Best Cities to Become an Uber Driver
Uber Upfront Costs – Full City List
Uber recently commissioned a study to find out how easy it was to become an Uber in various cities across the globe.
They analyzed 41 cities, many of them in the United States.
The Easiest Cities to Become an Uber Driver
Uber’s study produced a basic cost-index score.
The higher the cost index score, the harder it is to become an Uber driver — in terms of both regulatory bureaucracy, cost, and overall time-investment. See our article on Upfront Uber Costs here.
The lower the score = the easier; cheaper; and less risky it is to become a rideshare driver in any given city. Stockholm, Austin, Indianapolis, Oklahoma City, and San Antonio emerged as the top 5 easiest cities to become an Uber driver in 2016 (*although, Charlotte NC technically takes the #5 spot, due to Uber’s continued absence from Austin’s rideshare market).
Check out the full list here:
Uber Startup Scores by City
CITY COUNTRY SCORE
Stockholm Sweden 0.01 1
Austin United States 0.03 2
Indianapolis United States 0.03 2
Oklahoma City United States 0.03 2
San Antonio United States 0.03 2
Charlotte United States 0.03 2
Orlando United States 0.03 2
Boston United States 0.04 3
Phoenix United States 0.13 4
Orange County United States 0.18 5
San Diego United States 0.18 5
New Jersey United States 0.23 6
Chicago United States 0.28 7
Salt Lake City United States 0.31 8
Detroit United States 0.33 9
Baton Rouge United States 0.33 10
Philadelphia United States 0.35 11
Miami United States 0.38 12
Minneapolis United States 0.43 13
Portland United States 0.44 14
Auckland New Zealand 0.46 15
Baltimore United States 0.88 16
Wash. D.C. United States 0.88 16
Seattle United States 0.94 17
Sydney Australia 1.08 18
Denver United States 1.08 19
Toronto Canada 1.33 20
Columbus United States 1.4 21
Moscow Russia 1.44 22
San Francisco United States 1.77 23
Los Angeles United States 1.79 24
Dallas United States 1.84 25
Las Vegas United States 2.39 26
Houston United States 2.43 27
Mexico City Mexico 8.55 28
London United Kingdom 11.1 29
Manila Philippines 13.42 30
Rio de Janeiro Brazil 19.34 31
Sao Paulo Brazil 19.34 31
Singapore Singapore 24.3 32
Paris France 35.08 33
New York City United States 36.2 34
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A score over 0.50 indicates a relatively onerous regulatory regime for prospective Uber drivers. Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Singapore, Paris, and New York City round out the top five most difficult cities in the world to become an Uber driver.
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