To rank the carriers with the best and worst on-time arrival records, Travel + Leisure surveyed the results provided by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics for the 12-month period ending January 2014 (the most recent numbers available).
Estimates of the typical cab driverâs salary hover around $30,000. According to Uber, the median wage for an UberX driver working at least 40 hours a week in New York City is $90,766 a year. In San Francisco, the median wage for an UberX driver working at least 40 hours a week is $74,191. Uberâs numbers donât account for the costs a driver incurs to own and operate a vehicle.
Uber drivers come from diverse racial and educational backgrounds. 14% of Uber drivers are women. That's more than the 1% of taxi drivers who are women but less than the overall share of women in the workforce. On average, Uber drivers make $19 per hour. In New York, the disparity between what Uber drivers make ($30.35 an hour) and what taxi drivers make ($15.17 an hour) is the largest of any city in the report.