Uber share using various definitions of employment, 2016
| Uber share of employment | |
|---|---|
| All driver participants/Total employment* | 0.56% |
| Full-year-equivalent drivers/Total employment** | 0.14% |
| Full-year, full-time equivalent (FTE) drivers/Total FTE*** | 0.07% |
* All drivers (before adjusting for the fact that drivers drive only three months per year and only 17 hours per week) divided by total full- and part-time employment in the economy
** Counts driver-weeks and divides by 52 to come up with a number of full-year-equivalent drivers and divides by total full- and part-time employment in the economy
*** Adjusts full-year drivers to full-time weekly hours and divides by total number of full-time, full-year equivalent employment
Note: See Table 4 in this report for sources and calculations.
Source: Author’s calculations of Cook et al. 2018 and Bureau of Economic Analysis National Income and Products Accounts