优步司机收入大揭秘

Data taken from leaked internal documents has suggested that some Uber drivers in the US are making less than their state’s minimum wage. According to a report， Detroit drivers make just $8.10 an hour―40 cents less than the state’s minimum wage.

The data for Detroit， Houston and Denver reported by Buzzfeed News lists Uber pay scale and driver history files， and estimates hourly wages while taking into account expenses such as insurance， vehicle maintenance and fuel costs.

Despite these initial calculations， a Washington Post report lowered the meagre earnings figures further. As Uber drivers are technically independent contractors and not direct employees of the online taxi service， the drivers also pay out twice the amount of standard tax for usual workers.

After factoring this into its calculations―as well as the average hourly mileage costs for travelling to a pick-up spot without a passenger―Detroit’s drivers were estimated to earn $6.60 an hour， with Houston and Denver following at $8.43 and $11.21 respectively.

Washington Post told an anonymous Uber representative regarding the initial report， who said， “It would be wrong， or at least very challenging， to calculate expenses with such a diverse clientele.”

Washington Post also spoke to Lawrence Mishel， the president of the Economic Policy Institute， a DC-based think tank. Mishel stated， “Uber would like to play it both ways. It claims that it’s the future of work， while it also emphasizes that most of the drivers work less than 10 or 12 hours a week. They want to be the wave of the future， but they also want to picture themselves and their drivers earning money for sure.”

碜杂挪焦司流入网络的内部文件的数据表明，美国国内一些优步司机的收入比其所在州的最低工资标准还要低。据一份报告显示，底特律地区优步司机每小时仅能挣8.10美元――比该州的最低工资还少了40美分。

Buzzfeed News网站披露的底特律、休斯敦和丹佛地区优步司机的薪水总额和行驶历史记录，减去车险、保养维修费和油费等相关费用，估算出了上述地区司机的时薪。

除初步估算之外，《华盛顿邮报》的算法则令司机的收入数据进一步降低。严格来说，由于优步司机是独立运营商，并且不是优步公司的直属员工，因此司机们缴纳的税额是普通员工标准税额的两倍。

在减去税额之后――同时扣掉司机空车去接乘客途中的平均每小时里程花费――底特律的司机的时薪估算为6.60美元，休斯敦和丹佛的司机的时薪则分别为8.43美元和11.21美元。

《华盛顿邮报》把之前的报道告诉了优步公司的一位匿名代表，该代表表示：“计算多种多样的乘客的花费，这样的计算方式是有问题的，或者至少是令人深思的。”

《华盛顿邮报》还采访了位于华盛顿特区的智囊团――经济政策研究所主任劳伦斯・米舍尔。米舍尔表示：“优步希望向外界展示自己在两方面的优势。优步声称这样的工作方式才是未来的工作方式，同时还强调大多数的优步司机每周的工作时间还不到10小时或12小时。优步想成为未来的潮流，但同样想令世人相信公司和旗下的司机确实在挣钱。”