Uber driver shares true reality of how much money he makes in one week

An Uber driver has shared the reality of just how much cash he makes from one week’s work - and it's left people divided in the comments.

Rob Summerland took up the gig in Yorkshire, making driving his main source of income.

The bloke is spending 2025 making his way out of £28,000 worth of debt and has been documenting his money-making journey on TikTok. Once he’s paid all of that off, he’s hoping to save up enough to ‘see the world’ and create travel content.

So, part of all of that means he’s shared a breakdown of how much he was able to rack up in a week of Ubering.

The 38-year-old prefaced the video by reminding his thousands of followers that all the earnings shown is ‘pre-tax’ as he revealed his ‘net profit’ and hourly rates.

In the week documented, Rob explained he had worked a total of 65 hours and 15 minutes.

“That is total time, that is not just driving time,” he said in the video. “That is all the time that I was logged on and available as an Uber.”

Within that time, the takings were £1,610.56 and the expenses came to a total of £419.86.

“And when you deduct the expenses from the takings, my net profit is £1190.70,” he added.

“Sounds alright for a week’s work, but how does that total up as an hourly rate?”

Rob’s gross hourly rate was £24.68 and after all his expenses, his net hourly rate was therefore £18.25.

“Again, let me stress, that’s pre-tax,” he continued, “so I still have tax and National Insurance to come out of that amount.”

The bloke reckons that all in all, it was a ‘pretty successful week’ as he asked his followers what they thought and if they believe it was ‘reasonable’ or not.

And to be fair, TikTok users were pretty split over his earnings.

“That’s nearly the same hours as two week’s hours with breaks, it’s rubbish. No holiday pay, running costs i.e services, tyres, license costs, insurance,” one wrote.

And another said: “That’s not enough for 65 hours,” with others calling it ‘terrible pay’.

However, Rob pointed out that the earnings are ‘after all my costs’ as he wrote back: “Over £18 per hour, that’s not bad in my eyes.”

“Everyone saying it’s bad, he’s out earning a living taking near £4k a month, that’s double what most people make a month,” one backed him up.

“Don’t let people tell you sh*t! Well done to you! Wicked work mate! Keep hustling!!” a second commented.

“Still more than I earn,” a third said.

Rob also added that he generally aims for £1,400 ‘but do a bit more’. “Although you can often earn more than this, I don’t usually do these kind of hours but it is quiet season at the minute.”