---
title: "Drive Wire for June 23, 2016: How Much Do Uber Drivers Really Make?"
description: "New analysis reveals the service's drivers probably aren't doing all that well."
date: "2016-06-23"
modified: "2016-06-23"
authors:
  - name: "The Drive Staff"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/the-drive-staff"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/4119/drive-wire-for-june-23-2016-how-much-do-uber-drivers-really-make"
categories:
  - "News"
tags:
  - "Uber"
---

# Drive Wire for June 23, 2016: How Much Do Uber Drivers Really Make?

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On today's edition of Drive Wire, *The Drive* touches on a new report that claims Uber drivers across America may not be making all that much money. Utilizing internal Uber documents provided by both the company and other sources, [Buzzfeed News was able to determine roughly how much money drivers in Detroit, Houston, and Denver are taking home after expenses like gas and insurance](<https://www.buzzfeed.com/carolineodonovan/internal-uber-driver-pay-numbers?utm_term=.usymPEPB1#.steLX8XgP>). The results are startling—not least because [Uber](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/3585/one-third-of-americans-have-never-heard-of-uber-or-lyft>) sometimes describes itself as a company that helps drivers achieve a middle-class standard of living. So how much are those drivers making? Find out in the video above.

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