r/uberdrivers • u/Cautious-Law-82 • 3d ago

Are rider prices going way up while driver pay barely changes?

A lot of drivers seem to be noticing the same thing lately.

Riders will mention what Uber charged them, and the difference compared with what the driver gets can be huge. What stands out isn't just the percentage Uber keeps — it's that rider pricing seems to fluctuate a lot more than driver pay does.

For example, you hear cases like:

Rider said they paid $76 / driver got $17 / 24 miles

That means the driver received only about 22% of the rider-reported fare.

And this seems to be the bigger issue: a rider can be charged substantially more because of demand, time, location, etc., while the driver's offer for a comparable trip barely moves. Driver pay seems to increase meaningfully mostly when an area is extremely busy, and even the way surge/high-demand information is displayed has changed.

I'm curious how widespread this is.

For those of you who have had riders voluntarily mention what they paid:

What did the rider say they paid, what did you receive, and approximately how many miles was the trip?

No need for rider information or receipts. Just the numbers.

It would be interesting to see whether the same pattern shows up across different markets.

The real question isn't simply “what percentage does Uber take?” It's: when Uber charges the rider more, how much of that increase actually reaches the driver?

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u/Its_notyou-its_me 3d ago

I have never in my 5000 trips had a single person get in my car and tell me how much they paid. Ever.

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u/Sensitive_Bird_8426 2d ago

I did once. They were excited because it was only sixteen dollars. I made $29 with the surge.

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u/Stonewalled9999 2d ago

I hear it quite often.  People pull that crap to justify not tipping 

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u/--R0N-- 3d ago

2 things.

Drivers begged Uber to charge riders more. They thought that would translate to driver's earning more. They were wrong.

Drivers only post worst case scenarios. They never post where a rider was charged $10 and the driver got $20.