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🇨🇴Colombia · Upper-middle income · 2026-Q3

Bogotá

17composite score · #45 of 50

MEDIUM · sourced, not yet live-verified

Pending live-verification. The source URLs have not yet been fetched and archived in this round; the city will return to a HIGH classification once that is done. Original rationale: Fairwork Colombia 2022 Ratings ("Rising Cost of Living and Decent Incomes in the Platform Economy") in Fairwork published list. Plus Rappi spokesperson Márquez via El Colombiano + Rappi CEO Borrero via El Tiempo + Noticias RCN Rappi rates analysis. company-disclosed data via 3 independent press sources. Plus Tilburg Law Review Nov 2025 (Unidapp + Rappi 2024 first agreement on minimum remuneration via Min of Labour mediation). COP 6,750/hr × $0.000244 = $1.65.

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Earnings (USD per hour)

Net, after tax & expensesn/a
Gross$2.10/hr

Source: El Tiempo: Rappi CEO Borrero on Bogotá rider pay

What would you take home in Bogotá?

30hrs

Take-home, weekly

n/a

Take-home, monthly

n/a

Gross, weekly

$63

Gross, monthly

$273

Take-home is gross hourly minus an estimated tax/expense rate per country. See the methodology page for the derivation. This widget assumes you actually work the hours you set. For app-based delivery, a portion of logged-in time is unpaid waiting; the headline rate reflects engaged time only where regulators have defined it.

Cost of living vs. earnings

Hours of work for one month's rent (1BR outside centre)1224 hours
Rent, 1BR outside centre$453/mo
Restaurant meal (mid-range)$7.77

Pay vs. local labour market

Minimum wage$2.27/hr
Median wage (all occupations)$2.41/hr

Gross hourly is 44% of local minimum wage, 41% of local median.

Notes

Colombia minimum wage COP 1,423,500/month (2026). Rappi was founded in Bogotá and dominates the local market alongside iFood and Uber Eats.

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See full source citations for this city on the sources page. Read about how each metric is computed in the methodology.

Primary earnings source: www.eltiempo.com/cultura/gente/cuanto-gana-un-repartidor-con-la-aplicacion-de-rappi-esto-dice-la-empresa-799289 · archived