collaborating organizations or funders.