I'm an ex-Wall Street trader who drives for Uber and Lyft. Gas prices have me rethinking which trips I take.

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Bill Lewis worked on Wall Street before becoming a full-time ride-hailing driver.

Bill Lewis

We asked 12 gig workers how much they made in 2025. The answers varied wildly.

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Gig workers and the companies that pay them often talk about earnings in hourly terms.

That doesn't tell the full story, though.

Uber, Lyft, DoorDash, and Instacart are dangling new incentives as gas prices squeeze drivers. We break them down.

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DoorDash launched an "emergency relief program" to combat rising gas prices on Monday.

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A senator is pressing the IRS to raise the mileage deduction that Uber drivers rely on to offset spiking gas prices

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Senator Ruben Gallego asked for a higher per-mile deduction from the IRS in a Thursday letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.

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A new bill takes aim at retailers' sweetheart deals with suppliers — and would extend to apps like Uber Eats

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A bill Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy is introducing on Thursday takes aim at backroom deals that impact the prices of groceries and food delivery.

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How much gig workers earn per hour across Uber, Grubhub, and similar apps

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Uber drivers ranked among the gig workers with the highest per-hour earnings in 2025, according to Gridwise.

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'Decline and recline': Uber and Lyft drivers are rethinking what trips to accept to navigate soaring gas prices

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Gasoline prices at a gas station in California, which has some of the highest prices in the country.

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The cost of Uber and Lyft rides rose nearly 10% last year — and now riders say they're cutting back

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Some ride-hailing customers say that they're cutting back on apps like Uber and Lyft as fares rise, according to new data from Gridwise.

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This ride-hailing app lets drivers negotiate prices with riders. It's one of the most downloaded in the world.

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InDrive lets drivers and riders negotiate prices for ride-hailing trips.

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Lyft salaries revealed: How much software engineers, data scientists, and others at the ride-hailing company get paid

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Lyft app.

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