What is the least amount of money you made driving for Uber or Lyft on a single shift? (say a full shift over 8 hours)

😆 I don't think you're going to get many responses for this one, no one likes to remember the failures. I honestly don't, however I remember in the good old days a split shift of 10 hours would bring in easy $400. Ahh, the good old days!

Chicago - I calculate every day and drive for Uber/Lyft both on when slow. The lowest I can recall is $13/hour. Typical is around $20/hr, usually over than under. This summer (tourist season) it's an average of $22-$28 hr over an 8-10 hour shift. Worst possible week is Christmas to New Years Eve - take it off except for the holidays themselves. Also, low income when the weather is nice and 65-75 degrees here. Best income hours are 10pm-1am any day. Not looking forward to this years Fall slowdown, if consistently under $20/hour then I'm probably out.

So, here's the truth. Most drivers do track how much money they make and divide that by the hours worked. It's a scary math but we do it.

So to answer your question, yes, I have had many bad pay days. Over the slow summer months (kids out of college), I have made $50 after driving for almost 10 hours. Yep, that's guessed it. That's $5.00/hour, way less than minimum wage.

and that doesn't even include the gas.

Approx $125

OP, are you a driver? Just curious why you are asking.

Not sure the exact amount but I can tell you is has only gotten worse and worse over the years. Most people earn more money the longer they are in a job but with Uber it is the opposite.

$10 an hour is the worst.  $20 an hour is typical for a non-surge evening.  $25 plus per hour is above average and only possible during busy times..  These numbers obviously raw data before expenses etc...

I think my worst shift ever netted me only around $140 for a full day.

Couldn't tell ya, I block all those memories out... 😁 😎

This isn’t a full shift but I once had my first customer of the day throw up in my car. It didn’t take me that long to clean it but after such an incident, I usually wrap up and go home. (Also for the smell.)

Yes, first one of the shift. It usually happens towards the end of the night, but not this one.  

This s a good question, because we do have our ups and downs.  Sorta depends on which shift this is.  When you've been on the gig for a while, you will know about how much you make for each shift and you have a pretty good expectation.  However, the income definitely varies when you drive. Wednesday mid-afternoon? Nope.  Saturday late night? Good.  That sorta thing.

I am sad to report that I have had shifts where I made $0 net after paying for the fuel.

Always always always do math on how much fuel costs.

I know what you are getting at. You wanna hear the disastrous stories of Uber driving. Ha!

We have our ups and downs, but I make $20 plus on a bad shift. So if I drove an eight hour period, that should be about $160 even on a slow day. 

Of course we have our good days and that comes with bad days. All of us has had those shifts where we tried something different from the norm (day different area or different time/day) and totally struck out. Even then I feel like I’ve made at least $100. 

I’m in Baltimore.