MyWayHow much do delivery drivers make per package after gas?
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Short answer: gig delivery apps pay about $2.20 to $3.30 per package before your costs. Gas takes 20 to 55 cents of that. Count the wear on your car too, and what’s left can drop to 85 cents a stop on a spread-out block. The thing that decides how much you keep isn’t the pay per package — it’s how many miles you drive per package.
How each app pays
| App | How you're paid | What the app says |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Flex | A fixed amount per block, plus tips on some deliveries | "Most drivers earn $18–25 an hour"; at least $15–$19 per scheduled hour from Amazon |
| Veho | Per route completed | "$20–26/hr" on average by region, but paid per route, not by the hour |
| Walmart Spark | Per trip (distance, order size, extras), plus incentives and tips | No hourly figure |
| Roadie | Per gig (distance, speed, size) | "Up to $12 per local trip" |
With all four you’re an independent contractor: the car, the gas and usually the insurance are on you. (Amazon does include commercial car insurance while you’re on a block, in every state except New York.) Treat the “per hour” claims with care — Amazon’s own fine print says actual earnings vary, and in February 2026 Walmart agreed to a $100 million judgment over Spark offers that showed drivers inflated pay and tips.
What’s left after gas and your car
Two real routes, as reported by the drivers:
| Route | Pay | Per stop | After gas | After gas and wear on your car |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Flex, 4-hour block: 38 stops, about 110 miles, nearly 5 hours | $116 | $3.05 | $2.50 | $0.85 |
| Veho, 4-hour route: 60 stops, about 60 miles | $140 | $2.33 | $2.14 | $1.57 |
Per hour, the gap is even clearer. The Flex block leaves about $19 an hour after gas, but about $6.50 an hour once you count wear on the car. The Veho route leaves about $32 and $24 an hour, because the stops were close together: one mile per stop instead of almost three.
Walmart Spark and Roadie, from data across many drivers:
- Spark: in the first half of 2026, drivers averaged $15 per delivery ($11 base plus $4 tip) and $21 an hour, but drove about 26 miles for every hour worked. Gas takes about $4.90 of that hour; counting wear on the car, about $3 an hour is left.
- Roadie: the median is $9.60 per gig and $12.70 an hour, with tips close to zero.
Compared with employee drivers
Employee drivers don’t pay for the van, the gas or the insurance, so their hourly pay is close to what they keep:
- Amazon delivery vans (DSPs): nearly $24 an hour on average, according to Amazon (September 2026).
- UPS: new drivers start at $23 an hour; full-time drivers reach an average of $49 an hour by 2027 under the Teamsters contract.
- FedEx Ground contractors: job ads offer $180 to $200 a day or $23 to $26 an hour.
So the Flex block above paid less per hour, after the car, than any of these jobs. The Veho route paid about as much as a new UPS driver earns.
Work out your own number
What you keep per package = (pay − miles × cost per mile) ÷ packages
Use about 19 cents a mile to see the cash left after gas, and 76 cents a mile to include the wear and value of your car — you pay for that later, at the repair shop or when you sell the car. Count every mile: from home to the pickup, between stops, and back home. Here’s what one stop really costs in more detail.
How to keep more per package
- Compare offers by miles, not just pay. Amazon’s instant offers show the estimated mileage before you accept. A $100 block with 40 miles leaves far more than a $116 block with 110.
- Organize packages before you drive. Searching for packages is where minutes go. Our packing system works with any app.
- Drive your stops in the shortest order. When you control the order, a route planner finds it before you start. MyWay Route Planner does it for up to 15 stops for free and up to 200 on Pro at $9.99 a month, and opens each stop in Google Maps or Waze.
- Log every business mile. As an independent contractor you can usually deduct business miles at the IRS rate (72.5 cents for January–June 2026, 76 cents from July 1). It won’t put cash in your pocket today, but it lowers your tax bill; ask a tax professional how it applies to you.
FAQ
How much does Amazon Flex pay per package?
Recent driver reports work out to about $2.20 to $3.30 per package before costs. Amazon pays per block, not per package, and says most drivers earn $18 to $25 an hour.
Is gig delivery worth it after gas?
After gas alone, the examples above leave $16 to $32 an hour. Counting wear on the car, anywhere from about $3 to $24 an hour, depending mostly on how many miles you drive per package.
How much do Amazon DSP drivers make?
Nearly $24 an hour on average, according to Amazon in September 2026. They’re employees and don’t pay for the van or the gas.
Can delivery drivers deduct mileage?
Independent contractors can usually deduct business miles at the IRS standard rate: 72.5 cents a mile for January–June 2026 and 76 cents from July 1, 2026. Keep a mileage log and check with a tax professional.
Sources and how we calculated
- Pay rules: flex.amazon.com (home, earnings and FAQ pages), shipveho.com/drive, sparkdriverapp.com and driver.roadie.com, checked 2 October 2026; the FTC’s announcement of the Walmart judgment, February 26, 2026.
- Driver reports: Amazon Flex 4-hour block (August 2025) and Veho 4-hour route (October 2025). Other recent Flex reports, without mileage, work out to $2.24 to $3.27 per package before costs.
- Data across many drivers: Solo, Walmart Spark pay for January–June 2026 (published September 2026; $21.04 an hour, 25.8 miles per hour worked, and its own estimate of $3.17 an hour left at the IRS rate); Gridwise, Roadie earnings for 2025 (6,725 drivers).
- Employee pay: Amazon’s DSP program update (September 21, 2026), the Teamsters’ UPS contract highlights (2023), FedEx contractor job ads on Indeed.
- Costs: gas at 19 cents a mile ($4.465 a gallon, EIA, week of September 28, 2026, at 23.5 mpg); the whole car at 76 cents a mile, the IRS business rate from July 1, 2026.
- Example, Flex block: $116 − 110 miles × $0.19 = $95.10, or $2.50 per stop; $116 − 110 × $0.76 = $32.40, or $0.85 per stop. All “after” figures are our calculations from the reported numbers.