Private ride income calculator
You don’t have to leave Uber or Lyft. Add private rides on top of what you already drive. One private ride pays what four or five app trips do.
Run your numbers (30 seconds)Your current month, plus private rides. See the difference.
Step 1 — Last month on Uber / Lyft
Step 2 — Now add private rides
+$442 per month
from just 2 private rides a week
That’s 22% more income on top of what you already earn.
Your app average
$11
per trip
HUM private ride
$51
per trip
Difference
4.7x
per trip
One private ride pays about the same as five app trips. That is the whole idea.
Your last month: 187 trips, $2,050 take-home, $11 average per trip.
Private rides added: 2 per week, about 8.7 per month, at $51 average = $442.
New monthly total: $2,492.
HUM is a flat monthly subscription with no commission, so every private fare is yours.
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$50
Average HUM trip
vs. $10–12 on Uber/Lyft
100
Trips to $5,000
what takes Uber drivers 400–500 trips
$8K
In 45 trips
one HUM driver, January 2026
I used to do ten Lyft Lux trips per day. When Lyft dropped Lux, I had to drive three times as many miles just to make the same money — overnight. With HUM, I do my private clients and turn the apps on when I feel like it. There’s a lifestyle there. It’s like being retired but busy enough that it takes the edge off.
Context
Uber and Lyft take a cut of every fare before you see it. On a private ride booked through HUM, there is no cut. You set the rate, you keep the fare, and you pay one flat monthly subscription.
That is the entire difference between the two numbers in the calculator. See how it works.