Gig companies claim workers now make more than $30 per hour.
But one study shows the average earnings after expenses for ride-hailing drivers, not including tips, is about $7.12 per hour. https://themarkup.org/working-for-an-algorithm/2024/09/04/california-companies-wrote-their-own-gig-worker-law-now-no-one-is-enforcing-it?utm_source=optout
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