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The Driver’s Guide to Pay
We want to help you stay busy on the road with our driver resources, designed to give you all of the information you need to maximize earnings.
How to earn smarter on the road
Stay busy and keep earning by finding the right times and places to drive.
How to easily understand pay
Understand driver pay and how to track your weekly earnings.
How you can get more with Lyft
Get Lyft Rewards perks and find more opportunities to earn and save cash.
How to earn smarter on the road
Planning and adapting how you drive can help you stay busier — and help maximize your earnings. Learn more about why it's important to stay busy if you want to earn more, where and when to drive, and how to find the busiest places and times to drive in your app.
Stay busy, maximize earnings
Learn about how staying busy when you are on the road can maximize your earnings.
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Drive with a plan to earn more
Hear tips from other drivers on when and where to drive in this new normal and how to find the busiest times and areas to drive in the app.
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Tools to find and predict rider demand
Use in-app tools like real-time demand maps to view what areas have lots of passengers who need rides, and demand forecasts which let you see when people are most likely to need rides in your city.
How to easily understand pay
Understanding driver pay can actually be simple — just remember that your pay is made up of four things: time, distance, tips, and bonuses. Learn more about how driver pay works and how to track your weekly earnings in the Lyft Driver app.
Time:
Get paid for each minute of every trip, based on your city’s per-minute rate.
Distance:
Get paid for each mile of every trip, based on your city’s per-mile rate.
Tips:
When passengers tip you for superior service or a clean car, you keep 100% of those earnings. Always.
Bonuses:
Earn bonuses during busy times and in busy locations. Learn more about driver bonuses.
How your pay works
See how time, distance, tips, and bonuses all add up to what you’re paid.
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Your earnings breakdown
You can always track a breakdown of how much you made by ride in your Driver app.
How you can get more with Lyft
We’re here to help you get the most of your time driving with Lyft. From exclusive driver rewards, to additional opportunities to earn, and cost-saving vehicle service options, we’ve got your back when it comes to earning (and saving) on the road.
Get more from your drive with Lyft Rewards
Drive during busy times to earn more points and access exclusive features like extra daily uses of Destination Mode, and see trip details before accepting rides.
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Drive and access earnings instantly with Lyft Direct
Get paid instantly after every ride and get cash back on gas, groceries, and select dining. Keep all of your earnings and cash back right in your wallet — no transfer fees, no waiting periods.
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Stay busy and keep earning with Essential Deliveries
Earn more while supporting your community by using your time on the road to deliver essential items like groceries, prescriptions, auto-parts, and more.
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Save time and money on vehicle services
Lyft Driver Centers, Lyft Mobile Service, and our Openbay partnership were all built to keep you on the road with quality, low-cost vehicle services — so you can stay busy and keep earning.
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Get affordable health safety supplies in one place
On Lyft’s online store, you can order affordable items you need to protect yourself and others, and to meet our health safety requirements — like face coverings, sanitizing spray, and more.
Questions? We’ve got answers.
Earning with Lyft
How is my pay calculated?
What do ‘base rate’ and ‘minimum rate’ mean in my ‘rate card’?
When are bonuses offered?
What are drivers earning in my area?
Getting paid
When do I get paid?
Why does my pay fluctuate?
Staying Safe on the Road
What is Lyft doing to help drivers and riders stay safe?
Earning more
What’s the best strategy to earn more?
What does staying busy mean?
Ready to start earning?
*Lyft Rewards, Lyft Driver Centers, and Lyft Direct debit card are not available everywhere.