Salary: how much do drivers earn at Lieferando?
Created: 04/25/2022, 16:37
By: Andrea Stettner
Lieferando drivers have to pedal hard for their salary.
© Jan Woitas/dpa
Delivery service drivers like Lieferando deliver food in all wind and weather.
But how high is the driver's salary?
Whether at the weekend or after work: Instead of standing in the kitchen and cooking for a long time, more and more people are ordering their food from
delivery services such as Lieferando
.
A push of a button is all it takes for couriers to deliver the finished meal to your home within a few minutes.
But what is the salary of Lieferando drivers?
Salary: This is how high the hourly wage is at Lieferando
The industry giant Lieferando, now part of
Just Eat Takeaway.com,
employs more than 10,000 people - most of them drivers.
The orange-clad couriers are on the road in almost 40 German cities - mostly by bike (often your own), but also by motor scooter.
It can quickly become uncomfortable in snow, rain or hail.
The drivers earn
around 10 euros gross per hour
(as of April 2022).
According to the content.de portal , small
bonus payments
and
tips
are added to the hourly
wage
of customers added.
The job as a food courier is certainly not one of the best-paid jobs in Germany.
From October 2022, however, at least the minimum wage should increase significantly.
How much do Lieferando drivers earn per month?
Of course, the monthly earnings of Lieferando drivers mainly depend on the hours worked.
"I earn 1,800 euros gross
," reports bicycle courier Till Nuss to
Stern.de magazine.
for this salary
he works around
35 hours a week.
The more he works, the more he earns.
However, according to the driver, he rarely gets a tip.
Many Lieferando drivers work on a mini-job basis
Due to the flexible working hours, the job as a food courier is particularly popular with students, mostly as a
part-time or mini-job
.
In principle, anyone can apply for the job, and there are no special entry requirements.
You can read here how many hours you are allowed to work for a part-time job.
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