What's Your Real Hourly Profit? Not Your Gross.

National averages mix together every city, every vehicle, every driving style into one number — which means it applies to nobody exactly. Your actual take-home depends on your specific gas price, your specific car's depreciation curve, your specific mix of surge vs. base fares. A calculator using your real numbers beats a national average every time.

When a ping comes in showing a fare and a distance, most drivers have no fast way to know whether it's actually worth taking. Our profit calculator solves this with a simple rule: divide the fare by the trip miles, then compare against your own break-even number, calculated from your actual costs. Below that number, you're paying to drive. Above it, you're earning — the calculator shows you both your break-even point and a target rate that also pays you a real $20/hour after costs.

Deadhead miles — the unpaid miles you drive to reach a pickup — quietly eat more of your earnings than most drivers realize, often 20-40% of total miles driven. Vehicle depreciation is the other blind spot: it doesn't show up as a weekly expense, but it's real money leaving your pocket every mile, and it varies significantly by vehicle type (EVs and larger vehicles depreciate faster under rideshare-level mileage). The calculator also converts your net hourly into a W-2 job equivalent, accounting for the payroll tax, PTO, and benefits an employer would normally cover, so you can compare rideshare driving against a regular job apples-to-apples.