The Driver’s Guide to Pay
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How to earn smarter on the road
Stay busy and keep earning by finding the right times and places to drive.
How to earn smarter on the road
Stay busy and keep earning by finding the right times and places to drive.
How to earn smarter on the road
Stay busy and keep earning by finding the right times and places to drive.
How to earn smarter on the road
Planning and adapting how you drive can help you stay busier — and help maximize your earnings. Learn more about why it’s important to stay busy if you want to earn more, where and when to drive, and how to find the busiest places and times to drive in your app.
Stay busy, maximize earnings
Learn about how staying busy when you are on the road can maximize your earnings.
Drive with a plan to earn more
Learn about how staying busy when you are on the road can maximize your earnings.
Tools to find and predict rider demand
Learn about how staying busy when you are on the road can maximize your earnings.
Stay busy, maximize earnings
Learn about how staying busy when you are on the road can maximize your earnings.
Drive with a plan to earn more
Learn about how staying busy when you are on the road can maximize your earnings.
Tools to find and predict rider demand
Learn about how staying busy when you are on the road can maximize your earnings.
How to earn smarter on the road
Planning and adapting how you drive can help you stay busier — and help maximize your earnings. Learn more about why it’s important to stay busy if you want to earn more, where and when to drive, and how to find the busiest places and times to drive in your app.
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How to earn smarter on the road
Planning and adapting how you drive can help you stay busier — and help maximize your earnings. Learn more about why it’s important to stay busy if you want to earn more, where and when to drive, and how to find the busiest places and times to drive in your app.
Stay busy, maximize earnings
Learn about how staying busy when you are on the road can maximize your earnings.
Drive with a plan to earn more
Learn about how staying busy when you are on the road can maximize your earnings.
Tools to find and predict rider demand
Learn about how staying busy when you are on the road can maximize your earnings.
Drive with a plan to earn more
Learn about how staying busy when you are on the road can maximize your earnings.
Tools to find and predict rider demand
Learn about how staying busy when you are on the road can maximize your earnings.
Stay busy, maximize earnings
Learn about how staying busy when you are on the road can maximize your earnings.
Drive with a plan to earn more
Learn about how staying busy when you are on the road can maximize your earnings.
Tools to find and predict rider demand
Learn about how staying busy when you are on the road can maximize your earnings.
Drive with a plan to earn more
Learn about how staying busy when you are on the road can maximize your earnings.
Tools to find and predict rider demand
Learn about how staying busy when you are on the road can maximize your earnings.
Questions? We’ve got answers.
Earning with Lyft
What you’ll be paid is based on how long you drive during a ride (time), how far you drive during a ride (distance), 100% of what passengers tip you (tips), and bonuses you make (bonuses). The biggest part of your earnings will be from the time and distance driven with your passenger in the car, plus you get all of your tips and bonuses.
Your base rate and minimum rate help establish a minimum amount for how much drivers might earn on a ride in your city — especially on short rides. These rates may differ from city to city, and some cities may not have a base rate. If you have these rates in your ‘rate card,’ here’s what it means: Your ‘base rate’ is what you earn by starting a ride. Your ‘minimum rate’ is the minimum fare you’ll make on a ride. You may also see a ‘maximum rate,’ which is the maximum fare you can receive for a ride. You can always see these rates in your ‘rate card.’
Bonuses are generally available when more passengers need rides, and more drivers are needed on the road. So, you’re more likely to earn bonuses during busy times, in busy locations.
Once you are a driver, all you have to do is log in with your email and password and connect. You’ll quickly start to receive ride requests from the passengers closest to your position, and you’ll be clearly shown the points of origin and destination to which you have to go.
Getting paid
What you’ll be paid is based on how long you drive during a ride (time), how far you drive during a ride (distance), 100% of what passengers tip you (tips), and bonuses you make (bonuses). The biggest part of your earnings will be from the time and distance driven with your passenger in the car, plus you get all of your tips and bonuses.
Your base rate and minimum rate help establish a minimum amount for how much drivers might earn on a ride in your city — especially on short rides. These rates may differ from city to city, and some cities may not have a base rate. If you have these rates in your ‘rate card,’ here’s what it means: Your ‘base rate’ is what you earn by starting a ride. Your ‘minimum rate’ is the minimum fare you’ll make on a ride. You may also see a ‘maximum rate,’ which is the maximum fare you can receive for a ride. You can always see these rates in your ‘rate card.’
Bonuses are generally available when more passengers need rides, and more drivers are needed on the road. So, you’re more likely to earn bonuses during busy times, in busy locations.
Once you are a driver, all you have to do is log in with your email and password and connect. You’ll quickly start to receive ride requests from the passengers closest to your position, and you’ll be clearly shown the points of origin and destination to which you have to go.