Taxi driver earnings: calculate your 2026 balance
What a passenger or customer pays is not necessarily the worker’s payout.
Revenue, payout and balance
What a passenger or customer pays is not necessarily the worker’s payout. Check whether the settlement is before or after commission, VAT and partner deductions. Subtract only expenses not already withheld. Calculate hourly results over all working time, including waiting and pickup travel. Turnover alone is not take-home income.
Platform fees
Bolt publishes a 25% fee on the final fare with stated exclusions. Freenow lists 22% net; check service VAT and special terms on the current invoice. For Uber, check your settlement and agreement. Percentages with different bases are not directly comparable. A lower fee does not guarantee a better result when waiting time differs.
Sources: Bolt — prowizja · Freenow — prowizja
An example, not a promise
Arithmetic example: 40 hours a week × PLN 45 payout per hour × 4 weeks = PLN 7,200. With weekly rent of PLN 700 and fuel of PLN 250, PLN 3,400 remains before other costs and outstanding taxes/contributions. These are assumptions, not a platform rate. An average month at 52/12 weeks is longer than four weeks. A refundable deposit is separate working capital.
How to compare earnings
Compare your settlements across several comparable weeks: the same city, hours, vehicle and settlement basis. Record payouts, online time, all mileage, bonuses and expenses separately. One good shift or a recruitment advertisement does not establish average monthly earnings. We do not rank cities or platforms by income without an available sample and methodology.
Partner or sole trader
Working under a partner agreement and running a sole trade are different models. Under zlecenie, PIT/ZUS depend on the agreement and insurance status; a sole trader handles their own settlement. Ryczałt taxes revenue, not profit after fuel and rent. The actual service and statutory conditions determine the rate, not the app’s name. The youth PIT exemption does not cover sole-trade revenue.
Sources: Ministerstwo Finansów — ryczałt · Ulga dla młodych
Budget calculator
Initial amounts are examples, not market averages. Enter your own settlement.
Do not deduct taxes, contributions or partner fees already withheld from the payout you enter. For a sole trader, enter your own obligations; zero means they are excluded. The result excludes missing expenses, depreciation and annual tax reconciliation.