Enter your hours, distance and weekly earnings. We subtract fuel, platform commission and vehicle wear-and-tear to show your true net hourly pay — like a taxi meter for your real bottom line.
Your net hourly result is what is left per hour after the platform's cut and your running costs, before income tax.
With the default US numbers, a driver works 40 hours and drives 800 miles in a week on Uber, earning $1,200 in gross fares. After a 25% commission ($300), the payout is $900. Fuel for 800 miles at 30 mpg and $3.50 a gallon costs about $93.33, wear-and-tear at $0.20 a mile adds $160, and other costs such as insurance and phone data come to $60. That leaves $586.67 of net profit, or about $14.67 an hour. A headline of $30 an hour in gross fares shrinks by more than half once every cost is counted, which is why tracking your own numbers matters.
Uber and Lyft take a percentage cut, commonly called a commission, from each fare before paying the driver. That rate can vary by market and vehicle tier, so there is no single percentage that applies to every trip. Check your own driver app for the exact rate being applied to your rides rather than assuming a flat percentage.
The Lyft rideshare app operates in the US and Canada. In July 2025 Lyft also bought FREENOW, a taxi and ride-hailing app in nine European countries including the UK, but FREENOW runs as a separate app with its own pay rules. That is why this calculator's Lyft figures are meant for the US and Canada, while Uber is covered in all five countries.
Commission rates and fuel prices vary by city, so adjust the default values to match your own market for the most accurate result.
This tool estimates pre-tax net profit and does not calculate income tax or self-employment tax, since drivers are independent contractors responsible for their own tax filing.
Vehicle wear-and-tear includes tires, oil changes, brake wear, and the vehicle's loss in resale value from extra mileage.
There is no single answer, because it depends on your city, your car and the hours you drive. A useful benchmark is to compare your net hourly result with the minimum wage or a typical hourly job where you live. If your result is close to or below that, look at your fuel efficiency, unpaid miles and the times you drive.
The IRS business mileage rate is meant to cover the full cost of running a car, including fuel. This calculator already subtracts fuel separately, so using the IRS rate in the wear-and-tear field would count fuel twice and make your earnings look lower than they are.
Use whichever your driver app shows most clearly. If you enter gross fares, the calculator subtracts the commission rate you set. If you enter the net payout, which already has the platform's cut removed, no commission is subtracted.
It depends on demand, commission and incentives in your market. Run the calculator once with Uber selected and once with Lyft using your real numbers, then compare the net hourly results side by side.
Your estimate starts from your weekly earnings, subtracts the platform commission (when you enter gross fares), fuel cost from your distance and fuel price, per-mile depreciation, and any other weekly costs you enter. The remainder is your net profit, divided by your hours for true net hourly pay.