Swift allows student drivers to repay their tuition and schooling costs over a period of 26 months while employed with the company. On average, first year dry van drivers earn $41,110. Team dry van drivers, in their third year can earn roughly $88,710.
Unsurprisingly, we Uber drivers tend to be younger than the average U.S. worker, and much younger than the average taxi driver. A plurality of us are between 30-39 years old, compared with 22.5% in the regular work force and 19.9% among regular taxi drivers and chauffeurs. majority (51%) of Uber drivers work 15 hours a week or fewer. Only 19% of us are really driving full-time (35 hours per week and more) compared with 81% of regular taxi drivers and chauffeurs.
Driver utilizationâ for New York Cityâs yellow cabs is about 50%, which means that for each hour drivers work, they are ferrying passengers 50% of the time. SherpaShareâs per trip fare data for Uber shows that the average driver would have to drive 20.47 hours each week to make $50,000 a year.However, from anecdotal evidence and investigative reports, it is likely that the average driver utilization for ridesharing is much less than 50%. In order to make $50,000 a year, an Uber driver must provide 60.21 rides every week. 2  A Lyft driver would have to provide 83.76 rides, and a Sidecar driver would have to provide 72.03 rides. 3  To put that in perspective, 60.21 rides each week equates to between 20 and 21 hours of driving per week for an Uber driver.