New York City
Do not treat a TLC rideshare formula as a DoorDash pay floor, or a delivery time floor as full online-hour compensation.
Explore New York City pay →United States · 2026
Gig driver earnings by city
Explore 20 metro guides with a working net-pay calculator, local driving considerations and government sources for verified pay rules. No guessed city median wages. Use your own receipts, miles and hours.
Los Angeles
Evaluate a completed offer against the full time from leaving a previous drop-off to your next paying task.
Explore Los Angeles pay →Chicago
Count wait time in airport queues and the cost of a return leg with no passenger or delivery.
Explore Chicago pay →Houston
Do not assume a Texas state income tax is a city sales-tax estimate: the optional state tax input is a manual scenario, not an official calculation.
Explore Houston pay →Phoenix
If your MPG drops in summer, change MPG before comparing platforms rather than trusting the default.
Explore Phoenix pay →Philadelphia
Keep track of bridge/toll and parking charges separately from the IRS standard-mileage deduction.
Explore Philadelphia pay →Dallas
Include time and mileage returning from a remote drop-off even if the platform pays nothing for that leg.
Explore Dallas pay →Miami
A high fare crossing a causeway can still have a low all-hours return if you wait to find the next trip.
Explore Miami pay →Atlanta
Use actual online hours, not just passenger-on-board minutes, for the effective hourly rate.
Explore Atlanta pay →Seattle
Keep offer-level time and distance records if an applicable Seattle pay floor may affect compensation.
Explore Seattle pay →San Francisco
Distinguish engaged miles used for a platform pay guarantee from business miles used for a federal tax deduction.
Explore San Francisco pay →Boston
Convert an engaged-hour pay guarantee into an effective all-online-hour rate before comparing net pay.
Explore Boston pay →Denver
For any long Denver airport trip, model the return journey unless you usually secure a paid ride back.
Explore Denver pay →Austin
Compare an ordinary week with an event week separately instead of assuming event premiums persist all year.
Explore Austin pay →Orlando
Calculate mileage from leaving your last stop through reaching the next paying trip, including empty returns.
Explore Orlando pay →San Diego
Compare offer income against pickup, drop-off and return distances—not simply the distance shown during the paid trip.
Explore San Diego pay →Portland
Build separate estimates for inner-neighborhood cycling/delivery and longer car routes if your vehicle costs differ.
Explore Portland pay →Washington, DC
If you work across DC, Maryland and Virginia, a single flat state-rate input is not a filing calculation. Use the tool as a cost comparison only.
Explore Washington, DC pay →Minneapolis
Do not confuse passenger-onboard TNC miles used for minimum pay with business miles used for tax deductions.
Explore Minneapolis pay →Tampa
Try the same weekly revenue with two different mileage totals to see how fragile a long-distance strategy can be.
Explore Tampa pay →How to use a city guide
Choose a metro, enter gross earnings per total online hour, mileage and local vehicle costs. Try a compact versus wide-area shift. Each page uses our shared 2026 federal tax model and explains what is—and is not—modeled.
Published national platform reference rates are available for illustrative comparisons, not as verified city earnings. Official local labor rules appear only where linked to a government source.
Compare the same gross pay across different driving patterns. Include waiting time, unpaid return miles and your own fuel price before deciding which shifts work best for you.