Scaling Uber driving as share of total compensation and employment, 2015–2017 first quarter
Row | Item | Source | Data |
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1 | Number of driver participants | Cook et al. 2018, Table 1 | 1,873,474 |
2 | Number of driver-weeks | Cook et al. 2018, Table 1 | 24,832,168 |
3 | Hours per week | Cook et al. 2018, Table 1 | 17.06 |
4 | Uber hourly compensation | Table 2, Row 10 | $11.77 |
Compensation share | |||
5 | Uber weekly compensation | Row 3 × Row 4 | $200.80 |
6 | Uber aggregate compensation ($ millions) | Row 5 × Row 2/1,000,000 | $4,986 |
7 | Cumulative U.S. compensation ($ millions) | BEA NIPA 2.1 | $22,228,478 |
8 | Uber compensation share | Row 6/Row 7 | 0.022% |
9 | Gig economy (1.5 × Uber) share of compensation | 1.5 × Row 8 | 0.034% |
Employment shares | |||
10 | Total employment, full-time and part-time, 2016 | BEA NIPA 6.4D | 148,658,000 |
11 | Number of driver participants, per year | Row 1/2.25 | 832,655 |
12 | Uber driver participants’ share of employment | Row 11/Row 10 | 0.56% |
13 | Driver-weeks per year | Row 2/2.25 | 11,036,519 |
14 | Uber full-year driver equivalent employment | Row 13/52 | 212,241 |
15 | Uber full-time, full-year equivalent (FTE) employment | (Row 3/40) × Row 14 | 90,521 |
16 | Full-time, full-year equivalent (FTE) employment, 2016 | BEA NIPA 6.5D | 132,752,000 |
17 | Uber share of FTE employment | Row 15/Row 16 | 0.07% |
18 | Uber share of employment | Row 14/Row 10 | 0.14% |
19 | Gig economy share of FTE employment | 1.5 × Row 17 | 0.10% |
20 | Gig economy share of employment | 1.5 × Row 18 | 0.21% |