Gig Shift Planner

Two offers can pay the same and still not be worth the same. This planner prices tips, mileage, and dead time into one number: real take-home per hour behind the wheel.

Shift 1

Fare or guaranteed pay ($)

Estimated tips ($)

Minutes driving with a passenger or order

Minutes waiting or dead-heading back

Miles driven total

Your car cost per mile ($)

Shift 2

Fare or guaranteed pay ($)

Estimated tips ($)

Minutes driving with a passenger or order

Minutes waiting or dead-heading back

Miles driven total

Your car cost per mile ($)

Why the sticker rate lies

A $24 fare with 70 paid minutes can beat an $18 fare with 45 paid minutes on the app's own math and still lose once the unpaid half of the hour gets counted. Waiting at a curb, chasing a surge that moved, and driving back to a busy zone are all work. They just don't show up as paid minutes.

The second quiet cost is the car. At the 2026 IRS business rate of 72.5 cents per mile, a 41-mile night carries about $29.73 of depreciation, gas, and wear. Even a conservative 30 cent figure turns that same night into $12.30 of real expense before a dollar of it is profit. Method reference: IRS standard mileage rates.

This is the same receipts-first method behind ExtraHustles: price every input, then trust the hourly number you actually earn.