Uber drivers have become one of the busiest occupations in the U.S. market

BI Chinese station reported on June 30

Today, Uber drivers have become one of the busiest occupations in the U.S. market. With the uberX service in place, virtually anyone with a car can sign up as a taxi driver. However, Uber makes this a lot easier and faster.

The first step is to log in to Uber's website. If you are 21 and have a driver's license, personal car insurance, and a good four-door car, you can register as a cab driver.

Next, is to pass Uber's background certification. You need to provide Uber with standard information such as address, driver's license number and social security number (SSN).

If you have passed Uber's background certification, Uber will ask you to receive a webinar training that covers standard operating procedures, how to earn a 5-star rating, no-nonsense items, and more. Once the training is over, Uber will send you a call.

The above process from start to finish, it may take about two weeks.

Uber claims that at Uber the driver is a very profitable job. In fact, Uber released data in May this year that in New York at least half of uberX drivers earn more than $ 90,000 a year. In San Francisco, uberX drivers can earn more than 70,000 US dollars a year. However, according to the Washington Post, uber's data is based primarily on uberX drivers who work more than 40 hours a week. Moreover, this data also exclude gasoline costs, insurance, parking fees, maintenance fees, maintenance fees and tolls.

For example, when a uberX driver claims in New Jersey that he worked 12 hours a day, he earned a gross income of $ 180, equivalent to $ 15 an hour. However, with 20% revenue, gas, auto insurance and many other costs, the drivers earn only $ 54.5 in 12 hours of work, which equates to one hour per hour $ 4.54, well below the local minimum wage. So, in fact, as a driver, if you want to make a living on Uber, you have to work longer each day.

Financial news reporter Felix Salmon estimates that for the San Francisco uberX driver, if he wanted to make $ 75,000 a year, he had to work more than 3,000 hours a year He needs to work at least 58 hours a week.

Former uberX driver on Quora website said: "To live, I have to work 80 hours to 120 hours a week, but Uber still gives me the opportunity to work so long. Most companies only need to work 35 Hours to 40 hours, but the salaries they paid are of course much lower. "

However, being a part-time UberX driver seems to be a better option, at least to sound better than a full-time driver, though part-time drivers can not earn $ 90,000 a year. In this regard, Salmon said: "If you have a normal job, Monday to Friday normal work, but this can not sustain your livelihood needs, then you may get a weekly earned $ 400 foreign block Chance, but you need to work at least 16 hours from Friday to Saturday evening, and you will get over 20,000 U.S. dollars each year. "(Yue Tong)