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How much do DoorDash drivers really make? Depending on who you ask, DoorDash is either an incredible side hustle or gig work that barely pays enough to be worthwhile.
In this video, we’re reacting to real drivers sharing their DoorDash earnings, including what they made per hour, how long they worked, and whether the final payout matched the effort. Some of these numbers are surprisingly good—and others tell a completely different story.
Do you drive for DoorDash or another delivery app? Tell me what you actually earn in your market—including how many hours you normally work.
This video is for commentary and entertainment purposes. Earnings vary based on location, hours, order availability, tips, expenses, and other factors.
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DoorDash drivers are revealing how much money they actually make delivering food, and the earnings are all over the place. In this DoorDash reaction video, we look at real DoorDash pay, driver earnings, hourly income, delivery tips, gig economy jobs, side-hustle income, and what it’s like working for food-delivery apps. Is DoorDash worth it in 2026, or are drivers working long hours for barely minimum wage?
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Love your videos, but please verbalize your sponsorships. It’s not only the right thing to do, but it’s also FTC regulation.
Girl, who tf is paying only 3.50 in gas?
This bird just likes to listen to herself talk😂
first problem is he took every order. This is NOT the way most drivers work. I know a guy working overnight in the indy area making about 350 per day.
25 cents back…what an insulting joke.
My daughter would spend all day ( 7 -8 ) hours and be lucky to make $100.00 and that was on a good day to even make that.
I live in a saturated market and would always make at least 200-300 on a 12 hour day. When i started the first year 300 in a matter of hours was possible doing pharmacy runs.
Now i would be lucky to pull a 200 day.
Lucky to get close to
100 in 7/8 hours in Charleston, SC
Yep, that’s how it is now. Some people don’t even make 100 in 7 or 8 hours. It takes 10 to 12 hours to make that. A lot of people take every order cause they think they are making money but arent factoring in expenses.
BUT SHE WANTED HER “FREEDOM” to LIVE LIFE ON HER TERMS 😁 ……SORRY….just came over me
That is far more than enough.
It’s all about location and competition. If you’re the only DDer in town you can make a fortune. But if you’re one of thousands you’re going to get far fewer runs.
except in NYC you get 10 orders per hour
It’s really bad in Vegas…
Also time of day and day of week. In my area, Mondays and Tuesdays reek of slowness.
In a rural college town I average $25 an hour after gas
Former Lyft driver, you also need to think about the replacement cost of the vehicle, once its no longer feasible to repair.
Something I couldn’t get my daughter to understand
@SusanSoCal1 Lot of tax breaks being self-employed. Insurance and every mile you drive will be deductible from gross. Certainly can deduct at least a percentage of phone too.
@meghan7547the schedule SE is still brutal. Even if you can deduct half of your income as expenses.
Not to mention all of the repairs, maintenance, tires, etc. Before you have to replace it.
Highlighting the hidden long-term burden of vehicle replacement costs in gig work exposes the financial trap masked by short-term app payouts.
Not just gas. Brakes wear out faster. Oil goes bad faster. Also personal insurance policies don’t cover delivery gigs.
In California, I would get at least $235 plus tips (so probably close to $300 or more) and only drive MAYBE 120 miles. The mileage isn’t much different than what I’ve seen a lot of people drive to go back and forth to their regular jobs in L.A.
I drive a Tesla with free charging
@rayraycontray 😂
Don’t forget about tires wearing out.
Do they also have to pay taxes at the end of the year similar to the way a freelancer would?
“Nobody can DRIVE!!” Says the guy raging and looking at his phone.
Please speeding through a yellow light…
Those people were idiots pulling in front of him like that.
@becca111083 to be fair, with how he sped up it was still green by the time he got to the intersection, a harsh break would cause him to stop in the intersection
That guy was OBNOXIOUS !!!
Road rage. Pure road rage. No patience. He expects everyone to drive as aggressively as he does. And that what the driver of the red car did. He’s probably dashing too to make some extra cash. Maybe a previous collision by the looks of the newer paint on the door.
I made more than that driving a TAXI in the 1990`s. They supplied the car and did all the repairs.
I drove one in the 80’s. It was a good part time job. I cleared about 25 to 30
dollars or more in todays money. No car worries just gas and the lease which included insurance also.
9-11 put an end to fleet companies. It all went independent contractors use your own car jobs.
No. I drove dump trucks and school buses after that.
Comparing modern gig work unfavorably to taxi driving from the nineties—where companies actually provided and maintained the vehicle—proves how much labor conditions have deteriorated.
OMG cab driving before Uber and Lyft
was Incredible.
Especially during football games, the golf tournament, concerts, new years,
St. Patrick’s day.
🇦🇺Taxi companies can be a good place to get your car serviced if you know the right people.
