COMP NEWS – Gig worker pay fell for many workers last year, with Uber Eats drivers seeing the biggest decline in pay of more than 15% on average.

Delivering for Uber Eats and DoorDash as a gig worker got less lucrative last year, according to a new study.

 

Uber Eats drivers saw the biggest decline in gross earnings at 15.4%, according to a study from Gridwise Analytics, which gathers data on earnings for about half a million gig workers.

 

Uber Eats workers made $472.72 a month on average last year.

 

“In the past year, there has been a marked decrease in the monthly average gross earnings of drivers,” a summary of Gridwise’s findings on wages reads.

Instacar shoppers and some rideshare drivers like Uber took the biggest hit in pay. However, Lyft drivers emerged unscathed, with a small bump in pay in addition to working less hours.

Instacart shoppers earned 8.3% less, with average monthly earnings of $606.50, while DoorDash workers saw their earnings slip just 0.1% to $703.17, though they worked 3.2% more hours on average.

 

Grubhub workers saw their earnings increase 6% during the year, though they had to work 13.6% more hours.

 

Rideshare drivers for Uber took the biggest pay hit at 17.1%, though they still earned more on average each month than gig workers on other apps ($1,409.71).

 

Only Lyft drivers earned more than 2022 (2.5%) while working fewer hours (12.9%).

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