Which app pays best in New York City / North NJ

Low sample · 1 report

Highest in public reports: Spark at $32.00/hr

Low sample. Only 1 public driver report for New York City / North NJ in the last 30 days. Treat them as anecdotes, not averages.

App	Median $/hr in public reports	Reports
Spark	$32.00	1

Public driver reports (last 30 days)

Spark$32.00/hr · $1,600.00/weekgross/unspecified
I average around $1,600 a week working about 50 hours. From October through February, that usually increases to $2K with an additional 5-10 hours increase. This the result of promos, its the season to really dig in. North Jersey.
2026-09-18 · Reddit post

Want published averages for New York City / North NJ? 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
2026-09-22DoorDashNews report
DoorDash agrees to $131.5M settlement with NYC over courier minimum-pay rules
Reported by Bloomberg: DoorDash settled a NYC Department of Consumer and Worker Protection probe into its compliance with the city's delivery-worker minimum pay rules. Posts citing the settlement say roughly $115M goes to about 264,000 Dashers.
New York City · source 1 source 2
2026-09-22Uber EatsNews report
Uber reported to be nearing its own NYC minimum-pay settlement
Market posts citing Bloomberg say Uber is nearing a settlement with NYC officials over courier minimum-pay compliance. Not final as of these posts.
New York City · source 1

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