3.50/g gas? Shoot we’re still at 5.70 in California
Update $6.05ampm
Gas is $4 49 where I live in Atlanta
$3.79 here near Knoxville
$5 in Las Vegas..dashing here is…😶
Dang… $3.50 average here in kansas… I guess we are getting lucky 😢
Yeah. But in CA, you’ll make a lot more than this guy did in many areas. With Spark, I can do $300 in 100-120 miles.
I wish restaurants would just go back to hiring their own delivery drivers or just not offer delivery… the idea of convenience ruins everything
Everything from DD is cold – I just pick it up myself.
@FD2003Abc I had a delivery from DD once. They left half my order at the restaurant. If I go pick it up myself they still want a tip. WTF?
@FD2003Abc cant pick it up if you are disabled and cant drive
They do have them. People need go into the restaurant website
Hmm some places now u can order online
And drive there urself
And they send u a pick up number.. u can click the app and they will bring it to ur car..
EXPENSES, EXPENSES, EXPENSES! Most drivers purposely ignore this because they can’t get W2 employment work and this is their only option to pay bills. So they ignore expenses, which really have 4 components: gas, insurance, deferred maintenance, depreciation.
When my husband and I go out of town, I DoorDash one meal a day to our son. I always tip $10, and one restaurant is 3 miles from our house, and the other restaurant is 4 miles.
That’s a solid tip. Shouldn’t be on you tho. Door dash is evil. I couldn’t keep doing it.
Why not store food at your home and he can make himself something like cans of tuna, fish, or cans of shredded chicken?
Thank you. It’s people like you that keep us going.
I used to when younger.Gig work is just gig work. They don’t care about your wear and tear. Just take easy orders that pay YOU profit without a long distance trip. They don’t pay more comparably.
It WAS profitable when DoorDash first came out. Now it’s not worth it. With the gas so expensive, and eating out prices rising, it’s no longer worth it.
11:38 The irony of that guy complaining about other people’s driving while showing that he’s driving while screwing around on his phone.
Gig drivers also have to pay the entire Social Security tax themselves since they are a contractor. It is another 15 percent off the top.
but the mileage and tips deductions cancels out the income tax, so I pay just that 15% on my gig income, no income tax.
@DaveDepilot-KFRGpeople just want to complain about any and everything
@slayer18726
Reciting facts is complaining?
😂
@slayer18726
Have some self respect and get a real job
I rarely use these services, but when I do I give HUGE tips. I have the same people delivering my stuff lately because I make it worth their time and respect their efforts. Unless I’m sick, or I’ve got illness in the home that is contagious, I’ll greet them at the door and help them bring my things to my door if they are ok with it because I know what it’s like to constantly be moving. You’re tired!!
There’s more money given around the holidays from me, too. You gotta treat people right. They are usually working multiple jobs and trying their best. It’s a struggle out here. I so appreciate their services!
Hear, hear‼️👏🏽👍🏽 That’s what it’s all about ❗ Blessings! 🙏🏽🤗✌🏽
You are a gem and I’m sure they really appreciate it!
This is the problem (not the comment, you are great!) it’s the fact people that can’t or shouldn’t be affording DoorDash or delivery services still want the service but don’t want to pay. Plus the DoorDash company don’t pay drivers real well
I used them one time. My husband was stuck in a Sante Fe hotel with a knee injury and we took the car to go white water rafting. So I ordered him Panda Express. We’d already done pizza. I tipped about $10.
❤
I stopped ordering PERIOD when DD etc. or the restaurants added FEES… come on. The service fee is one thing. But delivery fee and driver’s fee ON TOP OF separate tip you might leave? That’s 10 fkg dollars extra right there alongside the meal cost… Suddenly the $14 meal is now $25 with the service fees and driver tip.
NOPE
Doordash takes 10% of the order. Restaurants already operate on thin profit margins to begin with. To recoup that, the prices on doordash are usually a tad higher. Not sure what all these magical extra fees are that you speak of cause that dont exsist in michigan. Sounds very Commiefornia like
At least you stopped ordering instead of just deciding to stiff the drivers. Yes, delivery is a luxury. We bring food right to your face.
@slayer18726 Service fees. Delivery fees, plus DoorDash markup. Yes, it adds a LOT to the total before tip.
Too expensive! Tell me you havent put together a door dash order, then saw the price and just closed it and made a sandwich.
I’ve never once put together a door dash order period. Don’t have the app or an acct, never have never will.
Every single time!! Its insanely expensive
@skydyverjymsame here never used the delivery apps and I live in NY a lot of things are around the corner or I use my car when I want to buy something
I do Uber Eats about 4 times but I get discounts that’s the only reason and I’m legally blind so I can’t druve. I refuse to pay full price
We live rural….no such thing a food delivery! Best we have is order and you pick up.
In downtown Salt Lake Lake City if you – between 9 PM and 2 AM on Friday and Saturday night nights you will walk away with like $500. People do not want to drink and drive after going to the bars.
Also remember when you do 1099 work, you also have the cost of self employment taxes, etc.
By the time these people write off their mileage they won’t hardly have any income to report anyway. Because in reality they are barely making any money.