Delivery Rider Income 4 Million Won per Month? The Truth About Rider Income When looking at news or articles about delivery riders’ income, most focus on the fact that riders earn high incomes. – @According to a survey by ‘Baedal Minjok’, the average monthly income of Baemin riders who active for more than 40 hours a week was surveyed to have increased by 29% from 3.29 million won to 4.24 million won. (Seoul Economic Daily, 2025-11-26) @Early this year, Baedal Minjok stated that the average monthly income of riders operating more than 40 hours a week was 4.14 million won. (Maeil Business Newspaper, 2025.11.27.) @The average monthly income of full-time delivery riders is around 3.2 million won to 4.1 million won. However, this is based on gross income before deducting incidental expenses (about 20-30%) such as fuel costs, motorcycle maintenance costs, insurance premiums, and platform fees. There is a huge difference in the actual profit structure depending on the working form and region. – Google Gemini – – Everyone says that if you work more than 40 hours a week, you can earn more than 3.2 million won. The condition ‘more than 40 hours a week’ can range from 40 hours to even 80 hours. Is it really possible to earn 3.2 million won per month when working 40 hours a week, which is the minimum level? As someone who has been doing deliveries for several years, I do not think so. I believe that when riders work 40 hours a week, they earn an income of around 2.2 million won to 2.4 million won. From that, platform fees of about 4.8%, gas costs, insurance premiums, etc., must be deducted. Then, it is at the minimum wage level. The amount of 2.2 million won to 2.4 million won comes from my delivery experience. There are basic premises that led to these amounts. * Traffic laws such as traffic lights and speed limits are observed more than 90% of the time. * Income per hour varies depending on the time frame worked. * Income may increase due to special days or weather, etc. * Holiday income is the same as weekend income. * The calculation was set to the median value of the hourly amount during delivery. – Weekdays 09:00 ~ 11:30 : 12,000 ~ 13,000 won Median value 12,500 won – Weekdays 11:30 ~ 13:30 : 13,000 ~ 15,000 won Median value 14,000 won – Weekdays 14:30 ~ 17:00 : 12,000 ~ 13,000 won Median value 12,500 won – Weekdays 17:00 ~ 22:00 : 13,000 ~ 15,000 won Median value 14,000 won – Weekends 09:00 ~ 11:00 : 13,000 ~ 15,000 won Median value 14,000 won – Weekends 11:00 ~ 14:00 : 15,000 ~ 17,000 won Median value 16,000 won – Weekends 15:00 ~ 17:00 : 13,000 ~ 15,000 won Median value 14,000 won – Weekends 17:00 ~ 22:00 : 15,000 ~ 17,000 won Median value 16,000 won – – Based on these basic pre-conditions, the monthly income of a rider calculated by me is as follows. – Weekday 1-Month Income Based on 8 hours on weekdays 09:00 ~ 18:00 ⇒ 2,266,000 won Based on 8 hours on weekdays 11:00 ~ 20:00 ⇒ 2,381,500 won Based on 10 hours on weekdays 09:00 ~ 20:00 ⇒ 2,915,000 won Based on 10 hours on weekdays 11:00 ~ 22:00 ⇒ 2,997,500 won Based on 12 hours on weekdays 09:00 ~ 22:00 ⇒ 3,531,000 won Based on 12 hours on weekdays 11:00 ~ 24:00 ⇒ 3,613,500 won – – Weekend 1-Month (Based on 8 days) Income Based on 8 hours on weekends 09:00 ~ 18:00 ⇒ 944,000 won Based on 8 hours on weekends 11:00 ~ 20:00 ⇒ 992,000 won Based on 10 hours on weekends 09:00 ~ 20:00 ⇒ 1,216,000 won Based on 10 hours on weekends 11:00 ~ 22:00 ⇒ 1,248,000 won Based on 12 hours on weekends 09:00 ~ 22:00 ⇒ 1,472,000 won Weekend 1-month income (12 hours × 8 days) ⇒ 1,504,000 won – – Based on 6 days a week (5 weekdays + 1 weekend) : 22 weekdays + 4 weekends Based on 8 hours a day : 09:00 ~ 18:00 ⇒ 2,738,000 won Based on 8 hours a day : 11:00 ~ 20:00 ⇒ 2,877,500 won Based on 10 hours a day : 09:00 ~ 20:00 ⇒ 3,523,000 won Based on 10 hours a day : 11:00 ~ 22:00 ⇒ 3,621,500 won Based on 12 hours a day : 09:00 ~ 22:00 ⇒ 4,267,000 won Based on 12 hours a day : 11:00 ~ 24:00 ⇒ 4,365,500 won