A person entering a vehicle with
Jerry, 60, not pictured here, drives over 70 hours a week for Uber and Lyft.
  • A boomer who left taxi driving after two decades is struggling to pay bills driving for Uber and Lyft.
  • He's working 10 hours a day, seven days a week, and said there's "very little room for error."
  • The Nevada resident loves the work but said he may need to look for a more stable job soon.

Jerry, 60, spent 17 years as a taxi driver in Reno, Nevada. But he said he paid over $2,100 a month just to lease the taxi, so he quit and started driving for Uber and Lyft, where his monthly car payment was less than half the cost.