How To Read Surge Earnings Map
Alright now on to some of the more detailed information about surge earnings this when it really pays off to be an Uber partner driver. Surge earnings come about when there are a large number of Uber rides being requested and not enough Uber drivers to fill all the rides. How the surge earnings are calculated all depends on the demand at the moment and mainly the city you are driving in. Larger cities such as; Orlando, New York City, Chicago, and Dallas have much higher scale in pay considering the difference in traffic and population. Here are a couple of pictures to show what it looks like while surging. * The box in the upper right shows what the multiplier is for your area ranging from about 1.2 - 3.5 in my area. * In this image you can see a surging area in need of Uber drivers covering a large majority of the Iowa City area around downtown and the University. You can always tell there is a surge in an area when there is an Uber symbol is in the upper right hand corner...