The minimum hourly wage for delivery drivers was set to be increased to $18 from just over $7 in New York City on July 12, but a judge has blocked the law from being implemented pending a hearing for a lawsuit filed by food delivery services DoorDash and Grubhub against the city.
New York State Supreme Court Judge Nicholas Moyne set a hearing for July 31 to determine whether the injunction should be in effect while the lawsuit plays out.
The calls for better wages for delivery drivers goes hand-in-hand with the increasing number of people who work in this position.
In 2021, the median pay for delivery drivers in the United States was $17.62 an hour, or $36,660 a year. As e-commerce grows in the coming decade, the number of workers involved in delivery is expected to increase by 10% from its current level of 1.64 million.
The salary offered to delivery drivers depends on four main factors: location, experience, company, and union status.
The states with the highest number of delivery drivers are Texas (45,680), California (41,480), Ohio (35,140), Florida (35,074), and Illinois (19,810). The average wage varies from $18.90/hour in California to $13.59/hour in Florida. With the exception of California, the states with the highest average wage for delivery drivers tend to be those with far fewer workers in the sector:
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