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Uber, Lyft Drivers Earning A Median Profit Of $3.37 Per Hour, Study Says

Researchers at MIT said 30 percent of Uber and Lyft drivers are actually losing money after taking car expenses into account, while most drivers earn less than minimum wage.
An Uber car waits for a client in Manhattan in June 2017. A study from MIT says most drivers are making less than minimum wage.

The vast majority of Uber and Lyft drivers are earning less than minimum wage and almost a third of them are actually losing money by driving, according to researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

by Stephen M. Zoepf, Stella Chen, Paa Adu and Gonzalo Pozo at MIT's Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research says the median

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