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How much do Uber drivers work? How many hours do they drive?
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Varies greatly. More than 80% is part-time.
Large majority of Uber drivers are part-time, where only about 19% drive more than 35 hours a week.
In fact, more than 50% of active drivers (those who drive at least one hour a week) only drive 1~5 hours. This is the nature of a Uber driver, where you drive where you can.
Here's a great table from a join research performed by Princeton and Uber, though this is from 2015.
| Uber drivers-Partners | Taxi Drivers and Chauffeurs (ACS) | |
| 1-15 hours/week | 51% | 4% |
| 16-34 | 30% | 15% |
| 35-49 | 12% | 46% |
| 50+ hours/week | 7% | 35% |
https://timedotcom.files.wordpress.com/2015/01/uber_driver-partners_hall_kreuger_2015.pdf
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...and these are only for active users too. I wonder how the numbers would change with non-active users considered?
Easy.
0~15 hours - 99%
16-34 hours - ~0%
35~49 hours - ~0%
50+ hours - ~0%
Hahaha, this is probably true. My husband is a "driver" or "Uber partner", but he literally has driven once.
It was a prank that he pulled with his friends to show up at the door. Like a dare.
This is some great stats. I wonder if it has changed since it was last collected.
it does make me wonder whether Uber was meant to be performed as a full time job.