Paris
ARPE-published Uber Eats engaged-hour gross
tap to expand auditWhat was directly verified: ARPE (Autorité des Relations Sociales des Plateformes d'Emploi, French government regulator mandated by Code des transports) published their 2026 annual delivery platform report on April 24, 2026. The report states Uber Eats had a gross hourly revenue per engaged course of €21.50/hr in 2025, an increase of 4.7% YoY (the only platform showing increase). Other platforms in same report: Deliveroo €25.70/hr, Stuart €22.70/hr, Delicity €35.40/hr. Multiple independent French press corroborations (CNews, France Info, Actu Niort, Hellowork). Uber Eats is France's largest delivery platform (~60,000 active livreurs).
What was directly verified: ARPE (Autorité des Relations Sociales des Plateformes d'Emploi, French government regulator mandated by Code des transports) published their 2026 annual delivery platform report on April 24, 2026. The report states Uber Eats had a gross hourly revenue per engaged course of €21.50/hr in 2025, an increase of 4.7% YoY (the only platform showing increase). Other platforms in same report: Deliveroo €25.70/hr, Stuart €22.70/hr, Delicity €35.40/hr. Multiple independent French press corroborations (CNews, France Info, Actu Niort, Hellowork). Uber Eats is France's largest delivery platform (~60,000 active livreurs).
What was assumed (not directly verified)
- EUR/USD exchange rate: $23.00 = €21.50 implies a rate of ~1.07 USD/EUR. The exact rate at publish time was not pulled from a live FX API; rate is approximate from training data circa April 2026.
- That the Uber Eats figure represents Paris specifically — ARPE publishes national figures, not city-level. Paris is the largest delivery market in France but rural/secondary-city rates may differ.
- The published
net_hourly_usd: 17.71(~77% of gross) is a tax/expense estimate — does not account for actual French auto-entrepreneur social charges (URSSAF cotisations ~22% on revenue minus deductions) which we have not modeled precisely.
Caveats a journalist should understand
This is the ENGAGED-TIME GROSS figure during course time only. It does NOT include waiting time between orders. ARPE itself states: "this strongly overestimates actual net income." Same caveat as our LA/SF Prop 22 figures. French delivery riders are auto-entrepreneurs (independent contractors); social charges and vehicle costs reduce take-home substantially. April 2025 source data showed Uber Eats actual time-online earnings of ~€10/hr, vs ARPE's €21.50/hr engaged-only. Cite as "ARPE-published Uber Eats engaged-hour gross" not "what Paris drivers earn."
What would invalidate this
ARPE 2027 report supersedes 2026. EU Platform Workers Directive transposition into French law by December 2026 may reclassify drivers as employees. Major EUR/USD movement.
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Earnings (USD per hour)
Source: Fairwork France ratings (Deliveroo/Uber Eats)
What would you take home in Paris?
Take-home, weekly
n/a
Take-home, monthly
n/a
Gross, weekly
$734
Gross, monthly
$3,181
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
Pay vs. local labour market
Gross hourly is 45% of local minimum wage, 30% of local median.
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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.arpe.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Rapport-ARPE-2026-_-indicateurs-dactivite-_-secteur-Livraison-_-vdef-1.pdf · archived