Which app pays best in Chicago, IL

Low sample · 2 reports

Highest in public reports: Uber Eats at $31.75/hr

Low sample. Only 2 public driver reports for Chicago in the last 30 days. Treat them as anecdotes, not averages.

App	Median $/hr in public reports	Reports
Uber Eats	$31.75	2

Public driver reports (last 30 days)

Uber Eats$32.50/hrgross/unspecified
im averaging $30-35 an hour on uber eats down there. pings non stop, just close and refresh the app
2026-09-18 · Reddit post
Uber Eats$31.00/hrgross/unspecified
I average between 30-32$ an hour as a diamond out in the Chicago suburbs.
2026-09-16 · Reddit post

Want published averages for Chicago? Independent trackers publish pay data from their users. See Solo Pay Insights and Gridwise's pay reports. We link to them rather than copy their figures.

What changed

2026-10-11Uber EatsDriver-reported · unconfirmed
Driver says Uber Eats now charges $1.75 per instant cash-out
A courier posted that Uber Eats is charging $1.75 per transfer to their bank account. One report, not yet confirmed by Uber.
US · source 1
2026-10-05DoorDashDriver-reported · unconfirmed
Driver says DoorDash's AI support line lowered completion rate after promising it wouldn't
A Dasher reported that DoorDash's AI phone support unassigned an order after promising no impact, then their completion rate dropped from 98 to 97. One first-person account.
US · source 1
2026-09-28InstacartDriver-reported · unconfirmed
Shoppers report lower batch pay on aisle-scan jobs
Shoppers say aisle-scan batch pay fell from $18-20 at launch to about $12-14 per batch, while the number of aisles per job went up.
Multiple markets · source 1

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